KUSTANAISK

kustanaisk, a town of asiatic russia, in the province of turgai, on the tobol river, 410 m. e.n.e. of orenburg, in a very fertile part of the steppes. pop. (1897), 14,065. the first buildings were erected in 1871, and it has since grown with american-like rapidity. the immigrants from russia built a large village, which became the centre of the district administration in 1884, and a town in 1893, under the name of nicolaevsk, changed later into kustanaisk. it is an educational centre, and a cathedral has been built. there are tanneries, tallow works, potteries, and a fair for cattle, while its trade makes it a rival to orenburg and troitsk. kustenland (coast-land or littoral), a common name for the three crown-lands of austria, gorz and gradisca, istria and trieste. their combined area is 3084 sq. m., and their population in 1900 was 755,183. they are united for certain administrative purposes under the governor of trieste, the legal and financial authorities of which also exercise jurisdiction over the entire littoral.