< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

OSH, a town of Russian Turkestan, in the government of Ferghana, 31m. S.E. of Andijan railway terminus, at an altitude of 4030 ft. Pop. (1900) 37,397. It consists of two parts, native and Russian. Here begins a good road up to the Pamirs, practicable for artillery. The trade with China is considerable.

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