It is a rail junction, a light industrial center, and a fishing center.
Tourism supplements the economy.
It came under Kievan Rus in the 10th cent., was taken by the Cumans in the 11th cent., became a Genoese colony in the 13th cent., and passed to the Turks in 1471. Russia took it again in 1736, but was forced by the Treaty of Belgrade to dismantle the fortress in 1739. Russia secured Azov definitively by the treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji in 1774. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation .