<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><placename>  <system>China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University</system>  <license>CC BY-NC 4.0</license>  <uri>http://tgaz.fudan.edu.cn/tgaz/placename/hgr_699</uri> <spellings>    <spelling>      <written-form script="Cyrillic">Балахна</written-form>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by>SLOV_POLUNIN</attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>    <spelling>      <written-form script="Cyrillic">Балахна</written-form>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by>SLOV_POLUNIN</attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>    <spelling>      <transcription system="Russian Simplified ALA-LC">Balakhna</transcription>      <exonym-lang></exonym-lang>      <attested-by>SLOV_POLUNIN</attested-by>      <note></note>    </spelling>  </spellings>  <feature-type>    <name>город</name>    <alternate-name>городъ</alternate-name>    <transcription>gorod</transcription>    <translation lang="en">town</translation>  </feature-type>  <temporal>    <begin>1785</begin>    <begin-rule>4</begin-rule>    <end>1796</end>    <end-rule>4</end-rule>  </temporal>  <spatial>    <object-type>POINT</object-type>    <xy-type>point</xy-type>    <latitude-direction>N</latitude-direction>    <degrees-latitude>56.48989</degrees-latitude>    <longitude-direction>E</longitude-direction>    <degrees-longitude>43.60114</degrees-longitude>    <geo-source>http://www.geonames.org/579514</geo-source>    <present-location> Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia    </present-location>  </spatial>  <historical-context>    <part-of-relationships>      <part-of parent-id="hgr_296" from="1785" to="1796" >        <parent-name>Балахнинский уезд</parent-name>        <transcribed-name>Balakhninskii uezd</transcribed-name>      </part-of>    </part-of-relationships>    <subordinate-units>    </subordinate-units>  </historical-context>  <data-source>HGR</data-source>  <source-note>    <![CDATA[      БАЛАХНА , городъ Нижегородскаго Намѣстничества. Въ ономъ бываютъ каждую недѣлю по середамъ и пятницамъ, а въ зимнее время и по воскресеньямъ торги, на которые крестьяне привозятъ болѣе хлѣбъ, съѣстные припасы и разныя для жителей потребности.    ]]>  </source-note>  <source-uri>    http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4583201;view=1up;seq=14  </source-uri></placename>