AKKERMAN (in old Slay.

See also:

• BYELGOROD (i.e. White Town)

Byelgorod, "

See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white

See also:

• TOWN

town")  , a town, formerly a fortress, of south-west Russia, in the government of Bessarabia, situated on the right bank of the estuary (Unit* of the Dniester, 12 M. from the Black Sea . The town stands on the site of the ancient Milesian colony of Tyras . Centuries later it was rebuilt by the Genoese, who called it Mauro Castro . The Turks first acquired possession of it in 1484 . It was taken by the Russians in 1770, 1774 and 18o6, but each time returned to the Turks, and not definitely annexed to Russia until 1881 . A treaty concluded here in 1826 between Russia and the Porte secured considerable advantages to the former . It was the non-observance of this treaty that led to the war of 1828 . The harbour is too shallow to admit vessels of large size, but the proximity of the town to Odessa secures for it a thriving business in wine, salt, fish wool and tallow . The salt is obtained from the saline lakes (limans) in the neighbourhood . The town, with its suburbs, contains beautiful gardens and vineyards . It is surrounded by ramparts, and commanded by a citadel . Pop .

(1900) 32,470 .