AZOV  , or Asov (in See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish, Asak), a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks, on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the Don, about 20 M. from its mouth . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Tanais See also:

• LAY

lay some lo m. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . In the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Genoese had a factory here which they called See also:

• TANA

Tana . Azov was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• GREAT

great military and commercial importance . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the Great obtained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of it after a protracted See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege in 1696, but in 1711 restored it to the See also:

• TURKS

Turks; in 1739 it was finally See also:

• UNITED

united to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . Since then it has greatly declined, owing to the silting up of its See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour and the competition of See also:

• TAGANROG

Taganrog . Its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, principally engaged in the See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries, numbered 25,124 in 1900 .