BOBRUISK  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and formerly a first-class fortress 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 See also:

• MINSK

Minsk, and See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of the town of Minsk, in 530 15' N. See also:

• LAT

lat. and 28° 52' E. See also:

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

long., on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• BEREZINA

Berezina See also:

• RIVER

river, and on the railway from See also:

• LIBAU (Lettish, Leepaya)

Libau and See also:

• VILNA, or WILN0
• VILNA, or WILNO

Vilna to Ekaterinoslay . Pop . (186o) 23,761; (1897) 35,177, of whom one-See also:

• HALF

half were See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . In the reign of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander I. there was erected here, at the confluence of the Bobruiska with the Berezina, nearly a mile from the town, a fort, which success-fully withstood a See also:

• BOMBARDMENT

bombardment by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon in 1812, and was made equal to the best in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas I . It was demolished in 1897, the defences being antiquated . The town has a military See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and a departmental See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . There are ironworks and See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills; and See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn and See also:

• TIMBER

timber are shipped to Libau . The town was half burnt down in 1902 .