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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 255 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BORISOGLYEBSK , a

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TOWN

town of

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Russia, in the

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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)

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TAMBOV

Tambov, too m . S.S.E. of the

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CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of that name, in 51° 22' N.

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LAT

lat. and 430 4' E.

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long . It was founded in 1646 to defend the

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SOUTHERN

southern frontiers of Muscovy against the

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CRIMEAN

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TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars, and in 1696 was surrounded by wooden fortifications . The

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PRINCIPAL

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INDUSTRIES

industries are the preparation of

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WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

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IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-casting,

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SOAP

soap-boiling,

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TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow-melting, and

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BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-making; and there is an active

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GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, wool,

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CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, and

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leather, and two important

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ANNUAL

annual fairs . Pop . (1867) 12,254; (1897) 22,370 .

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