BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. White Church)
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 895
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. 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)
See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
town of Russia, in the government of Kiev, 32 M
.
S.S.W. of Vasilkov, on the main road from Kiev to the Crimea, in 490 47' N. lat. and 300 7' E. long
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Pop
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(186o) 12,075; (1897) 20,705
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First mentioned in 1155, Byelaya Tserkov was destroyed during the Mpngol invasion of the 13th century
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In 1550 a castle was built here by the prince of Kiev, and various privileges were bestowed upon the inhabitants
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From 1651 the town was subject alternately to Poland and to independent hetmans (Cossack chiefs)
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In 1793 it was united to Russia
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There is a trade in beer, cattle and grain, sold at eleven annual fairs, three of which last for ten days each
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