Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.
|
BYELEV
, a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Tula, and 67 m
.
S.W. from the See also:city of that name on the See also:left See also:bank of the Oka, in 530 48' N. See also:lat., and 36° 9' E. See also:long
.
Pop
.
(1860) 8063; (1897) 9567
.
It is first mentioned in 1147
.
It belonged to Lithuania in the end of the 14th See also:century; and in 1468 it was raised to the See also:rank of a principality, dependent on that See also:country
.
In the end of the 15th century this principality began to attach itself to the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Moscow; and by See also:Ivan III. it was ultimately See also:united to Russia
.
It suffered greatly from the See also:Tatars in 1507, 1512, 1530, 1536 and 1544
.
In 1826 the empress See also: A See also:fair is held from the 28th of See also:August to the loth of See also:September every See also:year . |
|
|
[back] BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. White Church) |
[next] BYELGOROD (i.e. White Town) |
There are no comments yet for this article.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.