CHIMKENT  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Syr-darya, 7o m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.N.E. of See also:

• TASHKENT, or TASHKEND

Tashkent . Pop . (1897) 10,756, mostly Sarts . It occupies a strategical position at the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west end of the valley between the 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 range and the See also:

• ALA

Ala-tau (or Talas-tau), at the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of commercial routes from (I) See also:

• VYERNYI (formerly ALMATY)

Vyernyi and See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia beyond, from the See also:

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

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, (2) the See also:

• ARAL

Aral See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea and See also:

• ORENBURG

Orenburg (connected with it by rail since 19o5) to the north-west, and (3) See also:

• FERGHANA, or FERGANA

Ferghana and See also:

• BOKHARA (Bokhara-i-Sherif)
• BOKHARA, or BUKHARA (the common central Asian pronunciation is Bukhara)

Bokhara to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . The citadel, which was stormed by the Russians in 1864, stands on high ground above the town, but is now in ruins . Chimkent is visited by consumptive patients who wish to try the See also:

• KOUMISS

koumiss cure . It has See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

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

mills and See also:

• SOAP

soap-See also:

• WORKS

works .