KHARKOV  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the above 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, in 56° 37' N. and 25° 5' E., in the valley of the Donets, 152 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.S.E. of See also:

• KURSK

Kursk . See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak forests See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound it on two sides . Pop . (1867), 59,968; (1900), 197,405 . Kharkov is an archiepiscopal see of the Orthodox See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek 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)

Church, and the headquarters of the X. See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . The four See also:

• ANNUAL

annual fairs are among the busiest in Russia, more especially the Kreshchenskaya or See also:

• EPIPHANY, FEAST OF

Epiphany See also:

• FAIR

fair, which is opened on the 6th (loth) of See also:

• JANUARY

January, and the Pokrovsky fair in the autumn . The turnover at the former is estimated at £3,000,000 to £4,000,000 . See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

Thou-sands of horses are bought and sold . At the Trinity (Troitsa) fair in See also:

• JUNE

June an extensive business (£800,000) is done in See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool . A See also:

• GREAT

great variety of manufactured goods are produced in the town—See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, beetroot See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• BRANDY

brandy, See also:

• SOAP

soap, candles, See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast-See also:

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

iron . Kharkov is an educational centre for the higher and See also:

• MIDDLE

middle classes . Besides a flourishing university, instituted in 1805, and attended by from 1600 to 1700 students, it possesses a technological See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute (400 students), a railway See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering school, an See also:

• OBSERVATORY

observatory, a veterinary See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, a botanical See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, a theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, and a commercial school .

The university See also:

• BUILDING

building was formerly a royal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace . The library contains 170,000 volumes; and the zoological collections are especially See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in the birds and fishes of southern Russia . Public gardens occupy the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient military See also:

• WORKS

works; and the government has a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model See also:

• FARM

farm in the neighbourhood . Of the Orthodox churches one has the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (1781) . Among the public institutions are a See also:

• PEOPLE

people's palace (1903) and an See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial museum . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Kharkov is assigned to 165o, but there is archaeological See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of a much earlier occupation of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, if not of the site . The See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks of Kharkov remained faithful to the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar during the rebellions of the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century; in return they received numerous privileges, and continued to be a strong advance-guard of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, till the final subjugation of all the southern region . With other military settlements Kharkov was placed on a new footing in 1765; and at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it became the administrative centre of the See also:

• UKRAINE (" frontier ")

Ukraine .