KHERSON  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south 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, on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill above the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• DNIEPER

Dnieper, about 19 M. from its mouth . Founded by the courtier See also:

• POTEMKIN, GRIGORY ALEKSANDROVICH, PRINCE (1739-1791)

Potemkin in 1778 as a See also:

• NAVAL

naval station and seaport, it had become by 1786 a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of xo,000 inhabitants, and, although its progress was checked by the rise of See also:

• ODESSA

Odessa and the removal (in 1794) of the naval establishments to See also:

• NIKOLAYEV

Nikolayev, it had in 1900 a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 73,185 . The Dnieper at this point breaks into several arms, forming islands overgrown with reeds and bushes; and vessels of See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden must See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor at Stanislayskoe-selo, a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good way down the stream . Of the See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic on the See also:

• RIVER

river the largest See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share is due to the See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, cereals, See also:

• 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 hides See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade; wool-dressing, See also:

• SOAP

soap-boiling, See also:

• 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, See also:

• BREWING

brewing, See also:

• FLOUR

flour-milling and the manufacture of See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . Kherson is a substantially built and See also:

• REGULAR

regular town . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral is the See also:

• BURIAL

burial-place of Potemkin, and near Kherson See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie the remains of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard, the See also:

• ENGLISH

English philanthropist, who died here in 1790 . The fortifications have fallen into decay . The name Kherson was given to the town from the supposition that the site was formerly that of Chersonesus Heracleotica, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

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

city founded by the See also:

• DORIANS

Dorians of See also:

• HERACLEA

Heraclea .