See also:

• KIZLYAR (KIZLIAR, or K1zLAR)

KIZLYAR (KIZLIAR, or K1zLAR)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in See also:

• CAUCASIA
• CAUCASIA, or CAUCASUS

Caucasia, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• TEREK

Terek, 120 M . N.E. of See also:

• VLADIKAVKAZ

Vladikavkaz, in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta of the See also:

• RIVER

river Terek, about 35 m. from the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian . The See also:

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

population decreased from 8309 in 1861 to 7353 in 1897 . The town lies to the See also:

• LEFT

left of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main stream betweentwo of the larger secondary branches, and is subject to flooding . The town proper, which spreads out See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the citadel, has Tatar, Georgian and Armenian quarters . The public buildings include the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, dating from 1786; a Greek nunnery, founded by the Georgian See also:

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

chief See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel in 1736; the Armenian 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 of SS See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter and See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul, remarkable for its See also:

• SIZE

size and See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . The population is mainly supported by the gardens and See also:

• VINE

vine-yards irrigated by canals from the river . A 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 vineyard and school of viticulture are situated 31 M. from the town . About 1,200,000 gallons of See also:

• KIZLYAR (KIZLIAR, or K1zLAR)

Kizlyar See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine are sold annually at the See also:

• FAIR

fair of Nizhniy-See also:

• NOVGOROD
• NOVGOROD (formerly known as V elikiy-Novgorod, Great Novgorod)

Novgorod . See also:

• SILK

Silk and 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 are See also:

• WOVEN

woven . Kizlyar is mentioned as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1616, but the most notable See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of inhabitants (Armenians, Georgians and Persians) took See also:

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

place in 1715 . Its importance as a fortress See also:

• DATES

dates from 1736, but the fortress is no longer kept in repair .

KIZYL-See also:

• KUM

KUM, a See also:

• DESERT

desert of Western See also:

• ASIA

Asia, stretching S.E. of the See also:

• ARAL

Aral See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake between the river Syr-darya on the N.E. and the river Amu-darya on the S.W . It See also:

• MEASURES

measures some 370 by 220 m., and is in See also:

• PART

part covered with See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift-See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand or See also:

• DUNES

dunes, many of which are advancing slowly but steadily towards the S . W . In See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character they resemble those of the neighbouring Kara-kum desert (see KARA-KUM) . On the whole the Kizyl-kum slopes S.W. towards the Aral Lake, where its See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude is only about 16o ft. as compared with 2000 in the S.E . In the vicinity of that lake the See also:

• SURFACE

surface is covered with Aralo-Caspian deposits; but in the S.E., as it ascends towards the foothills of the Tian-shan See also:

• SYSTEM

system, it is braided with deep accumulations of fertile See also:

• LOESS (Ger. Loss)

loess .