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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 740 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LIPETSK , a

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TOWN

town of

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Russia, in the

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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)

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TAMBOV

Tambov, fo8 m. by

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RAIL

rail W. of the

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

city of Tambov, on the right

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BANK

bank of the

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RIVER

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VORONEZH

Voronezh . Pop . (1897) 16,353 . The town is built of

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wood and the streets are unpaved . There are

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SUGAR

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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, and

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WORKS

works, and distilleries, and an active

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trade in horses,

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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, tallow, skins,

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HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey and

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TIMBER

timber . The Lipetsk

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MINERAL

mineral springs (chalybeate) came into repute in the

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time of

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Peter the

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GREAT

Great and attract a

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GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good many visitors .

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