MINSK  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

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

capital of the 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 of the same name, on the Svisloch, a tributary of the See also:

• BEREZINA

Berezina, at the intersection of the See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow-See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw and See also:

• LIBAU (Lettish, Leepaya)

Libau-See also:

• KHARKOV

Kharkov See also:

• RAIL

rail-ways, 430 M. by rail W. from Moscow . It had, in 1897, 91,494 inhabitants, of whom one-third were See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of the poorest class; the others were See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

White Russians, Poles and See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars . Amongst its public buildings is a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, built in 1611 . Minsk is the headquarters of the IVth 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 and the see of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop 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 from 1798 to 1853 it was a see of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Church . The manufactures are few and insignificant . Since the introduction of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways the commercial importance of the See also:

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

place, which formerly was slight, has begun to increase . Minsk is mentioned in See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals in the rsth See also:

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

century under the name of Myen'sk, or Menesk . In Io66 and 1096 it was devastated, first by Izyazlav and afterwards by See also:

• VLADIMIR
• VLADIMIR, ST (c. 956-1015)

Vladimir, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• KIEV
• KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

Kiev . It changed rulers many times until the 13th century, when it became a Lithuanian See also:

• FIEF

fief . In the 15th century it waspart of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, but as See also:

• LATE

late as 1505 it was ravaged by Tatars, and in 1508 by Russians . In the 18th century it was taken several times by Swedes and Russians . Russia annexed it in 1793 .

See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. took it in 1812 .