See also:

• MITAU (Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)

MITAU (See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)  , 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 See also:

• COURLAND, or KURLAND

Courland, 29 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.W. of See also:

• RIGA (Esth. Ria-Lin)

Riga, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Aa, in a fertile See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain which rises only 12 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea level, and has probably given its name to the town (Mille in der Aue) . Pop . (1897), 35,011 inhabitants, mainly Germans, but including also See also:

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

Jews (65oo), Letts (5000) and Russians . At high See also:

• WATER

water the plain and sometimes also the town are inundated . See also:

• MITAU (Russian, Mitava; Lettish, Yelgava)

Mitau is surrounded by a See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal occupying the See also:

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

place of former fortifications . It has See also:

• REGULAR

regular, broad streets, bordered with the mansions of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility, who reside at the capital of Courland . Mitau is well provided with educational institutions, and is also the seat of the Lettish See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Society . The old See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle (1266) of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Courland, situated on an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the river, was destroyed by See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• BIREN (or BUHREN), ERNST JOHANN (16go-1772)

Biren, who erected in its place (1738—1772) a spacious See also:

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

palace, now occupied by the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and the courts . Manufactures are few, those of See also:

• WAX

wax-See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, See also:

• LINEN

linen, See also:

• SOAP

soap, See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink and See also:

• BEER

beer being the most important . Mitau is supposed to have been founded in 1266 by ConradMandern, See also:

• GRAND

grand-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Brethren of the See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

Sword . In 1345, when it was plundered by the See also:

• LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians, it was already an important town . In 1561 it became the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the dukes of Courland .

During the 17th See also:

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

century it was thrice taken by the Swedes . Russia annexed it with Courland in 1795 . It was the residence (1798—1801 and 1804—1807) of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence (afterwards See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII.) . In 1812 it was taken by See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I .