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MOGILEV
, a See also:government of western See also:Russia, situated on the upper See also:Dnieper, between the governments of See also:Vitebsk and See also:Smolensk on the See also:north and See also:east, and See also:Chernigov and See also:Minsk on the See also:south and See also:west
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In the north it is occupied by the See also:water-See also:shed which separates the basins of the See also:Dvina and the Dnieper, an undulating See also:tract 65o to 900 ft. above See also:sea-level, and covered nearly everywhere with forests
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This See also:watershed slopes gently to the south, to the valley of the Dnieper, which enters the government from the north-east and flows due south
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The See also:southern See also:part of the government is See also:flat and has much in See also:common with the Polyesie of the government of Minsk; it is, however, more habitable, the marshes being less extensive
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Mogilev is built up of Devonian deposits in the north, of Cretaceous in the east, and of See also:Tertiary elsewhere, but generally is covered with a thick layer of Glacial and later alluvial deposits
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Interesting finds from the See also: Out of the See also:total See also:area of 18,546 sq. m . 4o % is held in communal ownership by the peasants, 48 % is owned by landlords possessing more than 270 acres each, and 3 a % by small owners . Most of the private owners belong to the See also:nobility . The See also:principal crops are See also:rye, oats, See also:barley, See also:buckwheat, potatoes, though See also:wheat, beetroot, See also:flax, See also:hemp and See also:tobacco are also grown . See also:Paper, See also:spirits, See also:wire and nails, See also:leather and tiles are the chief products of the manufactures . The government is divided into eleven districts, of which thechief towns with their populations in 1897 were: Mogilev-on-Dnieper, or Mogilev Gubernskiy (47,591 in 1900), Chausy (5550), Cherikov (5250), See also:Homel or Gomel (45,081 in 1900), Gorki (6730), Klimovichi (4706), Mstislavl (10,382 in 1900), See also:Orsha (13,161), Rogachev (9103), Staryi Bykhov (6354), and Syenno (4061) . This government was inhabited in the loth See also:century by the Slav tribes of the Krivichi and Radimichi . In the 14th century it became part of Lithuania, and afterwards of See also:Poland . Russia annexed it in 1772 . |
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