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MOKSHANY

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 652 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MOKSHANY , 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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PENZA

Penza, 24 M . N.W. of the

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

city of Penza . Pop . (1900), 10,710 . The inhabitants are engaged in

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agriculture, or

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WORK

work in

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FLOUR

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mills, oilworks, tanneries and potash-

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WORKS

works . Mokshany, which was built in 1535 as a fort to protect the

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the raids of the

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TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars and the Kalmucks, is supposed to occupy the site of the Meshcheryak town of Murunza; mentioned as

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early as the 9th

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

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