RYAZAN  , 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, 124 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.E. of See also:

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

Moscow, on the elevated right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Trubezh, a mile above its confluence with the Oka . Pop . (1897) 44,552 . A wide See also:

• PRAIRIE (adopted from the Fr. prairie, a meadow-tract. Late Lat. prataria, Lat. pratum, meadow)

prairie dotted with large villages, - the bottom of a former See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake, spreads out from the See also:

• BASE

base of the See also:

• CRAG (a Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag, Manx creg, and Welsh and modern Scots craig)

crag on which Ryazan stands, and actually has the aspect of an immense lake when it is inundated in the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . Ryazan is the see of an See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop 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 . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, first built in the 17th See also:

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

century, was reconstructed in 1776 . The Krestovozdvizhensk church contains tombs of the princes of the 15th and 16th centuries . The capital of Ryazan principality was Ryazan—now Old Ryazan, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to Spask, also on the Oka . It is mentioned in See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1o97i but continued to be the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-- town of the principality only until the 14th century . In the 11th century one of the See also:

• KIEV
• KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

Kiev princes founded, on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of a small lake, a fort which received the name of Pereyaslav-Ryazanskiy . In 1294 (or in 1335) the 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 See also:

• MUROM

Murom, compelled to leave his own town, settled in Pereyaslav-Ryazanskiy . The princes of Ryazan followed his example, and by and by completely abandoned the old republican town of Ryazan .

In 1300 a See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian princes was held there, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year the town was taken by the Moscow See also:

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

prince . It continued, however, to be the See also:

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

residence of the Ryazan princes until 1517 . In 1365 and 1377 it was plundered and burned by the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars, but in 146o, 15131 1521 and 1564 it was strong enough to repel them . Earthen walls with towers were erected after 13o1; and in the 17th century a kreml or citadel still stood on the high crag above the Trubezh .