RYEZHITSA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in 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:

• VITEBSK

Vitebsk, 150 M . N.W. from the town of Vitebsk and on the railway between St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg and See also:

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

Warsaw . Its See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population increased from 7306 in 1867 to 1o,681 in 1897 ; but its importance is mainly See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral is a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• BUILDING

building (1846) . Ryezhitsa, or, as it is called in the Livonian See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles, Roziten, was founded in 1285 by the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic Knights to keep in subjection the See also:

• LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians and Letts . The See also:

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

castle was continually the See also:

• OBJECT

object of hostile attacks . In 1561 the Teutonic Knights gave it in See also:

• PAWN

pawn to See also:

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

Poland, and, though it was captured by the Russians in 1567 and 1577, and had its fortifications dismantled by the Swedes during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1656-60, it continued See also:

• POLISH

Polish till 1773, when 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 Russia was See also:

• UNITED

united with the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire .