SIERADZ  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of, See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

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

Poland, 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:

• KALISZ

Kalisz, situated on the Warta, r to m . S.W. of the See also:

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

city of See also:

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

Warsaw . Pop . (1897) 7019 . It is one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest towns of Poland, founded See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the introduction of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, and was formerly known as See also:

• SYRA, or SYROS (anc. E6pos, perhaps Homeric lapin}, a Greek island in the middle of the Cyclades, which in the 19th century became the commercial centre of the Archipelago, and is also the residence of the nomarch of the Cyclades and the seat of the centr

Syra or Syraz . The See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals mention it in 1139 . Several seines, or diets, of Poland were held there during the 13th to 15th centuries, and it was a wealthy town until nearly destroyed by a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1447 . The old See also:

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

castle, which suffered much in the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish See also:

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

war of 1702–1711, was destroyed by the Germans in 1800 . There are two churches, dating from the See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath and 14th centuries respectively .