SIMBIRSK  , 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, 154 M. by the See also:

• VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

Volga S.S.W. from Kazan, between the Volga and the Sviyaga . Pop . (1897) 44,111 . It is one of the best built provincial towns of Russia . It is an episcopal see 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 central See also:

• PART

part of Simbirsk —the See also:

• CROWN

Crown (Venets), containing the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral and the best houses—is built on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill 56o ft. above the Volga . Adjoining this is the commercial See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter, while farther down the slope, towards the Volga, are the storehouses and the poorest suburbs of the See also:

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

city; these last also occupy the W. slope towards the Sviyaga . There are three suburbs on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Volga, communication with them being maintained in summer by steamers . A See also:

• GREAT

great 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 having destroyed nearly all the town in 1864, it has been built again on a new See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, though still mostly of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . The cathedral of St See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• DATES

dates from 1712 . The new cathedral of the Trinity was erected in 1824—1841 in See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French invasion of 1812 . The historian See also:

• KARAMZIN, NIKOLAI MIKHAILOVICH (1765-1826)

Karamzin (See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1766 in the vicinity of Simbirsk) has a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument here, and a public library bearing his name contains about 15,000 volumes .

The See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade is.brisk, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn being the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• ITEM (a Latin adverb meaning " also," " likewise ")

item, while next come potash, wood, fruits, wooden wares and manufactured produce . Simbirsk See also:

• FAIR

fair has a turnover of £65o,000 annually . The city was founded in 1648, and in 167o endured a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege by the See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader Stenka See also:

• RAZIN, STEPHEN TIMOFEEVICH (d. 1671)

Razin .