SIMFEROPOL  , 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 See also:

• TAURIDA

Taurida, in the S. of the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea, 78 m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.E. of See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol and Boo from See also:

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

Moscow . Pop . (1897) 60,876 . It occupies an admirable site on the N. slopes of the Chatyr-dagh Mountains, and is divided into two parts—the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European, well built in See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, and the Tatar, with narrow and filthy streets peopled by some 7000 See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars and by See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . Although it has grown since the rail-way brought it into connexion with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, it still remains a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere administrative centre . It is the see of a 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 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 and the headquarters of the 7th See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . There are a museum and monuments to Dolgoruki, conqueror of the Crimea, and to the empress See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine II . (18go) . The town is famous for its See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit . In the neighbourhood stood the small fortress of Napoli, erected by the ruler of Taurida some See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years before the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian era, and it existed until the end of the 3rd See also:

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

century . Afterwards the Tatar See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of Ak-mechet, which in the 17th century was the See also:

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

residence of the See also:

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

chief military See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

khan, had the name of See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

Sultan-serai . In 1736 it was, taken and burnt by the Russians, and in 1784, after the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of the Crimea by the Russians, it received its See also:

• PRESENT

present name and became the capital of Taurida .