SYZRAR  , 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:

• SIMBIRSK

Simbirsk, 156 m . E. of the town of See also:

• PENZA

Penza, and a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short distance from 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 . Pop . (1882), 24,500; (1900), 33,046 . Syzran originated in a fort, erected in 1683, to protect the See also:

• DISTRICT

district from the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars and Circassians . Most of its inhabitants are engaged in gardening and tillage . In the large villages of the surrounding district various See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty trades are carried on . The town has See also:

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

long been in repute for its tanneries and its manufactures of See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather . Several See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and other factories have recently sprung up . Much See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain is exported; See also:

• TIMBER

timber is brought from the upper Volga, and manufactured wares from Nizhniy See also:

• NOVGOROD
• NOVGOROD (formerly known as V elikiy-Novgorod, Great Novgorod)

Novgorod .