TAGANROG  , a seaport of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, on the N. See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea of See also:

• AZOV
• AZOV, SEA OF

Azov, in the See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks territory, some 170 M . S.E. of the See also:

• TOWN

town of Ekaterinoslay . It is built principally 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, stands on a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low cape, and has the aspect of an important commercial See also:

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

city . The imperial See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, where See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander I. died in 1825, and the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek monastery (under the See also:

• PATRIARCH (M.E. and O. Fr. patriarche, Lat. patriarcha, Gr. aarpuipxtis, from srarptu., clan, and apxil, rule)

patriarch of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem) are worthy of See also:

• NOTICE

notice . Statues of Alexander I . (183o) and See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great (1903) adorn the town . In the 13th See also:

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

century See also:

• PISAN, CHRISTINE DE (1364-c. 1430)

Pisan merchants founded there a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, See also:

• PORTUS

Portus Pisanus, which, however, soon disappeared during the migrations of the See also:

• MONGOLS

Mongols and See also:

• TURKS

Turks . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to obtain See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the promontory was made by Peter the Great, but it was not definitely annexed by the Russians until seventy years afterwards (1769) . The commercial importance of the town See also:

• DATES

dates from the second See also:

• HALF

half of the 19th century; in 187o its See also:

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

population had risen to 38,000, and after it was brought into railway connexion with See also:

• KHARKOV

Kharkov and See also:

• VORONEZH

Voronezh, and thus with the fertile provinces of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east Russia, the increase was still more rapid, the number reaching 56,047 in 1885, and 58,928 in 1900—Greeks, See also:

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

Jews, Armenians and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West-Europeans being important elements . The town was bombarded and in See also:

• PART

part destroyed by an Anglo-See also:

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

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet in May 1855 . Taganrog is an episcopal see of the Orthodox 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 has tanneries, See also:

• TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow See also:

• WORKS

works and See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco manufactures . The road-See also:

• STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead is very shallow, and exposed to winds which cause great See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations in the height of the See also:

• WATER

water; it is, moreover, rapidly silting up .

At the See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay the See also:

• DEPTH

depth of water is only 8 to 9 feet, and large See also:

• SHIPS

ships have to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie 5 to 13 See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles from the town . More-over, the See also:

• PORT

port is closed by See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice three to four months in the See also:

• YEAR

year . Notwithstanding the disadvantages of its open roadstead, the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign 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 has rapidly See also:

• EXPANDED

expanded, the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual value of the exports having increased from 62 millions See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling in 1849 to over ro millions sterling in 1904 . The See also:

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

chief See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of export being See also:

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

corn, the trade of the city is subject to great fluctuations . See also:

• LINSEED

Linseed and other oil-bearing grains are also important articles of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, as well as See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

• BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter . The imports, which consist chiefly of machinery, fruits (dried and fresh), See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, oil and textiles, do not much exceed half a million sterling annually .