VORONEZH  , 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, on the See also:

• RIVER

river Vorcnezh, 5 M. above its confluence with the See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don and 367 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.S.E. of See also:

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

Moscow . Pop . (Igor) 84,146 . It is one of the best-built and most picturesque provincial towns of Russia, and is situated on the steep See also:

• BANK

bank of the river, surrounded by three large suburbs —Troitskaya, Yamskaya and Chizhovka . It has a military school of cadets, two museums, a See also:

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

monument (186o) to 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, a railway See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, a See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage 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 a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre which figures in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage . It was the birthplace of two See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant poets, who wrote some of the finest examples of Russian See also:

• POETRY

poetry—A . V . Koltsov (1809–1842) and I . S . See also:

• NIKITIN, ATHANASIUS

Nikitin (1824–1861) . A memorial to the former was erected in 1868 . There are factories for cleansing See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and for the preparation of linens, woollens, bells, 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 and oil, as well as some distilleries .

Voronezh is an important entrep6t for See also:

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

corn, See also:

• FLAX

flax, tallow, hides, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

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

wood and See also:

• COAL

coal from the Don . The See also:

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

city was founded in 1586, as a fort against Tatar raids, on a site which had been occupied from the 11th See also:

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

century by a Khazar town, but had been deserted during the r4th and 15th centuries . Four years afterwards it was burned by the See also:

• TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars, but again rebuilt, and soon became an important trading See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . Peter the Great recognized its importance, and in 1695 built here a flotilla of boats for the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of See also:

• AZOV
• AZOV, SEA OF

Azov . The town was almost completely destroyed by 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 1703, 1748 and 1773, but was always rebuilt .