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world (Bjarmeland) on trading 'expeditions; the best-known is that made by Ottar or Othere between 88o and qoo and described (or translated) by See also:

ALFRED

Alfred the See also:

GREAT

Great, See also:

king of See also:

England. The See also:

MODERN

modern town See also:

DATES

dates, however, from the visit of the See also:

ENGLISH

English voyager, See also:

Richard See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor, in 1553. An English factory was erected on the See also:

LOWER

lower Dvina soon after that date, and in 1584 a fort was built, around which the town See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up. Archangel was for long the only seaport of Russia (or Muscovy). The See also:

TSAR, or CZAR

tsar Boris Godunov (1598–1605) threw the See also:

trade open to all nations; and the chief participants in it were England, See also:

Holland and See also:

Germany. In 1668–1684 the great See also:

BAZAAR (Pers. bazar, market)

bazaar and trading See also:

hall was built, principally by Tatar prisoners. In 1691–1700 the exports to England averaged £112,21.0 annually.

After See also:

Peter the Great See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

ARCHBISHOP made St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg the See also:

capital of his dominions (1702), he placed Archangels under vexatious commercial disabilities, and consequently its trade declined. In 1762 it was granted the same privileges as St Petersburg, and since then it has gradually recovered its former prosperity. It is the seat of a See also:

bishop, and has a See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral (1709-1743), a museum, the monastery of the Archangel See also:

Michael (whence the See also:

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

city gets its name), an ecclesiastical See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, a school of See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation and a See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital. See also:

LINEN

Linen, See also:

leather, See also:

CANVAS

canvas, cordage, mats, 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, potash and See also:

BEER

beer are manufactured. There is a lively trade with St Petersburg, and the See also:

sea-See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne exports, which consist chiefly of See also:

TIMBER

timber, See also:

FLAX

flax, See also:

LINSEED

linseed, oats, See also:

FLOUR

flour, See also:

pitch, See also:

tar, skins and mats, amount in value to about 1a millions See also:

sterling annually (82k % for timber), but the imports (mostly See also:

fish) are See also:

worth only aboutn' oo,000. A fish See also:

FAIR

fair is held every See also:

YEAR

year on the 1st (15th) of Septed. Archangel communicates with the interior of Russia by n e ;1nd•?See also:

canal, and has a railway See also:

LINE

line (522 m.) to See also:

Yaroslavl. The t;..our, deepened to 184 ft., is about a mile below the city, and is accessible from May to See also:

OCTOBER

October. About 12 M. lower down there are a government dockyard and merchants' warehouses. A new military See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, See also:

ALEXANDROVSK

Alexandrovsk or See also:

PORT

Port See also:

Catherine, has been made on Catherine (Ekaterininsk) See also:

Bay, on the Murman See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

KOLA

Kola See also:

peninsula. The shortest See also:

day at Archangel has only 3 hrs. 12 See also:

min., the longest 21 hrs.

48 min. of daylight.

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