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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 767 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BERDICHEV , a See also:

TOWN

town of W. See also:

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:

Kiev, 116 m. S.W. of Kiev by See also:

RAIL

rail and not far from the See also:

BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

VOLHYNIA

Volhynia. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of the See also:

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption, finished in 1832, is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

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

place of See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship. The fortified Carmelite monastery, founded in 1627, was captured and plundered by See also:

CHMIELNICKI, BOGDAN (c. 1593-1657)

Chmielnicki, See also:

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

chief of the Zaporogian See also:

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

Cossacks, in 1647, and disestablished in 1864. An extensive See also:

trade is carried on in peltry, See also:

SILK

silk goods, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and wooden wares, See also:

salt See also:

fish, 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, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses. Four fairs are held yearly, the most important being on the 12th of See also:

JUNE

June and the 15th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August. The numerous See also:

minor See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include the manufacture of See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

SOAP

soap, candles, oil, bricks and See also:

leather. Pop. (1867) 52,563; (1897) 53,728, See also:

Jews forming about 8o%. In the treaty of demarcation between the See also:

LITHUANIANS

Lithuanians and the Poles in 1546 Berdichev was assigned to the former. In 1768 See also:

PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

Pulaski, See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the confederacy of See also:

Bar, fled, after the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of that See also:

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

city, to Berdichev, and there maintained himself during a See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of twenty-five days.

The town belongs to the Radziwill See also:

FAMILY

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