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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 255 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BORISOGLYEBSK , a See also:

TOWN

town of 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:

TAMBOV

Tambov, too m. S.S.E. of the See also:

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

city of that name, in 51° 22' N. See also:

LAT

lat. and 430 4' E. See also:

long. It was founded in 1646 to defend the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern frontiers of Muscovy against the See also:

CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

Tatars, and in 1696 was surrounded by wooden fortifications. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are the preparation of See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

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

iron-casting, See also:

SOAP

soap-boiling, 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-melting, and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-making; and there is an active See also:

trade in 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, wool, 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 See also:

leather, and two important See also:

ANNUAL

annual fairs. Pop. (1867) 12,254; (1897) 22,370.

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