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BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. White Church)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 895 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BYELAYA TSERKOV (i.e. See also:

White See also:Church) , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Kiev, 32 M. S.S.W. of See also:Vasilkov, on the See also:main road from Kiev to the See also:Crimea, in 490 47' N. See also:lat. and 300 7' E. See also:long. Pop. (186o) 12,075; (1897) 20,705. First mentioned in 1155, Byelaya Tserkov was destroyed during the Mpngol invasion of the 13th See also:century. In 1550 a See also:castle was built here by the See also:prince of Kiev, and various privileges were bestowed upon the inhabitants. From 1651 the town was subject alternately to See also:Poland and to See also:independent hetmans (Cossack chiefs). In 1793 it was See also:united to Russia. There is a See also:trade in See also:beer, See also:cattle and See also:grain, sold at eleven See also:annual fairs, three of which last for ten days each.

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