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BYELGOROD (i.e. White Town)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 895 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BYELGOROD (i.e. See also:White See also:Town) , a town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Kursk, See also:room. S.S.E. by See also:rail from the See also:city of that name, in 5o° 46' N. See also:lat. and 36° 37' E. See also:long., clustering on a See also:chalk See also:hill on the right See also:bank of the Donets. Pop. (186o) 11,722; (1897) 21,850. In the 17th See also:century it suffered repeatedly from Tatar incursions, against which there was built (from 1633 to 1940) an earthen See also:wall, with twelve forts, extending upwards of 200 M. from the Vorskla to the See also:Don, and called the Byelgorod See also:line. In 1666 an archiepiscopal see was established in the town. There are two See also:cathedral churches, both built in the 16th century, as well as a theological See also:seminary. Candles, See also:leather, See also:soap, See also:lime and bricks are manufactured, and a See also:trade is carried on in See also:grain, See also:cattle, See also:wool, See also:honey, See also:wax and See also:tallow. There are three See also:annual fairs, on the loth See also:Friday after See also:Easter, the 29th of See also:June and the 15th of See also:August respectively.

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