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EKATERINBURG , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Perm, 311 M. by See also:rail S.E. of the town of Perm, on the Iset See also:river, near the E. See also:foot of the Ural Mountains, in 56° 49' N. and
6o° 35' E., at an See also:altitude of 87o ft. above See also:sea-level. It is the most important town of the Urals. Pop. (186o) 9,83o; (1897) 55,488. The streets are broad and See also:regular, and several of the houses of palatial proportions. In 1834 Ekaterinburg was made the see of a See also:suffragan See also:bishop of the Orthodox See also:Greek See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. There are two cathedrals—St See also:Catherine's, founded in 1758, and that of the See also:Epiphany, in 1774—and a museum of natural See also:history, opened in 1853. Ekaterinburg is the seat of the central See also:mining See also:administration of the Ural region, and has a chemical laboratory for the assay of See also:gold, a mining school, the Ural Society of Naturalists, and a magnetic and meteorological See also:observatory. Besides the government See also:mint for See also:copper coinage, which See also:dates from 1735, the government See also:engineering See also:works, and the imperial factory for the cutting and polishing of See also:malachite, See also:jasper, See also:marble, See also:porphyry and other ornamental stones, the See also:industrial establishments comprise See also:candle, See also:paper, See also:soap and machinery works, See also:flour and woollen See also:mills, and tanneries. There is a lively See also:trade in See also:cattle, cereals, See also:iron, woollen and See also:silk goods, and colonial products; and two important fairs are held annually. Nearly See also:forty gold and See also:platinum mines, over See also:thirty iron-works, and numerous other factories are scattered over the See also:district, while wheels, travelling boxes, hardware, boots and so forth are extensively made in the villages. Ekaterinburg took its origin from the mining establishments founded by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great in 1721, and received its name in See also:honour of his wife, Catherine I. Its development was greatly promoted in 1763 by the diversion of the Siberian See also:highway from Verkhoturye to this See also:place.
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