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GRODNO , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name in 53° 40' N. and 23° 50' E., on the right See also:bank of the Niemen, ,6o m. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Warsaw and 98 m. S.W. of See also:Vilna on the See also:main See also:line to St See also:Petersburg. Pop. (1901.) 41,736, nearly two-thirds See also:Jews. It is an episcopal see 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 and the headquarters of the II. See also:Army See also:Corps. It has two old castles, now converted to other uses, and two churches (16th and 17th centuries). See also:Tobacco. factories and distilleries are important; machinery, See also:soap, candles, vehicles and firearms are also made. Built in the 12th See also:century, Grodno was almost entirely destroyed by the See also:Mongols (1241) and See also:Teutonic knights (1284 and 1391). See also:Stephen See also:Bathory, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Poland, made it his capital, and died there in 1586. The See also:Polish Estates frequentlymet at Grodno after 1673, and there in 1793 they signed the second See also:partition of Poland. It was at Grodno that See also:Stanislaus See also:Poniatowski resigned the Polish See also:crown in 1795.
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