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IRKUTSK , the See also:chief See also:town of the above See also:government, is the most important See also:place in See also:Siberia, being not only the largest centre of See also:population and the See also:principal commercial See also:depot See also:north of See also:Tashkent, but a fortified military See also:post, an archbishopric 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 seat of several learned See also:societies. It is situated in 52° 17' N. and 104° 16' E., 3792 M. by See also:rail from St See also:Petersburg. Pop. (1875) 32,512, (1900) 49,106. The town proper lies on the right See also:bank of the Angara, a tributary of the See also:Yenisei, 45 M. below its outflow from See also:Lake See also:Baikal, and on the opposite bank is the Glaskovsk suburb. The See also:river, which has a breadth of 290o ft., is crossed by a flying See also:bridge. The Irkut, from which the town takes its name, is a small river which joins the Angara directly opposite the town, the See also:main portion of which is separated from the monastery, the See also:castle, the See also:port and the suburbs by another confluent, the See also:Ida or Ushakovka. Irkutsk has See also:long been reputed a remarkably See also:fine See also:city—its streets being straight, broad, well paved and well lighted; but in 1879, on the 4th and 6th of See also:July, the See also:palace of the (then) See also:governor-See also:general, the principal administrative and municipal offices and many of the other public buildings were destroyed by See also:fire; and the government archives, the library and museum of the Siberian See also:section of the See also:Russian See also:Geographical Society were utterly ruined. A See also:cathedral (built of See also:wood in 1693 and rebuilt of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone in 1718), the governor's palace, a school of See also:medicine, a museum, a military See also:hospital, and the See also:crown factories are amongthe public institutions and buildings. An important See also:fair is held in See also:December. Irkutsk See also:grew out of the See also:winter-quarters established (1652) by See also:Ivan Pokhabov for the collection of the See also:fur tax from the See also:Buriats. Its existence as a town See also:dates from 1686.
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