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See also:JASSY (Iafit) , also written JASH, JASCHI and YASSY, the See also:capital of the See also:department of Jassy, See also:Rumania; situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Bahlui, an affluent of the Jijia, about to m. W. of the Pruth and the See also:Russian frontier. Pop. (190o), 78,067. Jassy communicates by See also:rail with See also:Galatz on the See also:Danube, See also:Kishinev in See also:Bessarabia, and See also:Czernowitz in Bukowina. The surrounding See also:country is one of uplands and See also:woods, among which rise the monasteries of Cetatuia, Frumoasa, and Galata with its See also:mineral springs, the See also:water-cure See also:establishment of Rapide and the See also:great See also:seminary of Socola. Jassy itself stands pleasantly amid See also:vine-yards and gardens, partly on two hills, partly in the hollowbetween. Its See also:primitive houses of See also:timber and See also:plaster were mostly swept away after 186o, when See also:brick or 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 came into See also:general use, and See also:good streets were cut among the network of narrow, insanitary lanes. Jassy is the seat of the See also:metropolitan of See also:Moldavia, and of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:archbishop. Synagogues and churches abound. The two See also:oldest churches date from the reign of See also:Stephen the Great (1458–1504); perhaps the finest, however, are the 17th-See also:century metropolitan, St Spiridion and Trei Erarchi, the last a curious example of See also:Byzantine See also:art, erected in 1639 or 1640 by See also:Basil the See also:Wolf, and adorned with countless gilded carvings on its See also:outer walls and twin towers. The St Spiridion See also:Foundation (due to the liberality of See also:Prince See also:- GREGORY
- GREGORY (Gregorius)
- GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
- GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
- GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
- GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
- GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
- GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)
Gregory Ghika in 1727, and avail-able for the sick of all countries and See also:creeds) has an See also:annual income of over £8o,000, and maintains hospitals and churches in several towns of Moldavia, besides the See also:baths at Slanic in See also:Walachia. The See also:main See also:hospital in Jassy is a large See also:building, and possesses a maternity institution, a midwifery school, a chemical See also:institute, an inoculating establishment, &c. A society of physicians and naturalists has existed in Jassy since the See also:early See also:part of the 19th century, and a number of See also:periodicals are published. Besides the university, founded by Prince See also:Cuza in 1864, with faculties of literature, See also:philosophy, See also:law, See also:science and See also:medicine, there are a military See also:academy and See also:schools of art, See also:music and See also:commerce; a museum, a See also:fine See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall and a See also:theatre; the See also:state library, where the See also:chief records of Rumanian See also:history are preserved; an See also:appeal See also:court, a chamber of commerce and several See also:banks. The See also:city is the headquarters of the 4th See also:army See also:corps. It has an active See also:trade in See also:petroleum, See also:salt, metals, timber, cereals, See also:fruit, See also:wine, See also:spirits, preserved See also:meat, textiles, clothing, See also:leather, cardboard and cigarette See also:paper.
The inscription by which the existence of a Jassiorum See also:municipium in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the Roman See also:Empire is sought to be proved, lies open to See also:grave suspicion; but the city is mentioned as early as the 14th century, and probably does derive its name from the Jassians, or Jazygians, who accompanied the Cumanian invaders. It was often visited by the Moldavian court. About 1564, Prince See also:Alexander Lapusneanu, after whom one of the chief streets is named, See also:chose Jassy for the Moldavian capital, instead of Suceava (now See also:Suczawa, in Bukowina). It was already famous as a centre of culture. Between 1561 and 1563 an excellent school and a Lutheran 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 were founded by the See also:Greek adventurer, See also:Jacob Basilicus (see RUMANIA: History). In 1643 the first printed See also:book published in Moldavia was issued from a See also:press established by Basil the Wolf. He also founded a school,the first in which the See also:mother-See also:tongue took the See also:place of Greek. Jassy was burned by the See also:Tatars in 1513, by the See also:Turks in 1538, and by the Russians in 1686. By the See also:Peace of Jassy the second Russo-See also:Turkish See also:War was brought to a See also:close in 1792. A Greek insurrection under See also:Ypsilanti in 1821 led to the storming of the city by the Turks in 1822. In 1844 there was a severe conflagration. For the loss caused to the city in 1861 by the removal of the seat of See also:government to See also:Bucharest the constituent See also:assembly voted £148,150, to be paid in ten annual instalments, but no See also:payment was ever made.
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