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KHERSON , a See also:town of See also:south See also:Russia, See also:capital of the above See also:government, on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill above the right See also:bank of the See also:Dnieper, about 19 M. from its mouth. Founded by the courtier See also:Potemkin in 1778 as a See also:naval station and seaport, it had become by 1786 a See also:place of xo,000 inhabitants, and, although its progress was checked by the rise of See also:Odessa and the removal (in 1794) of the naval establishments to See also:Nikolayev, it had in 1900 a See also:population of 73,185. The Dnieper at this point breaks into several arms, forming islands overgrown with reeds and bushes; and vessels of See also:burden must See also:anchor at Stanislayskoe-selo, a See also:good way down the stream. Of the See also:traffic on the See also:river the largest See also:share is due to the See also:timber, See also:wool, cereals, See also:cattle and hides See also:trade; wool-dressing, See also:soap-boiling, See also:tallow-melting, See also:brewing, See also:flour-milling and the manufacture of See also:tobacco are the See also:chief See also:industries. Kherson is a substantially built and See also:regular town. The See also:cathedral is the See also:burial-place of Potemkin, and near Kherson See also:lie the remains of See also:John See also:Howard, the See also:English philanthropist, who died here in 1790. The fortifications have fallen into decay. The name Kherson was given to the town from the supposition that the site was formerly that of Chersonesus Heracleotica, the See also:Greek See also:city founded by the See also:Dorians of See also:Heraclea.
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