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KREMENCHUG , a See also:town of See also:south-See also:west See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Poltava, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Dnieper (which periodically overflows its See also:banks), 73 M. S.W. of the See also:city of Poltava, on the See also:Kharkov-See also:Nikolayev railway. Pop. (1887), 31,000; (1897, with Kryukov suburb), 58,648. The most notable public buildings are the See also:cathedral (built in 1808), the See also:arsenal and the town-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. The town is supposed to have been founded in 1571. From its situation at the See also:southern See also:terminus of the navigable course of the Dnieper, and on the See also:highway from See also:Moscow to See also:Odessa, it See also:early acquired See also:great commercial importance, and by 1655 it was a wealthy town. From 1765 to 1789 it was the See also:capital of " New Russia." It has a suburb, Kryukov, on the right bank of the Dnieper, See also:united with the town by a railway See also:bridge. Nearly all commercial transactions in See also:salt with See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Russia are effected at Kremenchug. The town is also the centre of the See also:tallow See also:trade with See also:Warsaw; considerable quantities of See also:timber are floated down to this See also:place. Nearly all the trade in the See also:brandy manufactured in the government of Kharkov, and destined for the governments of See also:Ekaterinoslav and See also:Taurida,is concentrated here, as also is the trade in See also:linseed between the districts situated on the left affluents of the Dnieper and the southern ports. Other articles of See also:commerce are See also:rye, rye-See also:flour, See also:wheat, oats and See also:buckwheat, which are sent partly up the Dnieper to See also:Pinsk, partly by See also:land to Odessa and Berislav, but principally to Ekaterinoslav, on See also:light boats floated down during the See also:spring floods. The Dnieper is crossed at Kremenchug by a tubular bridge r081 yds. See also:long; there is also a bridge of boats. The manufactures consist of carriages, agricultural machinery, See also:tobacco, See also:steam flour-See also:mills, steam saw-mills and forges.
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