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MINSK , a See also: town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, on the Svisloch, a tributary of the See also:Berezina, at the intersection of the See also:Moscow-See also:Warsaw and See also:Libau-See also:Kharkov See also:rail-ways, 430 M. by rail W. from Moscow. It had, in 1897, 91,494 inhabitants, of whom one-third were See also:Jews of the poorest class; the others were 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 Russians, Poles and See also:Tatars. Amongst its public buildings is a See also:cathedral, built in 1611. Minsk is the headquarters of the IVth See also:Army See also:Corps and the see of a See also:bishop 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 from 1798 to 1853 it was a see of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic Church. The manufactures are few and insignificant. Since the introduction of See also:railways the commercial importance of the See also:place, which formerly was slight, has begun to increase.
Minsk is mentioned in See also:Russian See also:annals in the rsth See also:century under the name of Myen'sk, or Menesk. In Io66 and 1096 it was devastated, first by Izyazlav and afterwards by See also:Vladimir, See also:prince of See also:Kiev. It changed rulers many times until the 13th century, when it became a Lithuanian See also:fief. In the 15th century it waspart of See also:Poland, but as See also:late as 1505 it was ravaged by Tatars, and in 1508 by Russians. In the 18th century it was taken several times by Swedes and Russians. Russia annexed it in 1793. See also: Napoleon I. took it in 1812.
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