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See also:MOGILEV ON THE See also:DNIEPER , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of Mogilev. Pop. (1900), 47,591, two-thirds See also:Jews. It is situated on a hilly site on both See also:banks of the Dnieper, 120 M. by See also:rail S.W. of See also:Smolensk. It is the see of an See also:archbishop 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. The public buildings include the See also:cathedral of the Orthodox Greek Church (founded by See also:Catherine II. of Russia and See also:Joseph II. of See also:Austria in 178o), a See also:Roman See also:Catholic cathedral (built in 1692), an old See also:castle, a museum, a church dating from 162o, and an old Tatar See also:tower. The See also:principal See also:industries are tanneries. The See also:commerce is mostly in the hands of Jews. See also:Corn, See also:salt, See also:sugar and See also:fish are brought from the See also:south, whilst skins and manufactured wares, imported from See also:Germany, are sent to the See also:southern governments.
Mogilev is mentioned for the first 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 in the 14th See also:century as a dependency of, the See also:Vitebsk, or of the Mstislavl principality. At the beginning of the 15th century it became the See also:personal See also:property of the See also:Polish See also:kings. But it was continually plundered—either by Russians, who attacked it six times during the 16th century, or by See also:Cossacks, who plundered it three times. In the 17th century its inhabitants, who belonged to the Orthodox Greek Church, suffered much from the persecutions of the See also:United Greek Church. In 1654 it surrendered to Russia, but in 1661 the See also:Russian See also:garrison was massacred by the inhabitants. In the 18th century the town was taken several times by Russians and by Swedes, and in 1708 See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great ordered it to be destroyed by See also:fire. It was annexed to Russia in 1772. Near here the See also:French under Davoitt defeated the Russians under See also:Bagration on the 23rd of See also:July 1812.
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