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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 841 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NOVOMOSKOVSK , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Russia, in the See also:

GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

EKATERINOSLAV

Ekaterinoslav, 16 m. N.E. of the town of Ekaterinoslay. Including several villages which have been incorporated with it, it extends for nearly 7 M. along the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

SAMARA

Samara, a tributary of the See also:

DNIEPER

Dnieper. In the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the site was occupied by several villages of Zaporogian See also:

COSSACKS (Russ. Kazak; plural, Kazaki, from the Turki quzzaq, " adventurer, free-hooter ")

Cossacks, known under the name of Samarchik. In 1687 See also:

Prince See also:

Golitsuin founded here the Ust-Samara fort, which was destroyed after the treaty of the Pruth (1711), but rebuilt in 1736, and the See also:

settlement of Novoselitsy established. The inhabitants of Novomoskovsk, who numbered 23,381 in 1900, are chiefly engaged in See also:

agriculture, though some are employed in tanneries, and there is a See also:

trade in horses, See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

TALLOW (M.E. talugh, talg, cf. Du. talk, L. Ger. talg ; the connexion with O.E. taelg, dye, or Goth, tulgus, firm, is doubtful)

tallow, skins, See also:

tar and See also:

pitch. In the immediate neighbourhood is the Samarsko-Nikolayevskiy monastery, which is visited by many pilgrims. NOVO-RADOMSK, or RADOMSKO, a town of See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

Poland, in the government of See also:

Piotrkow, 28 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail S.S.W. of the town of Piotrk6w. It has factories for bentwood See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, woollens and See also:

CLOTH

cloth, tanneries, ironworks and sawmills, and is the centre of a very active trade. Pop. (1900) 14,464, many being See also:

Jews.

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