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OSTROG , a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Volhynia, 95 M. W. of See also:Zhitomir, at the confluence of the Vilya with the Goryn. Pop. (1897) 14,530. It is an episcopal see 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 in the 16th See also:century had a classical See also:academy, converted later into a Jesuit See also:college. Here was made and printed in 1581 the first See also:translation of the See also:Bible into old Slay. In the town is a brotherhood of See also:Cyril and See also:Methodius, which maintains See also:schools of its own. The tanning of See also:light See also:leather is an active domestic See also:trade; other See also:industries are See also:potteries, oil-See also:works, See also:soap, See also:candle and See also:tobacco factories. After being plundered by the Cossack chieftain Khmelnitski in 1648, and conquered by the Russians seven years later, the town See also:fell into decay.
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