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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 362 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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, 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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