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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PENZA , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Russia, See also:

capital of 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 the same name, 492 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail S.E. from See also:

Moscow. It stands on a See also:

plateau 567 ft. above the See also:

sea, at the confluence of the Penza with the navigable Sura. Pop. (1897), 61,851. The older parts of the town are constructed of See also:

wood, but the newer parts are well built. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral was erected in 182o-1821. Penza has technical See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, public See also:

LIBRARIES

libraries, a museum of antiquities, and a See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre which has played some See also:

PART

part in the See also:

HISTORY

history of the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage. The bulk of the inhabitants support themselves by See also:

agriculture or fishing in the Sura. An imperial botanical See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden is situated within two See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of the town. Apart from See also:

paper-See also:

mills and See also:

steam See also:

FLOUR

flour-mills, the manufacturing establishments are small. There is a See also:

trade in See also:

corn, oil, 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, See also:

TIMBER

timber and See also:

SPIRITS

spirits, and two fairs where 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 and horses are sold.

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