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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 138 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PEREKOP , 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:

TAURIDA

Taurida, 6o m. S.E. of See also:

KHERSON

Kherson, on the See also:

ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus which connects the See also:

CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea with the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent, and commanding the once defensive ditch and See also:

DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

dike which See also:

CROSS

cross from the See also:

Black See also:

Sea to the Sivash (putrid) See also:

LAGOON (Fr. lagune, Lat. lacuna, a pool)

lagoon. Pop. about 5000. It was formerly an important See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, with a See also:

GREAT

great transit See also:

trade in See also:

salt, obtained from salt lakes in the immediate neighbourhood. Since the opening of the railway route from See also:

KHARKOV

Kharkov to See also:

SIMFEROPOL

Simferopol in the Crimea Perekop has greatly declined. In See also:

ancient times the isthmus was crossed (about 12 m. See also:

south of the See also:

PRESENT

present town) by a ditch which gave the name of Taphros to a See also:

Greek See also:

settlement. This See also:

LINE

line of See also:

defence having fallen into decay, a fort was erected and a new ditch and dike constructed in the 15th See also:

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

century by the Tatar See also:

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

khan of the Crimea, Mengli Ghirai, and by his son and successor See also:

SAHIB

Sahib Ghirai. The fort, known as Kapu or Or-Kapu, became the See also:

NUCLEUS (Lat. for the kernal of a nut, nux, the stone of fruit)

nucleus of the town. In the See also:

MIDDLE

middle ages Perekop was known as Tuzla. In 1736 it was captured by the Russians under Miinnich, and again in 1738 under Lascy (See also:

Lacy), who blew up the fort and destroyed a great See also:

PART

part of the dike. In 1754 the fort was rebuilt by Krim Ghirei; but the Greek and Armenian inhabitants of Perekop formed a new settlement at Armyanskiy Bazar (Armenian See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market), 3 M. farther south. Captured by the Russians in 1771, the town passed into See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

possession with the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Crimea in 1783.

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