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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 108 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SAMARA , a See also:

TOWN

town of E. 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, 305 M. by See also:

RIVER

river S.S.E of Kazan and 261 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail W.N.W.of See also:

ORENBURG

Orenburg. Its See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, which was 63,479 in 1883, numbered 91,672 in 1897. Owing to its situation on the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

VOLGA (known to the Tatars as Etil, Jill or Atel; to the Finnish tribes as Rau, and to the ancients as Rha and Oarus)

Volga, at the convergence of the Siberian and Central Asian See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, it has See also:

GREAT

great commercial importance, especially as a See also:

DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)

depot for cereals and a centre for See also:

FLOUR

flour-milling. A considerable See also:

trade is also carried on in See also:

animal products, particularly hides. The other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-foundries, See also:

SOAP

soap, candles, vehicles and See also:

GLUE (from the O. Fr. glu, bird-lime, from the Late Lat. gluten, glus, glue)

glue factories, cooperages, tanneries, breweries and See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-See also:

WORKS

works. The See also:

PORT

port is the best on the Volga. Three great fairs are held every See also:

YEAR

year. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, which gives See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to a See also:

bishop of the Orthodox See also:

Greek See also:

Church, has three cathedrals, built in 1685, 1730-1735 and 1894 respectively, three public See also:

LIBRARIES

libraries, and a natural See also:

HISTORY

history and archaeological museum. It is famous for its kumis (See also:

MARE

mare's See also:

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk) See also:

CURES

cures. Its See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation took See also:

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

place in 1586-1591 for the purpose of protecting the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian frontier against the See also:

BASHKIRS

Bashkirs, the Kalmucks and the Nogai See also:

TATARS (the common form Tartars is less correct)

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