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SIMBIRSK , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, 154 M. by the See also:Volga S.S.W. from Kazan, between the Volga and the Sviyaga. Pop. (1897) 44,111. It is one of the best built provincial towns of Russia. 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. The central See also:part of Simbirsk —the See also:Crown (Venets), containing the See also:cathedral and the best houses—is built on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill 56o ft. above the Volga. Adjoining this is the commercial See also:quarter, while farther down the slope, towards the Volga, are the storehouses and the poorest suburbs of the See also:city; these last also occupy the W. slope towards the Sviyaga. There are three suburbs on the See also:left See also:bank of the Volga, communication with them being maintained in summer by steamers. A See also:great See also:fire having destroyed nearly all the town in 1864, it has been built again on a new See also:plan, though still mostly of See also:wood. The cathedral of St See also:Nicholas See also:dates from 1712. The new cathedral of the Trinity was erected in 1824—1841 in See also:commemoration of the See also:French invasion of 1812. The historian See also:Karamzin (See also:born in 1766 in the vicinity of Simbirsk) has a See also:monument here, and a public library bearing his name contains about 15,000 volumes. The See also:trade is.brisk, See also:corn being the See also:principal See also:item, while next come potash, wood, fruits, wooden wares and manufactured produce. Simbirsk See also:fair has a turnover of £65o,000 annually. The city was founded in 1648, and in 167o endured a See also:long See also:siege by the See also:rebel See also:leader Stenka See also:Razin.
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