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SIMFEROPOL , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of See also:Taurida, in the S. of the See also:Crimea, 78 m. by See also:rail N.E. of See also:Sevastopol and Boo from See also:Moscow. Pop. (1897) 60,876. It occupies an admirable site on the N. slopes of the Chatyr-dagh Mountains, and is divided into two parts—the See also:European, well built in See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, and the Tatar, with narrow and filthy streets peopled by some 7000 See also:Tatars and by See also:Jews. Although it has grown since the rail-way brought it into connexion with the See also:rest of the See also:empire, it still remains a See also:mere administrative centre. It is the see of a See also:bishop 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 and the headquarters of the 7th See also:Russian See also:army See also:corps. There are a museum and monuments to Dolgoruki, conqueror of the Crimea, and to the empress See also:Catherine II. (18go). The town is famous for its See also:fruit.
In the neighbourhood stood the small fortress of Napoli, erected by the ruler of Taurida some See also:hundred years before the See also:Christian era, and it existed until the end of the 3rd See also:century. Afterwards the Tatar See also:settlement of Ak-mechet, which in the 17th century was the See also:residence of the See also:chief military See also:commander of the See also:khan, had the name of See also:Sultan-serai. In 1736 it was, taken and burnt by the Russians, and in 1784, after the See also:conquest of the Crimea by the Russians, it received its See also:present name and became the capital of Taurida.
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