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See also:ZHITOMIR, or JITOMIR , a See also:town of western See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of See also:Volhynia, on the Teterev See also:river, 83 m. W.S.W. of See also:Kiev. Pop. (1900) 80,787, more than one-third See also:Jews. It is the see of an See also:archbishop 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 of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, Two See also:printing offices in Zhitomir issue nearly one-See also:half of all the See also:Hebrew books printed in Russia. The Jewish merchants carry on a considerable export See also:trade in agricultural produce, and in See also:timber and wooden wares from the forests to the See also:north. Kid gloves, See also:tobacco, dyes and See also:spirits are manufactured.
Zhitomir is a very old See also:city, tradition tracing its See also:foundation as far back as the times of the Scandinavian adventurers, Askold and See also:Dir (9th See also:century). The See also:annals, however, mention it chiefly in connexion with the invasions of the See also:Tatars, who plundered it in the 13th, 14th and 17th centuries (1606), or in connexion with destructive conflagrations. It See also:fell under Lithuanian See also:rule in 1320, and during the 15th century was one of the See also:chief cities of the See also:kingdom. Later it became See also:part of See also:Poland, and when the See also:Cossacks See also:rose under their chieftain, Bogdan See also:Chmielnicki (1648), they sacked the town. It was annexed to Russia along with the See also:rest of the See also:Ukraine in 1778.
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