. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 266 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. Jesuits was one of tlie centres of Protestantism in the country, and is still a sort of Jewish capital. The Historical Museum is one of the most important in Russia, and there is a Geographical Society in the place, which, however, has lost the University that succeeded the Jesuits' Academy. It was suppressed after the Fig. 126.—Vitebsk. Scale 1 : 170,000. P 55" 15 270 27° 55' II "uh . O"; -Oo .0« .? « I 1. E of G 50°5' 50° 15- —. 2 Miles. insurrection of 1832, and most of the books and collections removed


. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 266 EUSSIA IN EUROPE. Jesuits was one of tlie centres of Protestantism in the country, and is still a sort of Jewish capital. The Historical Museum is one of the most important in Russia, and there is a Geographical Society in the place, which, however, has lost the University that succeeded the Jesuits' Academy. It was suppressed after the Fig. 126.—Vitebsk. Scale 1 : 170,000. P 55" 15 270 27° 55' II "uh . O"; -Oo .0« .? « I 1. E of G 50°5' 50° 15- —. 2 Miles. insurrection of 1832, and most of the books and collections removed to the Universities of St. Petersburg, Kiev, and other high schools. North-east of Yilna the St. Petersburg railway passes near the important town of Scenzianij, and in the south-west, near the junction of the Warsaw and Konigsberg line, lies Noriije Trolii, on an islet in tlie middle of a lake, head- quarters of the Karaïtic Jews from the Crimea. Kodio, capital of the province of Like name, stands near the junction of the Niémen with the Neveja and other streams, affording considerable water communication with the coast and the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company


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