Kieff, on the Dnieper, 300 m. N. of Odessa, is a holy city, the capital of the province of Kieff, strongly fortified, and one of the oldest towns in Russia, where Christianity was proclaimed the religion of the country in 988; has St. Vladimir's University, theological schools, and Petchersk monastery; a pilgrim resort; industries unimportant, include tanning and candle-making; trade chiefly in the hands of the Jews.
Population (circa 1900) given as 184,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Kidderminster * Kiel