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Voronezh (Capital of Voronezh)

the capital of Voronezh, of Voronezh, the the Don, is 310 miles N. N. W. of Founded in 1586 as a stronghold against the Tartars, it first became important in the time of Peter I., to whom a monument was raised here in 1860.

It has over 20 churches, several monasteries, and before the World War had extensive tanning industries, and carried on a large trade in corn, sugar, and oil . Pop. about 70,000.

MARTY, MIHALY (vö-rösh-marty), a VÖRÖSMARTY, or VOEROES- Hungarian writer; born in Nyek, Hungary, gary, Dec. 1, 1800; published "King drama, in 1821, which was followed by a poem, "The Triumph of drama (1824); "The Flight of Zalan," Fidelity" ( 1827); "King Sigismund," a an epic poem; the tragedy "Kont" His narrative poems entitled "Cserhalom," and "The Enchanted Val- Cserhalom," and "The Enchanted Valley," established his reputation as the first Hungarian poet of his time. He was VORTEX a contributor to Kisfaludy's "Aurora," and was for several years editor of a journal called "The Repository of Science."