Yaroslav
Yaroslav names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Yaroslav a city and capital of the province of Yaroslav
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and capital of the province of Yaroslav, Russia; confluence of the Kotorost and Volga Vo rivers; 173 miles N. E. of Moscow. It is the seat of the provincial government and of an archbishop. The city is largely engaged in manufacturing and commerce, the right bank of the Volga being There lined for 2 miles with quays. were, before the World War, numerous cotton and linen mills, silk factories, and bell foundries. The village of Velikoje Selo, included in the city, was the center of the linen manufacture of Russia, and had an annual output valued at $3,000,000. The city is the seat of Uspenskij Cathedral, begun in 1215, and has numerous other very old churches, several monasteries, schools, gymnasia, a theological seminary, and a lyceum with a law faculty. The left bank of the Volga is the suburban and residential portion of the city and contains many beautiful dwellings. Pop. about 75,000.
Yaroslav or JAROSLAV, a province of European Russia
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
or JAROSLAV, a province of European Russia; bounded by the provinces of Novgorod, Vologda, Kostroma, Vladimil and Tver. The surface is level and well watered by the Volga and its tributaries, the Mologa and Sheksma. The W. portion of the province has numerous ponds and marshes, the largest being Lake Nero, near Rostov, from which the Weska flows. The Volga is connected with the Neva by two canals through which considerable commerce was carried on before the World War. Market gardening, timber cutting, mining, and manufacturing were the chief occupations. There There were extensive linen and cotton mills, and factories for the manufacture of chemicals, machinery, metal ware, flour, tobacco and spirits, making Yaroslav one of the principal manufacturing provinces of Russia. Considerable commerce was carried on by the two railway lines, the Rybinsk-St. Petersburg and the Yaroslav-Moscow-Vologda. Area, 13,751 square miles; pop. about 1,200,000.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's spelling has settled into English as Yaroslavl, and the city Collier's put at 75,000 in 1921 now holds roughly 600,000 people, its economy built around the tyre works and engine plants of the Soviet decades rather than the linen of Velikoye Selo. The Uspensky Cathedral "begun in 1215" did not survive: it was demolished in 1937 and rebuilt from scratch, reopening in 2010 for the city's millennium celebrations. The old churches Collier's admired brought the historic centre onto UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2005. The Mologa, named as a tributary, was dammed in 1941 to form the vast Rybinsk Reservoir, drowning the town of Mologa; the province, now Yaroslavl Oblast, still counts about 1.2 million people, almost exactly Collier's figure.
Written for this edition, 2026.