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KIEPERT KIEV 829 spit of land between a river and a bay ; pop. about 200,000. There is a considerable coast- ing trade with Canton and Macao. Kienchow is one of the ports open to foreigners, though there is not as yet any English settlement. The rocky coast is infested by pirates and wreckers, in consequence of the numerous casualties, but the inhabitants generally treat the shipwrecked people with kindness. KIEPERT, llciiiricli, a German geographer, born in Berlin, July 31, 1818. He studied under Ritter, explored Asia Minor in 1841-'2, and was director of the geographical institute at Weimar from 1845 till the end of 1852, when he returned to Berlin, and became a member of the academy of sciences and a lecturer, and in 1859 a professor in the university. In 1865 he joined the statistical bureau. He published, with the assistance of Ritter, the Atlas ton Hellas und den hellenischen Colonien (Berlin, 1840-'46; revised ed., 1866). His other works include maps for Robinson's " Biblical Re- searches in Palestine " (Halle, 1843) ; a celebra- ted map of Asia Minor (1843-'o); Historisch- geographische Erliiuterung der Kriege zwiscJien dem ostromischen Iteiche und den persischen Konigen der Sassaniden-Dynastie, which won a prize from the French institute in 1844, though not yet published; eight maps to Lepsius's "Monuments of Egypt and Ethiopia" (Berlin, 1 849 '59) ; Historisch-geograpJiischer A tlas der alten Welt (16 maps, Weimar, 1848 ; 15th ed., 1864); Neuer Handatlas der Erde (40 maps, Berlin, 1857-'61 ; enlarged ed., 1866 et seq.); Grower Handatlas dea Himmcla und der Erde, with 0. F. Weiland and others (43d ed., 72 sheets, Weimar, 1871) ; and a large number of minor publications. KIESEWETTER, Rafael Georg, a German au- thor, born at Holleschau, Moravia, Aug. 29, 1773, died near Vienna, Jan. 1, 1850. He was for many years referendary of the aulic mili- tary council at Vienna. His works include Geschichte der europaisck-abendlimdischen, das heisst unserer Jieutigen Musik (Leipsic, 1834; 2d ed., 1846), which has been translated into English. He also wrote works on Dutch, modern Greek, and Arabic music. He pub- lished a catalogue (2 vols., Vienna, 1847) of his collection of ancient music, which latter he be- queathed to the imperial library at Vienna. KIEV, Rleff, or Kiow. I. A S. government of European Russia, bordering on Minsk, Tchernigov, Poltava, Kherson, Podolia, and Volhynia; area, 19,682 sq. in.; pop. in 1867, 2,144,276. Kiev is the most fertile part of the Ukraine or Little Russia. Its surface is a plain, here and there undulating, and near the river courses intersected by low ranges. It is watered by the Dnieper, which forms its bound- ary on the side of Tchernigov and Poltava, and its western affluents, the Pripet, Ros, and others, the streams which take their course to the Bog or southern Bug being unimportant. There is abundance of grain of all kinds, of hemp, flax, honey, wax, and tobacco, excellent timber, and cattle of very good breed, the latter forming a principal article of export. The cli- mate is generally very mild and dry ; excessive heat prevails in summer. Agriculture and cat- Kiev the Petcherskoi Monastery. tie breeding are the chief occupations of the inhabitants, who consist mainly of Little-Rus- sians. The manufactures are unimportant. Trade is in part carried on by Jews, who are numerous in the adjoining western govern- ments. II. A city, capital of the government, on the right bank of the Dnieper, 270 m. N. of Odessa; pop. in 1867, 70,591. It consists of