ostrog

The commission was executed, and on his return Morosko stated that he not only was among the Koryäks, but had also penetrated to the neighbourhood of the river Kamchatka, and that he took a Kamchadal "ostrog," and found in it some manuscripts in an unknown language, which, according to information afterwards obtained, had belonged to some

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

Dog-sledges were brought out upon the ice by the inhabitants; and upon these our travellers were carried to the town, or "ostrog" as it is called -- such being the name given to the villages of Kamschatka.

Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Mayne Reid 1850

The south side is formed by a low sandy neck, exceedingly narrow, on which the ostrog is built.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

The south side is formed by a low sandy neck, exceedingly narrow, on which the ostrog is built.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

All, however, soon wore a friendly aspect, and nothing could exceed the kindness and hospitality of the officer, a serjeant, who commanded in the ostrog, and at whose house they were entertained.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

All, however, soon wore a friendly aspect, and nothing could exceed the kindness and hospitality of the officer, a serjeant, who commanded in the ostrog, and at whose house they were entertained.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

A year less two days from the night they had been whisked out of St. Petersburg, the exiles reached their destination -- the little log fort or _ostrog_ of Bolcheresk, about twenty miles up from the sea on the inner side of Kamchatka, one hundred and fifty miles overland from the

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

At nearly every village there is an _ostrog_, or prison, for the accommodation of exiles.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

On one occasion as we were passing an ostrog the gate suddenly opened, and a dozen sleighs laden with prisoners emerged and drove rapidly to the eastward.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

When a convoy reaches a village the inhabitants bring whatever they can spare, whether of food or money, and either deliver it to the prisoners in the street or carry it to the ostrog.

Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865