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LEFT EBAEOW 371 KBEISLEB struction of 300 villages, and then oa- prison settlement, it became in 1920 the reered round the entire globe. The noise center of a Siberian Government set up of the eruption was heard for a distance by the peasants to replace that of the of 2,000 and even 3,000 miles. Omsk Government. Pop. about 80,000. KRAKOW. See Cracow. KBAIiJEVO, a town in Serbia, on River Ibar, about 35 miles N. W. of KragTjyevatz. It suffered greatly dur- ing the Austro-German invasions of 1915 and 1916, being one of the pivotal points to which the Serbian army had retired. Pop. about 4,000. KRANACH, L., a painter, born in 1472. KROPOTKIN, PETER ALEXIE- VICH, PRINCE, a Russian scientist; born in Moscow, Dec. 9, 1842. He was in the Russian army for a time. Charged with anarchist affiliations, he was imprisoned two years in Rus- sia, escaped, founded the anarchist paper, "La Revolte," in Geneva (1879), ^ and after being expelled from Switzerland in 1881, commenced a crusade against the Russian Government in the English and French press. He was imprisoned in France from 1883 to 1886. He lectured in various parts of the world; is the author of "To Young People"; "Words of a Revolutionist"; "In Russian and French Prisons"; "In Search of Bread"; and pamphlets on nihilistic subjects; and his contributions on modern scientific subjects to the lead- ing reviews were numerous and interest- ing. He died in 1921. KRASINSKI. SIGISMUND (kra- sin'ske), a Polish poet; born in Paris in 1812. He wrote the drama "Iri- dion" (1836) ; the drama "The Undivine Comedy" (1837-1848) ; "The Dawn" (1843) ; and "Psalms of the Future" (1845-1848), collections of lyric poems full of religion and patriotism. He died in Paris in 1859. KRASNIK, a town in Poland, capital of government of the same name, 28 miles S. W. of Lublin. In the German operations to destroy the Polish salient in 1915, great battles were fought near Krasnik. On July 2 the Germans passed through the town, which was the prin- cipal intermediate point on the Russian line. Pop. about 13,000. KRASNOVODSK, a Russian fortress on the E. shore of the Caspian Sea. It has been the starting point of many im- portant scientific and military expedi- tions to central Asia. KRASNOYARSK, capital of the prov- ince of Yeneseisk, Siberia, located on the Trans-Siberian railway, 2.720 miles from Moscow. Founded in 1628 as a fortified KRASZEVSKY, JOSEF IGNACY (kra-shev'ske), a Polish novelist; born in Warsaw, July 28, 1812. He was the author of over 500 works, consisting, besides valuable historical writings, of romances, novels, critiques, travels, polit- ical treatises, epic poems, etc. Of poetry, among his chief works was the epic "Anafielas" (1840-1843), founded on Lithuanian history. "The Devil and the Woman" (1841) was an imaginative drama. But his best work was in his romances and novels, over 240 in num- ber. Among them were: "The Poet and the World" (1839); "Ulana" (1841); "The Hut Beyond the Village" (1855) ; "About to Die" (1871). He died in Geneva, March 19, 1887. KRAUSKOPF, JOSEPH, an Amer- ican clergyman; born in Ostrov, Prussia, Jan. 21, 1858. He came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at the University of Cincinnati in 1883; made rabbi by Hebrew Union College; and in 1887 became rabbi of Reform Congrega- tion Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia. He became a leader in the reformed Jewish movement, and published "Evolution and Judasim," and many volumes of lectures. KREFELD (kra'feldt), one of the important manufacturing towns of Ger- many; 12 miles N. W. of Diisseldorf. It owes its importance to the settlement here, in the 17th and 18th centuries, of refugees from Juliers and Berg, and the neighboring countries; they established the silk and velvet manufactures for which Krefeld is now noted. Pop. about 150,000. KREHBIEL, HENRY EDWARD, an American musical critic; born in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 10, 1854. He was musical critic successively on the Cin- cinnati "Gazette" and the New York "Tribune." His published works in- clude: "The Technics of Violin Play- ing," "How to Listen to Music," etc. KREISLER, FRITZ, an Austrian violinist; born in Vienna in 1875. He entered the Vienna Conservatory at the age of seven years, and at the age of ten won a gold medal for violin play- ing. He studied afterward at Paris, and in 1889 gave a concert tour in the United States, which was an immense success. On his return to Europe he continued his studies and made a second tour of the United States in 1899. He continued to make regular tours through-