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    Silistra (Bulgarian: Силистра [siˈlistrɐ]; Turkish: Silistre; Romanian: Silistra or Dârstor) is a town in Northeastern Bulgaria. The town lies on the southern...
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    167°E / 43.917; 27.167 Silistra Province (Bulgarian: Област Силистра, transliterated Oblast Silistra, former name Silistra okrug) is a province of Bulgaria...
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    The Eyalet of Silistra or Silistria (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت سیلیستره; Eyālet-i Silistre), later known as Özü Eyalet (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت اوزی; Eyālet-i...
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  • Couch of Silistra (renamed as Returning Creation for the integral edition of the series) is a science fiction novel, the first book in the Silistra quartet...
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  • The Battle of Silistra occurred in the spring of 968 near the Bulgarian town of Silistra, but most probably on the modern territory of Romania. It was...
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    The siege of Silistra (July 21 – November 8, 1828) was a siege during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828–1829. General Roth, who besieged Silistra on July 21,...
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    Tomb of Silistra (Bulgarian: Римска гробница в Силистра, Rimska grobnitsa v Silistra) is an Ancient Roman burial tomb in the town of Silistra in northeastern...
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    Dobrogea Nouă) is an area of north-eastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silistra provinces, part of the historical region of Dobruja. It has an area of...
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    Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia Province Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo...
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    The siege of Silistria, or siege of Silistra, took place during the Crimean War, from 11 May to 23 June 1854, when Russian forces besieged the Ottoman...
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  • (IATA: SLS, ICAO: LBSS) was an Air Base located 5 nm southwest of Silistra, Silistra, Bulgaria. It closed down in December 1999. List of airports in Bulgaria...
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    Silistra Nouă County was a county (județ) of Romania, in Northern Dobruja, with its capital city first at Rasova, later at Cernavodă and finally at Medgidia...
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    fought a strong defensive campaign and stopped the Russian advance at Silistra (now in Bulgaria). A separate action on the fort town of Kars, in the Ottoman...
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    border follows the course of the lower Danube, up until the town of Silistra. From Silistra, the river continues north into the Romanian territory. East of...
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    Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia-grad Sofia Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo...
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    Silistra Knoll (Bulgarian: връх Силистра, romanized: vrah Silistra, IPA: [ˈvrɤx siˈlistrɐ]) rises to over 700 m (2,297 ft) in southern Levski Ridge, in...
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    hydrological stations (period from 2000 to 2023); 1 - Reni, Isaccea; 2 - Silistra; 3 - Pristol; 4 - Batina, Bezdan; 5 - Nagymaros, Szob; 6 - Bratislava,...
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  • Dorostol (Bulgarian: ФК Доростол) is a Bulgarian football club based in Silistra, who currently plays at the North-East Third League, the third division...
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    Cedĭsan) was a conditional name for Özi [Paşa] Sancağı (Ochakiv Sanjak) of Silistra Eyalet, a territory located in today's Southern Ukraine between the Dniester...
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    (main village: Venets) Silistra • Tutrakan • Dulovo • Alfatar • Glavinitsa • Kaynardzha • Sitovo Municipalities within Silistra Province with their administrative...
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    rule – the country lost Bender to the Ottomans, who included it in their Silistra Eyalet. A period of profound crisis followed. Moldavia stopped issuing...
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    Bulgarian region Dobrudzha is divided among the provinces of Dobrich and Silistra; the following villages of Razgrad Province: Konevo, Rainino, Terter and...
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  • of Silistra, the first in a quartet of character-driven novels with a female protagonist. According to original publisher Bantam Books, the Silistra quartet...
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    Silistra Municipality (Bulgarian: Община Силистра) is a municipality (obshtina) in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located along the right bank...
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    Founding of Wallachia Founding of Moldavia Rumelia Eyalet Early Modern Times Silistra Eyalet Principality of Transylvania Eyalet of Temesvar Varat Eyalet Phanariotes...
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    Lovech Montana Nova Zagora Petrich Razgrad Samokov Sandanski Sevlievo Silistra Smolyan Svishtov Targovishte Troyan Velingrad Vidin 10,000+ Balchik Bankya...
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    territories between the Danube and the Dniepr along the Black Sea, created the Silistra Eyalet. At the same time, on the south-eastern shore of the Black Sea,...
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    Founding of Wallachia Founding of Moldavia Rumelia Eyalet Early Modern Times Silistra Eyalet Principality of Transylvania Eyalet of Temesvar Varat Eyalet Phanariotes...
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    Kyustendil Lovech Montana Pazardzhik Pernik Pleven Plovdiv Razgrad Ruse Shumen Silistra Sliven Smolyan Sofia-grad Sofia Stara Zagora Targovishte Varna Veliko Tarnovo...
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    considered the staging of the play "Vatan Yahut Silistre" ("Homeland vs. Silistra") by Turkish playwright Namık Kemal in 1908. This was followed by a proliferation...
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