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Encyclopedia Britannica



BAR

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 378 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR
BAR , a town of
Russia
 , in the government of Podolia, 5o m. N,E. of Kamenets, on an affluent of the Bug. Pop. (1897) 10,614. It was formerly called Rov. Its present designation was bestowed upon it in memory of Bari in
Italy
  (where she was born) by Bona
Sforza
 , the
consort
  of
Sigismund
  I. of Poland, who rebuilt the town after its destruction in 1452 by the
Tatars
 . 'From 1672 to 1699 it remained in possession of the Turks. In 1768 a confederation of the
Polish
  nobles (see next article) against the Russians was formed in the town, which was shortly after taken by
storm
 , but did not become finally united to
Russia
  till the
partition
  of 1793.


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