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ORSHA (Polish Orsza) , a town of Russia
rail
Smolensk
Warsaw railway, and on the Dnieper
entrepot for grain , seeds and timber. It is a very old town, mentioned in the annals under the name of Rsha in ro67. In the 13th century it was taken by the Lithuanians, who fortified it. In 1604 the Poles founded there a Jesuit college. The Russians besieged Orsha more than once in the 16th and 17th centuries, and finally annexed it in 1772.End of Article: ORSHA (Polish Orsza) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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