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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 914 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANAPA , a seaport See also:

town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Kuban, on the N. See also:coast of the See also:Black See also:Sea, 45 M. S.E. from the Strait of Yenikale or See also:Kerch, giving See also:access to the Sea of See also:Azov. It 914 was originally built in 1781 as a frontier fortress of the See also:Turks against Russia. Three times captured by the Russians, in 1791, 18o7 and 1828, and twice restored by them, in 1792 and 1812, it was finally See also:left in their hands by the treaty of See also:Adrianople in 1829. During the See also:Crimean See also:War its fortifications were destroyed (1855) by the Russians themselves. Pop. (1897) 6676.

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