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HUSHI (Rumanian Husi)

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 4 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUSHI (Rumanian Husi) , the See also:capital of the See also:department of Falciu, See also:Rumania; on a See also:branch of the See also:Jassy-See also:Galatz railway, 9 m. W. of the See also:river Pruth and the See also:Russian frontier. Pop. (1900) 15,404, about one-See also:fourth being See also:Jews. Hushi is an episcopal see. The See also:cathedral was built in 1491 by See also:Stephen the See also:Great of See also:Moldavia. There are no important manufactures, but a large See also:fair is held annually in See also:September for the See also:sale of live-stock, and See also:wine is produced in considerable quantities. Hushi is said to have been founded in the 15th See also:century by a See also:colony of See also:Hussites, from whom its name is derived. The treaty of the Pruth between See also:Russia and See also:Turkey was signed here in 1711.

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