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LUTSK (Polish, Luck)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 142 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUTSK (See also:Polish, See also:Luck) , a See also:town of See also:southern See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Volhynia, on the Styr, 51 m. by See also:rail N.W. of Kovel. Pop. (1900) 17,701. It is supposed to have been founded in the 7th See also:century; in the 11th century it was known as Luchesk, and was the See also:chief town of an See also:independent principality. In the 15th century it was the seat of a See also:bishop and became wealthy, but during the See also:wars between Russia and See also:Poland in the second See also:half of the 16th century, and especially after the extermination of its 40,000 inhabitants, it lost its importance. In 1791 it was taken by Russia. Its inhabitants, many of them See also:Jews, live mainly by See also:shipping goods on the Styr. Among its buildings is a 16th-century See also:castle. Lutsk is the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic bishop.

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