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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 692 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIKOPOLI , or Nrcororas (See also:

Turkish, Nighebolu or Nebul), the See also:chief See also:town of a sub-prefecture in the See also:district of See also:Plevna (Pleven), See also:Bulgaria. Pop. (1908) 5236, including 3339. See also:Turks and 1615 Bulgarians. Nikopoli is picturesquely situated on the See also:south See also:bank of the See also:Danube, where it receives the Osem. Until the creation of a new See also:port at Somovit, in the neighbourhood, Nikopoli served as an outlet for the See also:trade of Plevna, Lovtcha and other towns in the interior, the See also:principal export being cereals. The chief See also:industries are tanning and fishing. As a military See also:post the town has for centuries been important. A ruined See also:castle still dominates the See also:place, and fortifications stretch down to the See also:river. Nikopoli occupies the site of the See also:ancient Asamus, but by some See also:medieval confusion bears the name of See also:Nicopolis ad Istrum, which was founded by See also:Trajan several See also:miles down the river, at the inflow of the Iatrus or Yantra, at the spot still called Nikup. The following are the chief points in the See also:modern See also:history of the place: —See also:capture of the fortress by See also:Sigismund of See also:Hungary in 1392 and 1395; defeat of Sigismund and his hosts in 1396 by Bayezid I.; See also:siege of the town by See also:King See also:Ladislaus I. of Hungary in 1444; defeat of the Turks by Bathori in 1595 and by See also:Michael of See also:Walachia in 1598; capture of the town by Pasvan-oglu in 1797; occupation of the fortress by the Russians under Kamensky in 181o; destruction of the Turkish flotilla and storming of the Turkish See also:camp by Govarov in 1829; capture and burning of the town by the Russians under See also:KrUdener on the 15th of See also:June 1877.

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