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RAZGRAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAZGRAD , the See also:

capital of the See also:department of Razgrad, See also:Bulgaria, on the See also:river Bieli-Lom, 40 M. S.E. of the Danubian See also:port of See also:Rustchuk by the See also:Varna-Rustchuk railway. Pop. (1906) 13,783, about one-third being Moslems. The railway station is at Inebektchi, 2 M. N. Razgrad possesses a See also:fine See also:mosque, built by See also:Ibrahim See also:Pasha in 1614. Many See also:Turkish families emigrated after the Russo-Turkish See also:War of 1877, but since then the See also:population has again increased, and the See also:town has a thriving agricultural and See also:general See also:trade. See also:Carpet-See also:weaving and viticulture are important See also:local See also:industries. On the 13th of See also:June 1810 and the 14th of See also:August 1877 Razgrad was the See also:scene of battles between the See also:Turks and Russians.

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