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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 378 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAR  , a

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town of
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Russia, in the
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government of
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Podolia, 5o m . N,E. of Kamenets, on an affluent of the
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Bug . Pop . (1897) 10,614 . It was formerly called Rov . Its
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present designation was bestowed upon it in memory of
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Bari in
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Italy (where she was
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born) by
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Bona
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Sforza, the
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consort of
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Sigismund I. of
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Poland, who rebuilt the town after its destruction in 1452 by the
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Tatars . 'From 1672 to 1699 it remained in
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possession of the
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Turks . In 1768 a
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confederation of the
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Polish nobles (see next
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article) against the Russians was formed in the town, which was shortly after taken by
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storm, but did not become finally
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united to Russia till the
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partition of 1793 .

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