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See also:BENDER (more correctly BENDERY)
, a See also:town of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Bessarabia, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Dniester, 37 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Kishinev
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It possesses a See also:tobacco factory, See also:candle-See also:works and See also:brick-kilns, and is an important See also:river See also:port, vessels discharging here their cargoes of See also:corn, See also:wine, See also:wool, See also:cattle, See also:flour and See also:tallow, to be conveyed by See also:land to See also:Odessa and to Yassy in See also:Rumania
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See also:Timber also is floated down the Dniester
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The citadel was dismantled in 1897
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The town had in 1867 a See also:population of 24,443, and in 1900 of 33,741, the greater proportion being See also:Jews
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As See also:early as the 12th See also:century the Genoese had a See also:settlement on the site of See also:Bender
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