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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CANTEMIR , the name of a celebrated See also: FAMILY family of Tatar origin, which came from the See also: CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim) Crimea in the 17th See also: CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men) century and settled in See also: MOLDAVIA Moldavia . End of Article: CANTEMIR
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