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See also:DOBRUDJA (Bulgarian Dobritch, Rumanian Dobrogea) , also written DOBRUDSCHA, and DoBRUJA, a region of See also:south-eastern See also:Europe, bounded on the See also:north and See also:west by the See also:Danube, on the See also:east by the See also:Black See also:Sea, and on the south by See also:Bulgaria . . Pop . (1900) 267,808; See also:area, 6000 sq. m . The strategic importance of this territory was recognized by the See also:Romans, who defended it on the south by " See also:Trajan's See also:Wall," a See also:double rampart, See also:drawn from See also:Constantza, on the Black Sea, to the Danube . In later times. it was utilized by Russians and See also:Turks, as in the See also:wars of 1828, ;'854 and 1878, when it was finally wrested from See also:Turkey . By the treaty of See also:Berlin, in 1878, the Russians rewarded their Rumanian See also:allies with this See also:land of mountains, See also:fens and barren See also:steppes, peopled by Turks, Bulgarians, See also:Tatars, See also:Jews and other aliens; while, to add to the indignation of See also:Rumania, they annexed instead the fertile See also:country of See also:Bessarabia, largely inhabited by Rumans . After 188o, however, the steady decrease of aliens, and,the development of the Black Sea ports, rendered the See also:Dobrudja a source of prosperity to Rumania . |
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