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    Ruse, Bulgaria (redirect from Rusçuk)
    the Brave. After its rebuilding in the following years, Ruse was dubbed Rusçuk (Turkish for "little Ruse") and had again expanded into a large fortress...
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    defending Medina in the Siege of Medina during World War I. He was born in Rusçuk (present day Ruse) to mother Fatma Adile Hanım and father Mehmed Nahid Bey...
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    and grand vizier. He was born into the family of a janissary, possibly in Rusçuk (modern-day Ruse, Bulgaria), although varying information exists about his...
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    the southeast on the right bank of the Danube was the Ottoman fortress at Rusçuk. The Russian investment of the Ottoman forces at Slobozia including the...
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    and Ottoman Bulgaria. On 22 June 1811, the two forces met in battle at Rusçuk on the Danube. After a long struggle, the Russians successfully repelled...
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    exception of the Arabian Peninsula and the by then semi-independent Egypt. Rusçuk, today Ruse in Bulgaria, was chosen as the capital of the vilayet due to...
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    Jews in the five vilayets to form the future Principality of Bulgaria – Rusçuk, Vidin, Sofia, Tirnova, and Varna – according to the pre-war Ottoman salname...
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    Kutinchev (Bulgarian: Васил Иванов Кутинчев) (born 25 February 1859 in Rusçuk; died 30 March 1941) was a Bulgarian officer. He began his military career...
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    Manuc Bey Manuc Bey Born 1769 Rusçuk, Ottoman Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Died 1817 Hîncești, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire Resting place Armenian...
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    Smyrne Cassaba & Prolongements 1863 İzmir, Afyon, Bandırma Rusçuk–Varna railway line 1866 Rusçuk, Varna Bükreş–Yergöğü railway line 1869 Bükreş, Yergöğü...
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