BRĂILA

brəēˈlä, city (1990 pop. 247,902), SE Romania, in Walachia, on the Danube River. The chief grain-shipping port of Romania, it is also a major industrial and commercial city. Machinery, metals, foodstuffs, and textiles are the principal products. Brăila probably dates from Greek times. It was burned by the Turks in 1462 and by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in 1470. Taken by the Turks c.1550, it played an important role in the Russo-Turkish Wars (18th cent.) and was captured several times by Russian forces. The Treaty of Adrianople (1829) awarded the city to the Romanian principality of Walachia. The Cathedral of St. Michael, a state theater, and an art museum are in Brăila.

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books on: BrAila  - 150 results

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A History of Bulgaria, 1393-1885
Book by Mercia MacDermott; Allen & Unwin, 1962
Subjects: Bulgaria--History--1393-1878
...first cheta , Bulgarian conspirators in Braila began to make plans for a second attempt...Georgi Sava Rakovsky and the Second Braila Rising, 1842 Rakovsky was born in 1821...preparations reached Rakovsky and he set off for Braila, while Ilarion remained in Turnovo to...
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The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers
Book by Charles, Barbara Jelavich; University of California Press, 1962
Subjects: Education--Soviet Union, Moldavia
...we saw the Danube on the shore of which Braila is situated. Before reaching the city...in 1829. The siege of the fortress of Braila, which was leveled after the Treaty of...grade, for this feat. The Danube at Braila exceeds several versts. The opposite...
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International Encyclopedia of Learned Societies and Academies
Book by Joseph C. Kiger; Greenwood Press, 1993
Subjects: Associations, Institutions, Etc--Encyclopedias, Learned Institutions And Societies--Encyclopedias, Research Institutes--Encyclopedias
...History of the Bulgarian Literary Society in Braila Dokumenti za istoriata na Balgarskata knizhovno druzhestvo v Braila , Vol. I, 1868-76 1958 ; Vol. II...Periodical of the Bulgarian Literary Society in Braila Periodichesko spisanie na Balgarskata...
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A History of the Great War - Vol. 3
Book by John Buchan; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
...Danube were the towns of Rimnic Sarat and Braila, the only two Wallachian centres still...Mackensen resolved to avoid a direct attack on Braila, and to carry it by a turning movement...left branch. It is only six miles from Braila, and formed its natural defence from...
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The International Court
Book by Edward Lindsey; Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1931
Subjects: Arbitration, International--History, International Law--History, Permanent Court Of International Justice
...first to Galatz and then from Galatz to Braila though Roumania was not a party to the...sector of the river between Galatz and Braila resulted. The Treaty of Versailles simply...interested in the question. It fixed Braila as the upstream limit of the powers of...
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journal articles on: BrAila  - 11 results

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Transylvanian Railways and Access to the Lower Danube, 1856-1914
Journal article by Gerhard Rosegger, John H. Jensen; East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Europe--Transportation, Railroad travel--Economic aspects, Railroads--History, Transylvania--Transportation
...connection with the Maritime Danube ports of Braila and Galati.(16) These accomplishments...Buzau Pass connection pointed straight at Braila, it also would have bypassed Ploesti...Arad via Brasov, the Buzau Pass, to Braila, and on to the Black Sea. Vienna readily...
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Alexander Morfov's Exiles
Journal article by Robert Blush; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Awards & honors, Bulgaria, Consumerism, Dramatists, Ideology, Morfov, Alexander, Theater
...set across the Danube, in the town of Braila, Romania, just out of reach of the Ottoman...and disarray when an earthquake strikes Braila. The National Theatres complex stage...The final image of Exiles comes at the Braila station, where the men are departing...
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Irregularities or Rigging: The 1992 Romanian Parliamentary Elections
Journal article by Henry F. Carey; East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Democracy--Analysis, Election fraud--Ethical aspects, Elections--Ethical aspects, Romania--Elections
...64 22.11 22.92 8. Brasov 17.11 11.33 11.74 9. Braila 17.02 18.81 17.88 10. Buzau 12.76 13.65 14.65 11...428 Botosani 284,958 190,736 Brasov 323,476 262,021 Braila 250,221 181,180 Buzau 340,846 229,007 Caras-Severin...
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A Critical Perspective
Journal article by María Fernández; Nka : Journal of Contemporary African Art, 2003
Subjects: Art criticism, Art exhibits, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Visual artists
...underside of the corporate rhetoric of open markets, efficiency, and consumer choice. Films by Ulrike Ottinger and Pavel Braila illustrate economic and cultural inequalities between Western and Eastern Europe. Ottingers South East Passage (2002) records...
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Moshe Yassur: a Life in Theatre
Journal article by Beate Hein Bennett; Slavic and East European Performance, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Theater, Theater directors & producers, Yassur, Moshe
...sixth season), The Belle of Amherst about Emily Dickinson as a co-production of Teatrul Mie and Teatrul Maria Filotti in Braila, where he also directed an adaptation of Chekhovs short story The Lady with a Little Dog. He brought Ionescos The Bald Soprano...
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The Mysterious Fate of Adolph Hitler's "black Sea Fleet"
Magazine article by Stefan Semerdjiev; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, November 2007
...and auxiliary ships were assembled in the Romanian harbor of Braila. But the landing of Soviet troops near Shrebiani in the Danube...a formation of more than 100 German ships left the harbor of Braila on a journey up the Danube River. But since, on that same...
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In Celebration of 125 Years of United States and Romanian Diplomatic Relations
Magazine article; DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management, Vol. 28, 2006
Subjects: American Civil War, American history, Appointments & personnel changes, Romania, Terrorism
...principalities had begun to win increased autonomy from Constantinople. In 1843, the first U.S. commercial ship anchored at Braila Harbor in Romanias Dobrogea area. In 1858, the United States appointed its first U.S. Consul, Henry Romertze, to the...
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Humanitarian Transportation Programs or How Little Programs Can Produce Big Peace Dividends
Magazine article by Judith McCallum; DISAM Journal of International Security Assistance Management, Vol. 23, Winter 2001
Subjects: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Humanitarian aid, Initiatives, International relations-US, Supplies, Transportation
...headquartered in Dallas, requested that a shipment of goods necessary for the survival of Romanian orphans be delivered to Braila, Romania. Humans United in Giving International provided the State Department and DSCA officials with cargo specifications...
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East Europe & Central Asia
Magazine article; New Internationalist, January 2008
Subjects: Bosnia and Herzegovina--Social aspects, Gay and lesbian rights--Political aspects, Gay and lesbian rights--Social aspects, Gay rights activists--Demonstrations and protests, Genetically modified crops--Laws, regulations and rules, Genetically modified crops--Social aspects, Genocide--Cases, Homosexuality--Laws, regulations and rules, International Court of Justice (The Hague, Netherlands)--Powers and duties, Serbia--Social aspects, Srebrenica Massacre, 1995
East Europe Central Asia. GM CRIMINALS (Above) Activists declared Braila island under quarantine in September after finding illegal genetically modified (GM) soya growing there. The Monsanto crop was...
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Worldly Wise: Brian Wallis on Documenta11
Magazine article by Brian Wallis; Artforum International, Vol. 40, May 2002
Subjects: Art festivals--Social aspects, Art--Philosophy, Exhibitions--Social aspects
...and Hilla Becher Zarina Bhimji Black Audio Film Collective John Bock Ecke Bonk Frederic Bruly Bourabre Louise Bourgeois Pavel Braila Stanley Brouwn Tania Bruguera Luis Camnitzer James Coleman Constant Hanne Darboven Destiny Deacon Stan Douglas Cecilia Edefalk...


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newspaper articles on: BrAila  - 1 result

 
 
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The Golden Boy
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), April 20, 2006
Subjects: UEFA Cup (Soccer)
...was tempted to buy other stuff, too, but I desperately needed trainers," he said. At 16, second division Dacia Unirea Braila spotted Nicolitas talent. Soon after he made his debut for Romanias U-21s then quickly stepped up to Divizia A side Politehnica...


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encyclopedia articles on: BrAila  - 4 results

 
 
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BrĂila
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRAILA br e la, city (1990 pop. 247,902...and textiles are the principal products. Braila probably dates from Greek times. It was...state theater, and an art museum are in Braila...
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Danube
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Paris appointed (1856) a commission to clear the delta (below Braila) of obstructions. By the Treaty of Versailles (1919) the...commission established with jurisdiction over the course from Ulm to Braila. Germany repudiated the internationalization in 1936 and in...
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Xenakis, Yannis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
XENAKIS, YANNIS yan is zana kis, 1922 2001, Greek-French composer, b. Braila, Romania. Xenakis studied civil engineering in Athens (1940 47) and worked as an architect in Paris (1947 59) with Le Corbusier...
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Romania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The countrys main industrial centers are Arad , Bucharest, Brasov , Hunedoara , Iasi , Oradea , Resita , and Timisoara . Braila , Galati , and Giurgiu are the main Danubian ports; Constanta is the chief Black Sea port. Galati and Constanta are resort...


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