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Kars

Kars is a city in north-eastern Turkey, on a high plateau near the Armenian border, dominated by a medieval citadel. It was the capital of Bagratid Armenia in the tenth century and then of the small Kingdom of Kars, and later a contested Ottoman fortress, held by Russia from 1878 to 1918. The Treaty of Kars of 1921 confirmed it as part of Turkey.

Kars
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Kingdom of KarsFirst Republic of ArmeniaTranscaucasian Democratic Federative RepublicSouthwestern Caucasian RepublicGovernment of the Grand National Assembly

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kars. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kars
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