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FOCSHANI (Rumanian Focrani, sometimes incorrectly written Fokshani or Fokshan) , the See also:capital of the See also:department of Putna, See also:Rumania; on the See also:river Milcov, which formed the See also:ancient frontier of the former principalities of See also:Moldavia and See also:Walachia. Pop. (1900) 23,783; of whom 6000 were See also:Jews. The See also:chief buildings are the prefecture, See also:schools, synagogues, and many churches, including those of the Armenians and Protestants. Focshani is a commercial centre of some importance, the chief See also:industries being oil and See also:soap manufacture and tannery. A large See also:wine See also:trade is also carried on, and See also:corn is shipped in lighters to See also:Galatz. The See also:annual See also:fair is held on the 29th of See also:April. See also:Government explorations in the vicinity of this See also:town show it to be See also:rich in minerals, such as See also:iron, See also:copper, See also:coal and See also:petroleum. The See also:line Focshani-Galatz is covered by a very strong line of fortifications, known as the Sereth Line, A See also:congress between See also:Russian and See also:Turkish diplomatists was held near the town in 1772. In the See also:neighbour-See also:hood the See also:Turks suffered a severe defeat from the Austrians and Russians in 1789.

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