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	Kars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of the Kars Province, formerly at the head of a sanjak in the Turkish vilayet of Erzurum.
		The fortress was again stormed by the Russians in the Battle of Kars during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78 and on its conclusion was transferred to Russia by the Treaty of San Stefano.
		Kars Kalesi, the citadel atop a plateau overlooking Kars, appears to have been built by Ottoman Sultan Murad III during the war with Persia, at the close of the 16th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kars (621 words)

	Kars - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Kars
		Originally founded by the Armenians, Kars became the capital of Armenia in the early 10th century.
		It was taken by the Seljuk Turks in the mid-11th and the Georgians in the early 13th centuries.
		Kars had reverted to Turkey by peace treaty on previous occasions, but was ceded to Russia after the 1878 Congress of Berlin.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Kars (389 words)

	Kars on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		79,496), capital of Kars prov., E Turkey, in Armenia, on the Kars River.
		An old fortified city, well situated in the mountains, Kars was the capital of an Armenian state in the 9th and 10th cent.
		It was destroyed by Timur in 1386 and was captured and rebuilt by the Ottoman Turks in the 16th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/Kars.asp (341 words)

	Kars, Turkey-Adiyamanli.org
		Kars is situated on a plateau 5,740 feet (1,750 m) above sea level on the Kars River, a tributary of the Aras River, near the border with Armenia.
		The seat of an independent Armenian principality during the 9th and 10th centuries, Kars was captured by the Seljuks in the 11th century.
		After withstanding a siege by Iranians in 1731 and successfully resisting the Russians in 1807, it fell to the Russians in 1828 and 1855 and was formally annexed by Russia in 1877-78.
	www.adiyamanli.org /kars.html (841 words)

	Kars - All About Turkey
		Kars, standing at an altitude of 1750 meters in Eastern Anatolia, has played an important role in Turkish history and was at the center of the Turkish-Russian War.
		Kars is particularly known for its distinctive kilims and carpets, and it retains a strong heritage of folk dancing.
		Sarikamis (53 km southwest of Kars) is a ski center with resort hotels, setting of a scenic pine forest.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /kars.htm (567 words)

	Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program
		KARS is a research program of the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas that conducts research on environmental and agricultural applications of remote sensing technology.
		In cooperation with its commercial partner TerraMetrics, Inc., KARS facilitates technology transfer of products and services derived from remote sensing technologies to commercial, governmental, and other end users.
		KansasView provides free access to imagery, data, and information covering the Kansas landscape for use in education, research and local government applications.
	www.kars.ku.edu (194 words)

	KARS - Online Information article about KARS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		independent Armenian principality, Kars was captured and destroyed by the Seljuk See also:
		The fortress was again stormed by the Russians in the war of 1877–78, and on its conclusion was transferred to See also:
		London, '856); and Narrative of the Defence of Kars (London, 1857) ; Dr Sandwith, Narrative of the Siege of Kars (London, I856); C. See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KARS.html (540 words)

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	AllRefer.com - Kars (Turkey Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		By a peace treaty (1921) between the nationalist Turkish government of Kemal AtatUrk and the USSR, Kars and Ardahan were returned to Turkey.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kars.html (217 words)

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