Akjerman

Akjerman, or AKERMAN (Polish Bielogrod), a town of Russia, in Bessarabia, on the Black Sea, at the mouth of the Dniester, with a citadel and harbour. Soap and candles are made; fish are salted; and a good wine is grown. The treaty concluded here in 1826, between Russia and Turkey, secured to Russia the free navigation of the Black Sea, and new privileges for Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia. Pop. (1891) 29,500—Russians, Greeks, Armenians, and Jews.