Bo'marsund, a Russian fortress on Aland Island (q.v.), commanding the Gulf of Bothnia. In August 1854 it was destroyed by an Anglo-French force, after a six days' bombardment. The Treaty of Paris bound Russia not to restore it.
Bo'marsund
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 282
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