Kilia, a town in the portion of Bessarabia ceded by Roumania to Russia in 1878, is situated on the northern bank of the Kilia branch of the Danube, 20 miles NE. of Ismail. It has some fishing and trade. Pop. (1884) 9079. The place was captured by the Russians in 1790, and bombarded by the allied fleet in July 1854.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 427
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