Silistria

Silistria (Turkish Dristria), a fortified town in Bulgaria, Turkey, on the right bank of the Danube, 57 miles north-east of Shumla. It had been a place of military importance under the Byzantine emperors, but by the Berlin Treaty of 1878 it was dismantled. The Russians occupied it for some years after 1829, and they besieged it in 1854, but were vigorously repelled.