The New International Encyclopædia/Sistova
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SISTOVA, sĭs′tō̇vȧ. A town of Bulgaria, about 40 miles above Rustchuk (Map: Balkan Peninsula, E 3). It has a considerable trade in grain and wine. Population, in 1893, 13,212. Sistova is noted for the treaty of peace concluded here between Austria and Turkey in 1791.