Kars

(kahrz,) a fortified city of Turkish Asia, in Armenia, on an affluent of the Araxes, 85 m. N.E. of Erzeroum. It sustained a remarkable siege by a Ru ian army in 1855, when its gallant defenders were finally compelled(from want of provisions) to capitulate. Pop. 12,000. Ceded to Ru ia in1878. [s. 513]