Kars

(9), an almost impregnable fortre on the Ru o-Turkish frontier in Asia, 100 m. E. of the Caspian Sea; was succe fully held by the Turks under General Williams in 1855, of which Laurence Oliphant wrote an account, but captured by Ru ia in 1877, and ceded to her by the Treaty of Berlin, 1878; it is a strong place, and a prize to any power that po e es it.