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Svishtov
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Svishtov
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| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Provinces (Oblast) |
Veliko Tarnovo |
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| - Mayor | Stanislav Blagov (UDF) |
| Elevation | 0-80 m (-262 ft) |
| Population (13.09.2006) | |
| - Total | 33,000 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal Code | 5250 |
| Area code(s) | 0631 |
Svishtov (Bulgarian: Свищов, known as Ziştovi during Ottoman rule) is a town in northern Bulgaria, located in Veliko Tarnovo Province on the right bank of the Danube.
Svishtov is identified with the Roman colony Novae mentioned by Ptolemy. It served as a base of operations for Roman campaigns against Barbarian tribes, last time during Maurice’s Balkan campaigns. It was destroyed some time after 613, as shown by coin founds minted up to this date. The exact site appears to have been Staklen, to the west of the present town, which has gradually moved eastward since the 16th century, when it was almost destroyed in the Turkish wars.
It was at Svishtov that the peace of 1790 was signed, by which the Austrian-Turkish boundary was determined. The town was burned in 1810 by the Russians; but after 1820 it began to revive, and the introduction of steam traffic on the lower Danube (1835) restored its prosperity. The Romanian town of Alexandria was founded by fugitives from Svishtov after the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829.
Svishtov is known as the first town to be liberated during the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, since the largest part of the Imperial Russian Army forced the Danube nearby.
Svishtov Cove in Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named for Svishtov.
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