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Galaţi
Author(s) : Kontogeorgis Dimitrios (10/1/2007)Translation : Tsokanis Anna
For citation: Kontogeorgis Dimitrios, "Galaţi",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Black SeaURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11501>
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boyar Title of the select members of the Slavic nations'aristocracy. In Russia the boyars composed an advisory committee (duma) that controlled the state's issues during periods of transition, dynastic discords or decline of the central authorities.
free port (porto franco) Ιn international terms free ports or porti franchi were commercial ports where the payment of customs duties, mainly for transit trade's products or for cargo temporarily stored there, was abolished. Well-known free ports in the Mediterranean Sea were those of Trieste and Livorno and in Romania the ports of Galaţi, Sulina, Brăila and Costanţa.
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