town of the Russian province Bessarabia, the capital of a circle of the same name. It was once the residence of the prince of the Nogai Tartars, and is said then to have contained 20,000 inhabitants, who are now diminished to little more than 2200, chiefly Jews and Moldavians, who live by gardening. Long. 29° 43'.E. Lat. 46° 23'.N.