a town of European Russia, in the kingdom of Poland and government of Plock, on the Narew, 32 miles N.N.E. of Warsaw. It has an episcopal palace, cathedral, and other churches; a nunnery, school, and hospital. Brandy is made, and an active trade carried on here. At Pultusk, in 1703, Charles XII. gained a victory over the Saxons and Poles; and in 1806 a battle was fought between Napoleon and the Russians, in which the former had the advantage, though both sides claimed the victory.