Tutrakan

Tutrakan stands on the southern bank of the Danube, where the Romans established the frontier station of Transmarisca. Its later fortress guarded the river through the age of the Bulgarian empires before the Ottomans conquered the region. Fishing remained an important livelihood along the river and its marshes. The crossing also drew armies: during the Russian–Ottoman war of 1768–1774, Alexander Suvorov attacked the Ottoman defences at Tutrakan twice in 1773.