Facts in brief:
Noted for repeated resurrection from wars & occupation over centuries; flourished 14th-15th cen.; almost completely destroyed by Czar Nicholas I of Russia in 19th cen.; destroyed in German air raid in 1939, but original buildings were restored or rebuilt.
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