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occurred during the next Venetian-Turkish war (1700 - 1715), the Russian-Turkish war
(1768 – 1774) and also during the Greek revolution (1821), which molded the social
and cultural evolution of hydra. Thus, Argosaronikus, insignificant until this
period, numbered 27,000 inhabitants. This demographic explosion had positive and
negative consequences regarding social progress. The most positive being, were
the development of trade and the rapid progress of shipping. |
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