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Te whakaekenga o Pori ki te mana o Rūhia. I noho ia i tetahi waahanga mamao o Bessarabia tae noa ki te pakarutanga o te Pakanga a Ruhia-Turiki i te 1877, ka noho ki te kawanatanga o Kherson.