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Dimitrovgrad
(Encyclopedia) Dimitrovgrad Dimitrovgrad dĭmēˈtrôvgrät [key], city, S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River. Located on the…Kyustendil
(Encyclopedia) KyustendilKyustendilky&oobreve;stĕndēlˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 54,452), SW Bulgaria, near the Serbian border. Famous for its mineral springs used to heat hothouses, Kyustendil is a…Balkans
(Encyclopedia) Balkans, Bulg. Stara PlaninaBalkans,stäˈrä pläˌnēnäˈ [key], major mountain range of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria, extending c.350 mi (560 km) from E Serbia through central…Stephen V
(Encyclopedia) Stephen V, 1239–72, king of Hungary (1270–72), son and successor of Bela IV. As a child he was named duke of Transylvania, and in 1259 he was made duke of Styria. After the loss (1260…Sofia
(Encyclopedia) SofiaSofiasōfēˈə, sōˈfēə [key], Bulg. Sofiya, city (1993 pop. 1,114,476), capital of Bulgaria, W central Bulgaria, on a high plain surrounded by the Balkan Mts. It is Bulgaria's chief…Salonica campaigns
(Encyclopedia) Salonica campaigns. In the summer of 1915, Bulgaria entered World War I on the side of the Central Powers; in September, Bulgaria attacked Serbia. An Allied expeditionary force that…Maritsa
(Encyclopedia) MaritsaMaritsamärēˈtsä [key], river, c.300 mi (480 km) long, rising in the Rila Mts., W Bulgaria, and flowing SE between the Balkans and Rhodope Mts., past Plovdiv, to Edirne, Turkey,…MacGahan, Januarius Aloysius
(Encyclopedia) MacGahan, Januarius AloysiusMacGahan, Januarius Aloysiusməgănˈ [key], 1844–78, American newspaper correspondent. He reported the Franco-Prussian War for the New York Herald and in 1873…Borisov, Boiko
(Encyclopedia) Borisov, BoikoBorisov, Boikoboiˈkō bōrēsˈŏf [key], 1959–, Bulgarian political leader, prime minister of Bulgaria (2009–13, 2014–16, 2017–). Trained as a firefighter, he joined the…Zhelev, Zhelyu Mitev
(Encyclopedia) Zhelev, Zhelyu Mitev, 1935–2015, Bulgarian political leader. Initially a member of the Communist party, he was disciplined for his dissident political views and expelled from the party…Trending
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