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Kazanluk

(Encyclopedia) KazanlukKazanlukkäˌzänləkˈ [key], town (1993 pop. 60,019), central Bulgaria, in the Kazanluk valley, a region famous for its rose fields. Kazanluk developed in the 17th cent. as a…

Dobrich

(Encyclopedia) Dobrich Dobrich dôbrēchˈ [key], city, NE Bulgaria, a commercial and cultural center of the…

Yambol

(Encyclopedia) Yambol or JambolYambolboth: yämˈbôl [key], city (1993 pop. 91,119), SE Bulgaria. It is a commercial center and produces textiles, machinery, ceramics, and furniture. There are mineral…

Sliven

(Encyclopedia) SlivenSlivenslēˈvĕn [key], city (1993 pop. 106,958), E central Bulgaria, at the foot of the Balkan Mts. A textile center, it also produces carpets, wood and metal products, foodstuffs…

Rhodope

(Encyclopedia) RhodopeRhodoperŏdˈəpē [key], Bulg. Rodopi Planina, Gr. Rodope, mountain range of the Balkan Peninsula, extending c.200 mi (320 km) from the Struma River, SE Bulgaria, to the lower…

Osman Nuri Pasha

(Encyclopedia) Osman Nuri PashaOsman Nuri Pashaōsmänˈ n&oomacr;rēˈ päshäˈ [key], 1837–1900, Turkish general. He fought in the Crimean War of 1854–56 and in Lebanon, Crete, and Arabia in the 1860s…

Strumica

(Encyclopedia) StrumicaStrumicastr&oomacr;ˈmĭtsä [key], town (1994 pop. 43,868), SE North Macedonia. It is an agricultural center reliant on tobacco, livestock, and cotton production. Strumica,…

Bulgarian literature

(Encyclopedia) Bulgarian literature. For early ecclesiastical writings, see Church Slavonic. Modern Bulgarian literature stems from the work of Father Paisi, who in 1762 began his history of the Slav…

John I, Byzantine emperor

(Encyclopedia) John I (John Tzimisces)John Itsĭmĭsˈēz [key], c.925–976, Byzantine emperor (969–76). With the aid of Emperor Nicephorus II's wife, Theophano, John had Nicephorus murdered and himself…

Stara Zagora

(Encyclopedia) Stara ZagoraStara Zagorastäˈrä zäˈgôrä [key], city (1993 pop. 150,926), central Bulgaria. It is a railway center and the market for a fertile farm area. The city's diverse industries…