Category: History
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The fair of Uzundzhovo village
The autumn fair that had been organized for 3 centuries by the Uzundzhovo Village in the area of Haskovo was one of the biggest local events in the times of the Ottoman yoke. At the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century there gathered more than 50 000 buyers and traders…
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Captain Petko Voivode
The name of the legendary voivode – Captain Petko /1844-1900/ has a blood relation to the Rhodope Mountains and Thracia, for which freedom he fought all life. Petko Kiryakov was born on 6th December 1844 in the village of Doganhisar (now in Greece). He became a rebel – hardly 16 years old – after Turks…
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Vassil Levski in Haskovo
Very few people know that the great revolutionary visited the town three times. In 1869, the Liberation leader came for the first time in Haskovo in order to find the more vigilant Bulgarians and to establish a secret revolution organization. Vassil LevskiLevski met the father of Assen Zlatarov – Hristo, but in spite of his…
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The battle of Klokotnitsa in the year 1230
The triumph of Tsar Ivan Assen (1218-1241) by the Klokotnitsa village near Haskovo has ever since made many generations of Bulgarians feel proud. The numerous army of the Greek Despot Teodor Komnin, ravaging the Bulgarian lands in spite of the agreement between them, was defeated there 776 years ago by our great Ruler. The foreigner…
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The Liberation of Haskovo
The withdrawing to Odrin and Constantinople Turkish troops became a real disaster for Haskovo, which was subjected to great plunder and violence. The Bulgarians were forced to organize alone the protection of their neighbourhoods until the coming of the Russians. In July 1877, the vanguard of General Gurko conquered Kayadzhik (now the Quarter of Rakovski…
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General History of Haskovo
The 7-thousand year history of Haskovo ranks the town among the oldest settlements in Bulgaria. According to the archeologists, the first people in the territory of the town has originated as early as the new-stone age /about 5 000 years BC). Workshop in Haskovo in the early 1920sThe favorable geographic location and climate from the…