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10 unusual facts about Dimitrovgrad


Dimitrovgrad, Serbia

Its interests were protected by the paramilitary organization Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organisation known as Vrtop.

In May 2010, well-preserved remains of the road were excavated during the work on Corridor 10.

Georgi Dimitrov

There are five cities named after Georgi Dimitrov in the world in Bulgaria, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Armenia.

Gymnasium of Dimitrovgrad

The Gymnasium of Dimitrovgrad is a gymnasium secondary school in Dimitrovgrad, Russia.

Mama Rock

In 2007 Mama Rock performed on the Peace Festival, headlined by Glenn Hughes, in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia.

Sava Mutkurov

In the conflict, a Bulgarian victory that defended the revolution, Mutkurov headed the troops fighting at Tsaribrod on 13 November and was also in charge of the central and right wing forces during the Pirot Offensive on 14 and 15 November.

Ulyanovsk Oblast

In the 1950 and 1960s in the creation of new enterprises (factory of heavy and unique machines, mechanical plant, Dimitrovgrad Research Institute of Atomic Reactors, etc.), road bridge over the Volga River and the airport in Ulyanovsk.

55% of residents of Ulyanovsk Oblast live in two cities with population above 25,000—Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad.

Ulyanovsk and Dimitrovgrad are industrial cities and contain a number of large plants and factories.

Vasil Gyuzelev

Gyuzelev was born in the village of Rakovski (today part of Dimitrovgrad) in 1936.


Association against Bulgarian Bandits

Also in 1921 IMRO created as a satellite organisation the Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organisation, which operated in the areas of Tsaribrod and Bosilegrad, ceded to Yugoslavia.

Bela Palanka

The town is accessible from the nearby city of Niš by the "Niš Express" buses that run from Niš to Pirot, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad and Sofia.

Gradinje

Gradinje, Serbia, a settlement in the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad

Svetlina

Svetlina, Haskovo Province, a village in the municipality of Dimitrovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria