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2 unusual facts about Ilinden, Blagoevgrad Province


Ilinden Peak

The feature is "named after the settlement of Ilinden in Southwestern Bulgaria, in connection with the 1903 Bulgarian uprising of Ilinden-Preobrazhenie for the liberation of Macedonia and Odrin (Adrianople) Thrace".

Makaza

Makaza–Nymfaia is the sixth functioning border checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece, along with KulataPromachonas, IlindenExochi, ZlatogradThermes, IvaylovgradKyprinos, and SvilengradOrmenio.


Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales

Hales was not content to be merely a writer of fiction, he went to Bulgaria and fought in the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Turks in 1903 in the band of general Ivan Tsonchev - the leader of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee.

Brestovo, Blagoevgrad Province

Brestovo, Blagoevgrad Province is a village in Simitli Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, in southwestern Bulgaria.

FC Malesh Mikrevo

FC Malesh Mikrevo is a Bulgarian association football club based in the village of Mikrevo, Blagoevgrad Province, which currently competes in the West B PFG, the second tier of the Bulgarian football league system.

Hadzhidimovo

The municipality is crossed by the II-19 highway from Gotse Delchev, Koprivlen, and Sadovo to the Greek border at Ilinden.

Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising

In October, Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary and Nicholas II of Russia met at Mürzsteg and sponsored the Mürzsteg program of reforms, which provided for foreign policing of the Macedonia region, financial compensation for victims, and establishment of ethnic boundaries in the region.

Ivan Apostolov

During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, he participated with his revolutionary band in the attack on the Turkish garrison in the village of Obidim, together with Yane Sandanski, Mihail Chakov, Stoyan Malchankov and Nikola Gruychin.

Ivanovo, Blagoevgrad Province

Ivanovo, Blagoevgrad Province is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

Kiryak Shkurtov

During the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising he participated in the battle in the village Visheni, in the capture of Klisura, in the campaigns of the insurrectional forces in Kolonya and in other fights.

Krushevo, Blagoevgrad Province

Krushevo is a compact mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

Novo Selo-Petrich

The crossing is named after the two closest settlements situated along the road on either side of the frontier: Novo Selo is a near-by Macedonian village in the oblast of Strumica and Petrich is a small Bulgarian town situated in the Blagoevgrad Province.

Ognyanovo, Blagoevgrad Province

Ognyanovo is a resort village with thermal mineral water springs in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

Rezovo

In 1903, the residents of Rezovo took an active part in the Bulgarian Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, seeking unification with their compatriots in the Principality of Bulgaria.

Ribnovo

Ribnovo is an isolated mountainous village in Garmen Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province,

Skrat, Blagoevgrad Province

Skrat, Blagoevgrad Province is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.


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