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unusual facts about Kovachevtsi, Pernik Province



Busintsi

Busintsi is a village in Tran Municipality, Pernik Province in western Bulgaria.

Butrointsi

Butrointsi is a village in Tran Municipality, Pernik Province in western Bulgaria.

Georgi Parvanov

Georgi Parvanov was born in the village of Sirishtnik, Pernik Province on June 28, 1957 and he grew up in the nearby village of Kosacha.

Kovachevtsi, Pernik Province

The name is derived from the Bulgarian word for blacksmith, kovach (ковач), either as a nickname of its residents or because it was founded by a blacksmith.

A notable native is Bulgarian Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), whose parents were refugees from the Pirin region, which was left under Ottoman rule until the Balkan Wars.

The village was first mentioned in Ottoman tax registers of 1576 as Kovachovcha; later on, its continuous existence was confirmed by western travelers such as Ami Boué and Felix Philipp Kanitz.


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