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unusual facts about Struma river



Blagoevgrad Municipality

The municipality is lying in the western part of the Rila mountain and the northern part of the valley of Struma river, 100 km from Sofia in the north and Kulata in the south on the international road E79.

Serbs in the Republic of Macedonia

Strez was for a time a Duke under Stefan Nemanjić and had by 1209 conquered most of Macedonia; from the Struma valley in the east, which bordered lands controlled by Boril, to Bitola and perhaps Ohrid in the west, and from Skopje in the north to Veria in the south.

Simitli

Geographical locations of note are the Komatinski Cliffs between Brestovo and Sushitsa, the Kresna Gorge of the Struma River, and the foothills of the Pirin Mountains at Senokos.


see also

Constantine Dragases

Constantine Dragaš, Serbian Prince of Velebusdos; Serres, Greece; and the Struma River valley in western Bulgaria

Dragovishtitsa

The Dragovištica (Serbian Cyrillic: Драговиштица) or Dragovishtitsa (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Драговищица) - a river in southeastern Serbia and western Bulgaria, and a tributary of the Struma river

Monastir Offensive

Around that time, when it became clear that the Allies were pulling troops from the eastern flank and were concentrating them against Monastir the commander of the Bulgarian Second Army general Todorov ordered the 7th Rila Division to take positions for an attack over the Struma river, in order to assist the hard pressed Bulgarians and Germans west of the Vardar.