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unusual facts about Western Thrace


Petko Voyvoda Peak

The peak is named after Captain Petko Voyvoda (pseudonym of Petko Kiryakov, 1844–1900), leader of the Bulgarian liberation movement in Western Thrace and the Rhodope Mountains.


Stiliyan Kovachev

In the beginning of the First Balkan War he was in command of the 2nd infantry division and the Rodopi Detachment which advanced in the secondary direction from Plovdiv to Western Thrace.

Todor Dinov

Dinov was born to a Bulgarian family in Dedeagach in Western Thrace (today Alexandroupoli, Greece) and finished school in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.


see also

Chronis Aidonidis

Till now, Chronis Aidonidis has released many records with the most beautiful songs of northern, eastern and western Thrace.