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Gabrovo

(Encyclopedia)Gabrovo gäbrôˈvô [key], town, N central Bulgaria, in the foothills of the Balkan Mts. It is ...

Balkan Wars

(Encyclopedia)Balkan Wars, 1912–13, two short wars, fought for the possession of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire. The outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War for the possession of Tripoli (1911) encourag...

Dobruja

(Encyclopedia)Dobruja dōˈbro͝ojə, dôˈ– [key], Rom. Dobrogea, Bulg. Dobrudza, historic region, c.9,000 sq mi (23,300 sq km), SE Europe, in SE Romania and NE Bulgaria, between the lower Danube River and the B...

Haskovo

(Encyclopedia)Haskovo khäsˈkōvōˌ [key], city, S Bulgaria, in an agricultural region noted for its tobacco. ...

Neuilly, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Neuilly, Treaty of nöyēˈ [key], 1919, peace treaty concluded between the Allies and Bulgaria after World War I. It was signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Bulgaria ceded part of W Thrace to Greece...

Burgas

(Encyclopedia)Burgas bo͝orgäsˈ [key], city, SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the chief ...

Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich

(Encyclopedia)Stanishev, Sergei Dmitrievich, 1966–, Bulgarian political leader and political scientist. Born in Ukraine, he studied at Moscow State Univ. (B.A., 1989; Ph.D., 1994), and taught in Moscow (1998) and...

Dimitrovgrad

(Encyclopedia)Dimitrovgrad dĭmēˈtrôvgrät [key], city, S Bulgaria, on the Maritsa River. Located on the ...

Kyustendil

(Encyclopedia)Kyustendil kyo͝ostĕndēlˈ [key], city (1993 pop. 54,452), SW Bulgaria, near the Serbian border. Famous for its mineral springs used to heat hothouses, Kyustendil is a market city for fruit and othe...

Balkans

(Encyclopedia)Balkans, Bulg. Stara Planina stäˈrä pläˌnēnäˈ [key], major mountain range of the Balkan Peninsula and Bulgaria, extending c.350 mi (560 km) from E Serbia through central Bulgaria to the Black ...