Dobrich Добрич
The Church of Saint George
Coat of arms
Dobrich Location of Dobrich
Coordinates: 43°34′N 27°50′E / 43.567°N 27.833°E / 43.567; 27.833
Country	Bulgaria
Province (Oblast)	Dobrich
Government
• Mayor	Detelina Nikolova
Elevation	225 m (738 ft)
Population (Census February 2011)[1]
• City	91,030
• Urban	113,111
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	9300
Area code(s)	058

Dobrich (Bulgarian: Добрич) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, the administrative centre of Dobrich Province. With 91,030 inhabitants, as of February 2011,^[1] Dobrich is the ninth most populated town in Bulgaria, being the centre of the historical region of Southern Dobruja. It is located 30 km west of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, not far from resorts such as Albena, Balchik, and Golden Sands.

Dobrich Knoll on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Dobrich. A point of interest is the Dobrich TV Tower.

History[link]

The first evidence of settlement in what is now Dobrich dates from 4th-3rd centuries BC. Ruins from AD 2nd-4th century and 7th-11th century have also been found, including a Bulgar necropolis featuring pagan graves in the centre of the city.

During the 11th century, Pecheneg invasions devastated the interior of Dobruja, leaving many settlements in the region uninhabited at the time of the Second Bulgarian Empire.

The settlement was founded for a second time in the 16th century by the Turkish merchant Hacıoğlu Pazarcık, whose name it bore until 1882. According to Ottoman data from 1646–1650, there were over 1,000 houses in the city, about 100 shops, three inns, three Turkish baths, twelve mosques and twelve schools.

From the 17th to the 19th century, the city developed as a handicraft, trade and agricultural centre, being famous for its weaving, homespun tailoring, coppersmith's trade, leather-work and agricultural products, such as wheat, linseed, wool and cheese.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the city's population reached 12,000, many of whom refugees from eastern Bulgaria after the Russo-Turkish Wars. The cultural appearance of the city was also formed. The first Orthodox church was built in 1843.

The city was liberated from the Ottoman Empire on 27 January 1878 and renamed Dobrich on 19 February 1882 after Dobrotitsa, a medieval ruler of Dobruja. This was done by means of a decree issued by knyaz Alexander I.

After the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913 (confirmed by the Treaty of Neuilly of 1919), Dobrich and the whole of Southern Dobruja were incorporated in Romania for a period until 1940. During that time, the city bore the name Bazargic and was centre of Caliacra County (judeţ in Romanian). On 25 September 1940, the Bulgarian army marched into the city after signing Treaty of Craiova on September 7, 1940; date celebrated as the city's holiday, later changed to September 25.

During the period of Communist rule, Dobrich was renamed Tolbukhin (Толбухин) after Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Tolbukhin. On 19 September 1990, a presidential decree restored the city's old name of Dobrich. Despite the renewing of the name Dobrich archtectually maintains ex-communist outlook even in 21st century.

Population[link]

2001 census data states that about 86% of Dobrich's inhabitants are ethnic Bulgarians, followed by Turks at 8% and Roma at 3.5%. The percentage of Orthodox Christians is 86%, whereas 10% of the population are adherents of the Muslim faith.

According to census 2011, Dobrich has a population of 89,472 inhabitants as of February 2011.^[1] The number of the residents of the city reached its peak in the period 1986-1991 when exceeded 110,000.^[2] The following table presents the change of the population after the liberation of the country in 1878.

Social institutions[link]

Education[link]

Higher Education:

• Dobrudza Technological College http://www.tu-varna.bg/tu-varnakd/
• College of Education of Shoumen University "Ep. Konstatine Preslavski"
• International University College http://vumk.eu/
• Medical college (closed in 2006)

There are about 30 high schools, 19 kindergartens and 3 mangers in Dobrich.

Notable natives[link]

• Dora Gabe - poetess
• Dimitar Spisarevski - famous fighter pilot
• Ivaylo Petrov - poet
• Boncho Genchev - footbal player, 4th in the 1994 FIFA World Cup with the Bulgarian national team
• Preslava - pop-folk singer
• Miro - singer

See also[link]

• List of cities in Bulgaria
• Dobrudja

Twin cities[link]

• Pinsk, Belarus
• Golmud, People's Republic of China
• Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
• Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia
• Nowy Sącz, Poland
• Constanţa, Romania
• Saratov, Russia
• Schaffhausen, Switzerland
• Kırklareli, Turkey
• Izmail, Ukraine

Gallery[link]

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  Khan Asparuh (reign 668–695) monument, credited for establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 681

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  The clock tower in the "Old Dobrich"

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  A street in the "Old Dobrich"

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  The Church of St George in the centre of Dobrich, to the left is the statue of Vasil Levski by Kolyo Bogdanov

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  Dobrich park entrance

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  130 years city park Dobrich 1997

• Park-panoramic 60 percent.jpg

  The park in Dobrich (TV tower at the distance on the right)

• Waoman&Weats 40 percent.jpg

  Dobrich park art

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dobrich

• The modern website of Dobrich (Bulgarian)
• Info Dobrich (Bulgarian)
• City of Dobrich
• The official site of Municipality Dobrich (Bulgarian)
• A guide to Dobrich (Bulgarian)
• Dobrich Information and Photos

Coordinates: 43°34′N 27°50′E / 43.567°N 27.833°E / 43.567; 27.833

• All about Dobrich

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Virginia Dobrich
Virginia in Córdoba.
Born	Virginia Dobrich (1983-12-08) December 8, 1983 (age 28)  Uruguay
Ethnicity	German
Occupation	dancer, actress, cabaret star

Virginia Dobrich (born December 8, 1983)^[1] is a Uruguayan professional dancer.

Career[link]

Virginia began her career as a dancer in Argentina in Bailando por un sueño 2008 as the professional dance partner of "Tota Santillán".^[2] Her purpose was to fulfill the dream of NGOs de Rivera Senderos de Vida.^[3] They both were the thirty-first pair eliminated, of 39 contestants in the competition.

"The main thing I pointed out was the exhibition program. And I thought a lot, especially because I had to dance with" La Tota "and then I thought about it a lot. I danced with an obese person who could not move and I was recognized a lot my work. that's very rewarding. my dream was to get a truck to move sick and pregnant mothers in the area of ​​Rivera, in my country. and it did not come true. I was told that it was going to comply, but it dirent. I remained in contact and tried to work together sometime."^[4]

—

In early 2009 she worked on "Bendito total" with The Tota Santillán, Alvaro Navia, Marcelo Iripino, Virginia Gallardo, Estefanía Xipolitakis and Victoria Xipolitakis.^[5]

In 2009 she returned to be convened by the production of Marcelo Tinelli, to form part of "El Musical de tus Sueños" as the dancer for Dallys Ferreira with Julián Andrés Carbajal, Andrés Espinel, Adrian Juan and Belén Alonso. In that year she worked in theater in Carlos Paz in "Carnaval de estrellas" with Valeria Lynch, Raúl Lavié, Jésica Cirio, Flavio Mendoza, Marcos "Bicho" Gómez, Martin "Campi" Campilongo, Florencia Tesouro, Javier "la Pepa", Brizuela, singer of La Barra, Pabla Thomen and Mariquena Cornejo.^[6]

In 2010 she was convened by journalist Luis Ventura in Uruguay for a program called "The City". The program aired for a few months and Virginia was not incorporated .^{[7][8][9][10]}

In early 2011, in Argentina, she participated in "Hot Night" Disco Keops, with Flavio Mendoza, Gladys Florimont, Lourdes Sánchez, Belén Arce, Adrián Kiss, Hernán Doval and Javier Romero.In late 2010 she was signed in the theater show "Excitante" with Nito Artaza and Miguel Ángel Cherutti in Argentina. In the magazine also works or worked Flavio Mendoza, Estela Raval, Marcos Bicho Gómez, Adabel Guerrero, Estefanía Bacca, Jesica Cirio, Alejandra Maglietti and Cinthia Fernández. The musical was presented in Mar del Plata. The musical is currently in its fourth musical cycle and Adabel Guerrero still holds as the 1st Vedette now with Jésica Cirio as the co-lead and Dobrich still holds as 1st dancer as well as a vedette.^[11] The show is currently formed by Adabel Guerrero, Jesica Cirio, Alejandra Maglietti, Estefanía Bacca & Virginia Dobrich as well as Carmen Flores, Miguel Angel Cherutti and Nito Artaza also Marcos “Bicho” Gómez, Estela Raval with los 5 Latinos and Adrian Kiss the shows lead male dancer and acrobat.^[12][13]

Dobrich is currently working in Uruguay in the magazine.^[14]

Television[link]

• 2008 - Bailando por un sueño 2008 - professional dance partner of "Tota Santillán".

• 2009 - El musical de tus sueños - professional dance partner of "Dallys Ferreira" alongside four other professional dancers.

• 2011 - "Locos del tomate" - Special participation.^[15]

Theatre[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Nota a Virginia Dobrich.

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Ivan Vazov
Portrait of Vazov, 1914
Born	(1850-07-09)July 9, 1850 Sopot, Bulgaria (at this time Ottoman empire)
Died	September 22, 1921(1921-09-22) (aged 71) Sofia, Bulgaria
Occupation	poet, novelist, playwright
Notable work(s)	Under the Yoke Epic of the Forgotten Songs of Macedonia

Ivan Minchov Vazov (Bulgarian: Иван Минчов Вазов) (June 27, 1850 - September 22, 1921) was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and playwright, often referred to as "the Patriarch of Bulgarian literature". He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria (then part of the Ottoman Empire).

Biography[link]

The exact date of Vazov's birth is disputed. His parents, Saba and Mincho Vazov, both had a lot of influence on the young poet.

After finishing primary school in Sopot, Mincho send his son to Kalofer, appointing him assistant teacher. Having done his final exams in Kalofer, the young teacher returned to Sopot to help in his father's grocery. The next year his father send him to Plovdiv to Naiden Gerov's school. There Vazov made his first steps as a poet.

He returned to Sopot and then went to Olteniţa in Romania to study trade despite his lack of interest in it. He was immersed in literature. Soon he left Olteniţa and went to Brăila where he met Hristo Botev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet. From Brăila he went to Galaţi to his uncle where he met Botev again.

In 1874 he joined the struggle for his country's independence from the Ottoman Empire. He returned to Sopot in 1875 where he became a member of the local revolutionary committee. After the failure of the April Uprising of 1876, he had to flee the country, going back to Galaţi, where most of the surviving revolutionaries were exiled. There he was appointed a secretary of the committee.

Vazov was probably heavily influenced by Hristo Botev, who was the ideological leader of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement. He started writing his famous poems with Botev and some other Bulgarian emigrants in Romania. In 1876 he published his first work, Priaporetz and Gusla , followed by "Bulgaria's Sorrows" in 1877.

Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878 as a result of the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 and Vazov wrote the famous Epic of the Forgotten. He became the editor of the political reviews "Science" and "Dawn." He was, however, forced into exile once again, this time to Odessa, because of the persecution of the russophile political faction. Returning to Bulgaria with the help of his mother Suba Vazova, he started teaching. Vazov's next stay was in Svishtov, where he became a civil servant.

Ivan Vazov's house, now a museum, in Sofia, Bulgaria

He moved to Sofia in 1889 where he started publishing the review Dennitsa.

Vazov's 1893 novel Under the Yoke, which depicts the Ottoman oppression of Bulgaria, is the most famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature and has been translated into over 30 languages.

Later in his life Vazov was a prominent and widely respected figure in the social and cultural life of newly independent Bulgaria.

Other famous works[link]

Some of the other famous works by Vazov include the novels New Country (1894), Under Our Heaven (1900), The Empress of Kazalar (1902), Songs of Macedonia (1914), It Will Not Perish (1920) and the plays Vagabonds (1894), A Newspaperman? (1900), Borislav (1909) and Ivaylo (1911).

Historical site[link]

Vazov's bas-relief at Vazovova Street, Bratislava

Vazov's home in Sofia has been turned into a museum, containing a restoration of his residence with period furnishings, as well as Vazov's taxidermically preserved dog. Although the museum is ostensibly open Tuesday through Saturday, it is in practice not always staffed, so visitors are advised to call in advance. The museum is located at the corner of Ivan Vazov Street and Georgi S. Rakovski Street in Sofia.

Honours[link]

The Bulgarian Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia is named after him. The Ivan Vazov National Library (Bulgarian: Народна библиотека "Иван Вазов") in Plovdiv is also named after Vazov. A park near St. Sofia Church in Sofia features the city's best-known monument to Vazov.

Vazovova Street in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Vazov Point and Vazov Rock on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica are also named after Ivan Vazov.

Ivan Vazov's Grave in the center of Sofia. In the background is St. Sofia Church. The tomb is a syenite stone from Vitosha mountains where Ivan Vazov loved to go for a walk.(42°41.799′N 23°19.943′E / 42.69665°N 23.332383°E / 42.69665; 23.332383)

See also[link]

Poetry portal

• Bulgarian literature
• Zahari Stoyanov
• Pencho Slaveykov
• Peyo Yavorov
• National awakening of Bulgaria

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ivan Vazov

• Ivan Vazov’s place in Bulgaria’s heritage
• Ivan Vazov - The revolutionary poet
• Works by Ivan Vazov at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Ivan Vazov in libraries (WorldCat catalog)