Shumen - Madara Rider, PFC Panayot Volov, Shumen Dialect, Tombul Mosque, Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria, Shumensko, Panayot Volov Stadium, (Paperback)

Chapters: Madara Rider, PFC Panayot Volov, Shumen dialect, Tombul Mosque, Monument to 1300 Years of Bulgaria, Shumensko, Panayot Volov Stadium, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Shumen (Bulgarian: ) is a city in the northeastern part of Bulgaria, capital of Shumen Province. From 1950-1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after Vasil Kolarov. Other English variants include Shoumen and umen. The city has a population of 103,016 by permanent address (2006). The city lies 80 km west of Varna and is built within a cluster of hills, northern outliers of the eastern Balkans, which curve round it on the west and north in the shape of a horse-shoe. A rugged ravine intersects the ground longitudinally within the horse-shoe ridge. From Shumen roads radiate northwards to the Danubian cities of Rousse and Silistra and to Dobruja, southwards to the passes of the Balkans, and eastwards to Varna and Balchik. The Shumen FortressIn 811 Shumen was burned by the emperor Nicephorus, and in 1087 it was besieged by Alexius I. During the golden age of Bulgarian culture under Simeon the Great (866-927), Shumen was a centre of cultural and religious activity, and may have born the name Simeonis. Until the 15th century, the city was located around the Shumen Fortress, a sophisticated complex of defensive installations, religious and civil buildings. In 1388 the sultan Murad I forced it to surrender to the Ottoman Turks. After W adys aw Warne czyk's unsuccessful crusade in 1444, the city was destroyed by the Ottomans and moved to its present location. It was known by the Ottomans as umnu. In the 18th century it was enlarged and fortified. Three times, in 1774, 1810 and 1828, it was unsuccessfully attacked by Russian armies. The Turks consequently gave it the name of Gazi ("Vi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2068558