Suhozem
Suhozem (Сухозем ) is a village in the Kaloyanovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria. it has 173 inhabitants.
The village finally has got a church from 2002 when the new "Sveta Sofia" is consecrated by the bishop Arsenius.
In 2004 a monument was built in the centre of the village to commemorate 7 local people and the American pilot Lt. David R. Kingsley, who perished during World War II in the vicinity of the village.
His American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber returning from raid in Ploiești was intercepted and shot down by 4 German fighters. When it fell to the ground it hit 7 villagers who were working on the field. Kingsley, a native of Portland, Ore., was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving up his parachute to a fellow crewman in the plane before the crush.
The monument raised mixed feeling among the locals, some of whom consider that there shall be no monuments for murders because it was known that the airplane had bombed the town of Karlovo.
The village finally has got a church from 2002 when the new "Sveta Sofia" is consecrated by the bishop Arsenius.
In 2004 a monument was built in the centre of the village to commemorate 7 local people and the American pilot Lt. David R. Kingsley, who perished during World War II in the vicinity of the village.
His American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber returning from raid in Ploiești was intercepted and shot down by 4 German fighters. When it fell to the ground it hit 7 villagers who were working on the field. Kingsley, a native of Portland, Ore., was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for giving up his parachute to a fellow crewman in the plane before the crush.
The monument raised mixed feeling among the locals, some of whom consider that there shall be no monuments for murders because it was known that the airplane had bombed the town of Karlovo.
Map - Suhozem
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Country - Bulgaria
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One of the earliest societies in the lands of modern-day Bulgaria was the Neolithic Karanovo culture, which dates back to 6,500 BC. In the 6th to 3rd century BC the region was a battleground for ancient Thracians, Persians, Celts and Macedonians; stability came when the Roman Empire conquered the region in AD 45. After the Roman state splintered, tribal invasions in the region resumed. Around the 6th century, these territories were settled by the early Slavs. The Bulgars, led by Asparuh, attacked from the lands of Old Great Bulgaria and permanently invaded the Balkans in the late 7th century. They established the First Bulgarian Empire, victoriously recognised by treaty in 681 AD by the Eastern Roman Empire. It dominated most of the Balkans and significantly influenced Slavic cultures by developing the Cyrillic script. The First Bulgarian Empire lasted until the early 11th century, when Byzantine emperor Basil II conquered and dismantled it. A successful Bulgarian revolt in 1185 established a Second Bulgarian Empire, which reached its apex under Ivan Asen II (1218–1241). After numerous exhausting wars and feudal strife, the empire disintegrated and in 1396 fell under Ottoman rule for nearly five centuries.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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BGN | Bulgarian lev | лв | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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BG | Bulgarian language |
TR | Turkish language |