Tsarevo ( Bulgarian: Tsarevo ) is a city and port in Bulgaria . Located on the Black Sea coast . It is located in the Burgas region , part of the Tsarevo community. The population is 6301 people.
| City | |
| Tsarevo | |
|---|---|
| Tsarevo | |
| A country |  Bulgaria |
| region | Southeastern |
| Region | Burgas region |
| community | Tsarevo |
| Kmet | Georgi Lapchev |
| History and Geography | |
| Former names | until 1934 - Vasiliko before 1950 - Tsarevo until 1991 - Michurin |
| Square | |
| Center height | 0 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 6 301 people ( 2010 ) |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | (+359) 550 |
| Postcode | 8260 |
| ECATTE Code | 48619 |
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Title
Until 1934 the city was called in Greek Vasiliko ( Greek .ασιλικο ). Tsarevo is a Bulgarian translation of the name. The Greek population of the city of the Ottoman Empire left him after he moved to Bulgaria under the London Peace Treaty of 1913 and after the end of the First Balkan War [1] . In 1950-1991, the city was called Michurin by the name of the Russian and Soviet botanist I.V. Michurin (1855-1935).
Geography
Tsarevo is located on the peninsula . Located near Ahtopol and lies 70 km southeast of the city of Burgas . The coastline is very rugged. To the south of the city is Mount Papia 502 m high above sea level.
History
There are two versions about the origin of the name Vasiliko. According to one of them, the name comes from the Bulgarian village Bosilkovo, destroyed by the Turks, near Aytos . Some of its residents fleeing the Turks moved here, and subsequently, under the influence of the Ahtopol bishop , adopt the Greek language and culture and the name changes to Vasiliko. According to another version, the name Vasiliko comes from the Greek word “ basileus ” ( βασιλιάς ), which means “ king ” in translation. According to the supporters of this version, such an interpretation is possible thanks to the Turkish traveler Evliya ебelebi , who mentioned that the Vasilikos fortress conquered by Musa-ебelebi was built by Prince Vasily, one of the grandchildren of Emperor Constantine [2] .
During the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), on July 21, 1829, a Russian landing under the command of Captain Lieutenant Nemtinov, landed from three ships, captured the city of Vasiliko and forced the Turkish garrison to surrender.
In the early 1880s, the city was badly damaged by fire and is now divided into two parts - the old and the new, built up in the 1890s.
In the 1920s, Dubrava Forestry Cooperation was founded here.
Local government
Kmet ( mayor ) of the Tsarevo community - Georgi Lapchev ( Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria , GERB) following the results of the 2011 elections to the community’s board.
Notes
- ↑ Κωνσταντηνος Α. Βακαλοπουλος. Επιτομη Ιστορια της Μακεδονιας. - Κυριακιδη, 1988 .-- P. 221.
- ↑ Celebi E. Patepis / ed. S. Dimitrova, Institute for Balkan Studies at the BAS. - Sofia: Publishing House on the Fatherland Front, 1972.