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Sirens to sound in honour of Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev

Wed, Jun 02 2010 10:41 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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Sirens to sound in honour of Bulgarian revolutionary Hristo Botev

Photo: Georgi Kozhouharov

At noon on June 2 2010, sirens will sound at noon as Bulgaria honours one of its most beloved heroes and revolutionaries, the poet and rebel Hristo Botev (1848-76).

The sirens are a call to remember the day on which Botev died on 1876 after several days of fighting against the Ottoman army in the days when Bulgaria was under Ottoman rule.

The sound of the sirens at noon marks the beginning of a minute of silence in honour of Botev and his comrades who fought on the last day of the April uprising in 1876.

When the ill-fated upraising in Bulgaria began, Botev disembarked at the head of a 205-strong guerrilla unit on the Danube shore near Kozloduy in north-west Bulgaria.

During clashes with Ottoman troops near Vola peak in the Vratsa region of the Stara Planina range, Botev was shot dead on June 2 1876.

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