хижа Ботево
The place
хижа Ботево (Hizha Botevo, "Botevo Hut") in Varna Province, Provadia/Aksakovo area (southern Dobruja hinterland of Varna, Bulgaria), at 280 m elevation, on the Dobruja plateau. Part of the continuous Bulgaria cluster (batches 260-405, 2 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Bulgaria is missing from the country table. A BTS hikers' hut dedicated to Hristo Botev, the national poet (Hristo Botev, 1848-1876, Bulgaria's iconic poet-revolutionary, killed fighting the Ottomans + Provadia, population 15,000, historic + Aksakovo, population 8,000 + Varna, population 335,000, Black Sea port, Bulgaria's 3rd-largest city + the Dobruja plateau, 15,000 km², a grain-growing region + the heritage of the Bulgarian people (a South Slavic people, 6 million, speaking Bulgarian + the iconic first Bulgarian state, founded 681 by Khan Asparukh on the Danube + the iconic Empire of Simeon I, 893-927, founder of the Cyrillic script with the disciples of Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century + the iconic 500-year Ottoman yoke, 1396-1878 + liberation by Russia, 3 March 1878, San Stefano, an autonomous Bulgaria + the iconic WWI/WWII alliance with Germany and territorial defeat + the iconic communist era, 1946-1990, Todor Zhivkov, 1954-1989, 33 years in power + the iconic transition to democracy in 1990 + EU membership, 1 January 2007 + NATO membership, 29 March 2004 + the iconic yoghurt bacterium, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, discovered 1905 by Grigorov + the iconic Damask rose of the Kazanlak Valley, 3,000 tonnes, 70% of the world's rose oil + the iconic Vasil Levski, 1837-1873, national revolutionary hero, hanged in Sofia).
The setting
Varna, Provadia/Aksakovo, southern Dobruja hinterland of Varna, Bulgaria, 280 m, Dobruja plateau; continuous cluster batches 260-405, 2 entries; BTS hikers' hut dedicated to Botev + Botev 1848-1876, iconic national poet-revolutionary, killed fighting the Ottomans + Provadia 15,000 + Aksakovo 8,000 + Varna 335,000, Black Sea port, 3rd-largest + Dobruja 15,000 km², grain-growing; Bulgarian people, South Slavic, 6 million + first Bulgarian state 681, Khan Asparukh, Danube + Empire of Simeon I 893-927, iconic, Cyrillic script, disciples of Cyril and Methodius, 9th century + Ottoman yoke 1396-1878, 500 years, iconic + liberation 3 March 1878, San Stefano, autonomy + WWI/WWII alliance with Germany, territorial defeat + communism 1946-1990, Zhivkov 1954-1989, 33 years + transition to democracy 1990 + EU 1 Jan 2007 + NATO 29 March 2004 + Lactobacillus bulgaricus yoghurt bacterium, 1905, Grigorov, iconic + Damask rose, Kazanlak Valley, 3,000 tonnes, 70% of world's rose oil, iconic + Levski 1837-1873, revolutionary hero, hanged in Sofia, iconic; COUNTRY ANOMALY, Bulgaria missing.
