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Levski Pleven
Levski may refer to: Places *Levski, Pleven Province, a town in Bulgaria *, a village in Suvorovo Municipality, Bulgaria *Levski, Pazardzhik Province, a village in Panagyurishte Municipality, Bulgaria *Levski Peak (Bulgaria), in the Balkan Mountains, in central Bulgaria *Levski Peak (Antarctica), a mountain on Livingston Island, Antarctica *Levski Ridge, a mountain ridge on Livingston Island, Antarctica *Vasil Levski Boulevard, a road in Sofia, Bulgaria Other uses *Vasil Levski, a revolutionary and national hero of Bulgaria *Levski Sofia, a Bulgarian football club *Levski Sofia (sports club), a Bulgarian sports club *Levski Volley, a Bulgarian volleyball team *BC Levski Sofia, a Bulgarian basketball team See also * Vasil Levski (other) Vasil Levski (1840-1873) is the national hero of Bulgaria,several places were named after him Places in Sofia, Bulgaria * Monument to Vasil Levski, Sofia in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria *Vasil Levski Boulevard, major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski, Pleven Province
Levski ( bg, Левски ) is a town in central northern Bulgaria, an administrative center of the homonymous Levski Municipality in the very southeast of Pleven Province. Geography Levski Municipality is located on a territory of 414 km2 in the Danubian plain, Tuchenishko-Dolnoosomski region. The predominant relief in the municipality is the plain relief - the town of Levski is located at about 70 m above sea level. The distance to the regional town of Pleven is 50 km. The climate is temperate continental. History The old name of Levski (until 1897) is Karaagach (from Turkish - Black Elm). Today's Levski station before the Liberation from Ottoman rule was inhabited mainly by Turks. Some called it Turkish Karaach, unlike the village of Bulgarian Karaach, today's Totleben. In 1880 there were 1,082 inhabitants in Turkish Karaach. Six years after the Liberation, in 1884 a primary school was opened, and in 1887 a Bulgarian church was built. In 1881, the government of Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suvorovo Municipality
Suvorovo Municipality ( bg, Община Суворово) is a municipality ('' obshtina'') in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, not far from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is named after its administrative centre – the town of Suvorovo. The municipality embraces a territory of 216 km² with a population of 7,544 inhabitants, as of December 2009. Settlements Suvorovo Municipality includes the following 9 places (towns are shown in bold): Demography The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Religion According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following: A majority of the population of Suvorovo Municipality identify themselves as Christians. At the 2011 census, 59.7% of respondents identified as Orthodox Christians belonging to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Muslims constitute the largest mino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski, Pazardzhik Province
Levski ( bg, Левски, formerly known as ''Dolno Levski'') is a village at 23 km south of Panagyurishte and 21 km north of Pazardzhik on the main road between them. As of 2013 it has a population of 667. Geography The village is located on the southern foothills of the Sredna Gora mountain at an altitude of 420 m. It is situated on the main road Panagyurishte- Bata-Popintsi-Levski- Saraya-Pazardzhik. The river Luda Yana flows near the village. There are four micro dams in the land of Levski. There are grapes from which the locals produce wine and rakiya. The population is employed in agriculture, stock=breeding and mining of copper. Many ancient Thracian mounds are scattered in the lands of the village as well as remains of a Thracian settlement. The population is Orthodox Christian. History The local population actively participated in the April Uprising of 1876 against the Ottoman domination and the September Uprising (1923). The village was known as ''Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Peak (Bulgaria)
Levski Peak ( bg, Левски ) is a peak in the central Balkan Mountains, in Lovech Province, Bulgaria. It is named after the famous Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski. The peak is high and is situated on the main ridge of the mountain range to the west of Golyam Kupen Peak. The peak is more famous with its old name, Ambaritsa. According to the local legends Krali Marko Marko Mrnjavčević ( sr-cyr, Марко Мрњавчевић, ; – 17 May 1395) was the '' de jure'' Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while he was the '' de facto'' ruler of territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep. H ...'s granaries were located in the area. The Ambaritsa Refuge is situated on its northern slopes, at 2 hours of the peak. Mountains of Bulgaria Balkan mountains Two-thousanders of Bulgaria Landforms of Lovech Province {{Lovech-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range (, , known locally also as Stara planina) is a mountain range in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The range is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs for about , first in a south-easterly direction along the border, then eastward across Bulgaria, forming a natural barrier between the northern and southern halves of the country, before finally reaching the Black Sea at Cape Emine. The mountains reach their highest point with Botev Peak at . In much of the central and eastern sections, the summit forms the watershed between the drainage basins of the Black Sea and the Aegean. A prominent gap in the mountains is formed by the sometimes narrow Iskar Gorge, a few miles north of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. The karst relief determines the large number of caves, including Magura, featuring the most important and extended European post-Palaeolithic cave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Peak (Antarctica)
Levski Peak ( bg, връх Левски, vrah Levski, ) is a mountain in Antarctica, rising to approximately in the western extremity of Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Huron Glacier to the north and Macy Glacier to the south. The peak was named after Vasil Levski (1837–1873), a national hero of the Bulgarian liberation movement. Location The peak is located to the east of Shipka Saddle, east of Lyaskovets Peak, southeast of Kuzman Knoll, south of Atanasoff Nunatak, west by north of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja), and km north by west of St. Naum Peak St. Naum Peak ( bg, връх Св. Наум, vrah Sv. Naum, ) is a rocky peak of elevation 560 m in the east extremity of Peshev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Separated from Balchik Ridge a .... Maps Chart of South Shetland including Coronation Island, &c.from the exploration of the slo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Ridge
Levski Ridge ( bg, Хребет Левски \'hre-bet 'lev-ski\) is the central ridge of the Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island. Its summit, Great Needle Peak rises to 1,680m and is the second highest summit of the island after Mount Friesland.N. Petkov and D. BoyanovReport of the project ''The Peaks of Tangra Mountains.''Sofia, 2015. (in Bulgarian) The ridge extends nearly 8 km between Shipka Saddle to the west and Devin Saddle to the east, and the same distance between Cherepish Ridge to the north and Christoff Cliff to the south. It is bounded by Huron Glacier to the north, Iskar Glacier to the northeast, Macy Glacier and Boyana Glacier to the southwest, and Srebarna Glacier and Magura Glacier to the southeast. The ridge takes its name from Levski Peak. Remark: The name form ‘Great Needle’ has become established in usage for the ridge's summit, with ‘great’ considered more appropriate than the adjective ‘false’ in its Spanish name form ‘Pico Falsa Aguja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Levski Boulevard
Vasil Levski Boulevard ( bg, Булевард Васил Левски) is a major boulevard in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It lies between the Freight Station Square at the Slivnitsa and Danail Nikolaev Boulevards and the area of the National Palace of Culture. It is named after Bulgaria's national hero Vasil Levski. Some of the most prominent landmarks of the capital are situated along the boulevard, including the National Academy of Arts, SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library, Sofia University, the State Agency of Youth and Sports, Battenberg Mausoleum, the Monument to Vasil Levski and others. Vasil Levski Boulevard crosses many of the city's vital transport arteries, such as Georgi Rakovski Street, Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard at Sofia University, Patriarch Evtimiy Boulevard and Graf Ignatiev Street at Patriarch Evtimiy Square Patriarch Evtimiy Square ( bg, площад „Патриарх Евтимий“, ''ploshtad Patriarh Evtimiy''), more popularly known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski ( bg, Васил Левски, spelled in old Bulgarian orthography as , ), born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (; 18 July 1837 – 18 February 1873), was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the ''Apostle of Freedom'', Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Levski founded the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, and sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees. Born in the Sub-Balkan town of Karlovo to middle-class parents, Levski became an Orthodox monk before emigrating to join the two Bulgarian Legions in Serbia and other Bulgarian revolutionary groups. Abroad, he acquired the nickname ''Levski'' ("Lionlike"). After working as a teacher in Bulgarian lands, he propagated his views and developed the concept of his Bulgaria-based revolutionary organisation, an innovative idea that superseded the foreign-based detachment str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Sofia
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high school students, and is named after Vasil Levski, a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of the country. Levski has won a total of 74 trophies, including 26 national titles, 26 national cups and 3 supercups, as well as 13 domestic Doubles and 1 Treble. It is also the only Bulgarian football club to have never been relegated from the top division since the establishment of the league system in 1937. Levski has reached the quarter-finals of UEFA competitions for five times, was runner-up of the Balkans Cup twice, and in 2006, it became the first Bulgarian club to reach the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. The team's regular kit colour is all-blue. Levskis home ground is the Vivacom Arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Sofia (sports Club)
Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian sports club based in Sofia. It was founded in 1911. The club is named after Vasil Levski, the national hero of Bulgaria. The club develops 30 types of sports. Its football team, PFC Levski Sofia, is its most popular section. Other important sections are BC Levski Sofia, the basketball team, and VC Levski Sofia, the volleyball team. Levski is the only Bulgarian club, and one of the few in Europe, to have won the European Champions' Cup in three different team sports – basketball, volleyball and athletics. To date, Levski has reached 26 European Finals in total (won nine titles) – one EuroLeague, one CEV Champions League, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) titles, two EuroCup titles, and three Balkan League titles; and was runner-up in (17 finals) – three CEV Champions League Finals, two European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) Finals, six CEV Cup Winners' Cup Finals, one EuroCup Final, two Balkan Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levski Volley
VC Levski Sofia ( bg, ВК Левски София) is a professional Bulgarian volleyball team based in Sofia. It has both men's and women's teams, both playing in its respective Bulgarian Volleyball Leagues. Founded in 1943, the team plays its home games at Levski Sofia Sports Hall in Sofia. The women's team became the first Bulgarian volleyball club that were crowned European champion in 1963–64 season. Levski is also the only Bulgarian club that reached 4 times European Cup finals and 6 times CEV Cup finals. Men's volleyball Honours National competitions * Bulgarian Championship: 15 :1945, 1959, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 * Bulgarian Cup: 17 :1960, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014 International competitions * CEV Cup Runners-up: 1975, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 * CEV Champions League Third place: 1960 Team roster – season 2022/2023 Notable players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
