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Timeline Of Varna
The following is a :City timelines, timeline of the Varna, Bulgaria#History, history of the city of Varna, Bulgaria. Prior to 20th century * 6th century BCE – Odessus founded by Greeks. * 1st century CE – Romans in power. * 1201 – Siege of Varna (1201) by forces of Kaloyan of Bulgaria. * 1389 – Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turks in power. * 1444 – 10 November: Battle of Varna. * 1606 – Varna sacked by Cossacks. * 1828 – Siege of Varna. * 1854 – During Crimean War, allied forces based temporarily at Varna. * 1867 – Rustchuk–Varna railway begins operating. * 1870 – Seat of a Bulgarian Bishop. * 1871 – Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Slavic Orthodox Christian established. * 1878 – Varna becomes part of newly restored independent History of Bulgaria (1878–1946), Bulgaria per Treaty of Berlin (1878) * 1883 – Orient Express railway begins operating. * 1885 – Euxinograd palace built near Varna. * 1886 – Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, Varna built. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-Timelines Regional timelines Historical timelines Urban planning cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navibulgar
Navibulgar is a Bulgarian shipping company, the largest in the country, with a fleet of 70 vessels: 46 bulk carriers, 9 container vessels, 5 tanker and chemical vessels, and 10 combined tonnage vessels, including their new 30,700-tonne ship, which became a part of their fleet in June 2012. Acquisitions In 2002, the company acquired Varna shipyard for $16.1 million. In May 2014, Navibulgar completed its set of modern domestically built handymax ships with a deal for a Greek-owned bulker A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo — such as grains, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement — in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, econ .... The vessel is named ''Wanderlust'' and was originally ordered for design and building in 1997. References External links Official site Shipping companies of Bulgaria Transport companies established in 1892 Economy of Varna, Bulgaria T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław III Of Poland
Władysław III (31 October 1424 – 10 November 1444), also known as Ladislaus of Varna, was King of Poland and the Supreme Duke (''Supremus Dux'') of Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1434 as well as King of Hungary and Croatia from 1440 until his death at the Battle of Varna. He was the eldest son of Władysław II Jagiełło, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and the Lithuanian noblewoman Sophia of Halshany. Władysław III of Varna is known in Hungarian as ''I. Ulászló''; in Polish as ''Władysław III Warneńczyk''; in Slovak as ''Vladislav I''; in Czech as ''Vladislav Varnenčík''; in Bulgarian as ''Владислав Варненчик'' (''Vladislav Varnenchik''); in Lithuanian as ''Vladislovas III'' (or ''Vladislovas Varnietis''); in Croatian as ''Vladislav I. Jagelović''. Royal title Latin: ''Ladislaus Dei Gratia Poloniae, Hungariae, Dalmatiae, Croatiae, Rascia etc. rex necnon terrarum Cracouie, Sandomirie, Syradie, Lancicie, Cuyauie, Lithuaniae prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varna Province
Varna Province ( bg, Област Варна, translit=Oblast Varna), formerly known as Varna okrug, is a province in eastern Bulgaria, one of the 28 Bulgarian provinces. It comprises 12 municipalities with a population of 494,216 inhabitants as of April 2016.http://www.grao.bg/tna/tab01.html“ The province is named after its administrative centre, Varna. Geography The province's territory is 3,819.5 km². It borders the Black Sea and covers parts of the hilly Danubian Plain (including parts of the Franga Plateau, South Dobruja, the Provadiya Plateau, Ludogorie, and the Avren Plateau), Eastern Stara Planina, the Varna–Devnya valley with the lakes (limans) of Varna and Beloslav, and the Kamchiya river valley. Other rivers include Provadiya, Devnya, and Batova, and the largest artificial lake is Tsonevo. The Black Sea coast is hilly and verdant, mostly cliff, with a couple of rocky headlands (Cape Galata, Cape St. Athanasius), several expansive sand beaches, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CRC Press
The CRC Press, LLC is an American publishing group that specializes in producing technical books. Many of their books relate to engineering, science and mathematics. Their scope also includes books on business, forensics and information technology. CRC Press is now a division of Taylor & Francis, itself a subsidiary of Informa. History The CRC Press was founded as the Chemical Rubber Company (CRC) in 1903 by brothers Arthur, Leo and Emanuel Friedman in Cleveland, Ohio, based on an earlier enterprise by Arthur, who had begun selling rubber laboratory aprons in 1900. The company gradually expanded to include sales of laboratory equipment to chemists. In 1913 the CRC offered a short (116-page) manual called the ''Rubber Handbook'' as an incentive for any purchase of a dozen aprons. Since then the ''Rubber Handbook'' has evolved into the CRC's flagship book, the '' CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics''. In 1964, Chemical Rubber decided to focus on its publishing ventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varna Aquarium
The Varna Aquarium ( bg, Варненски аквариум, ''Varnenski akvarium'') or Aquarium Varna (Аквариум Варна) is a public aquarium in Varna, Bulgaria's largest city on the Black Sea coast. The aquarium's exhibition focuses on the Black Sea's flora and fauna which includes over 140 fish species, but also features freshwater fish, Mediterranean fish, exotic species from faraway areas of the World Ocean, mussels and algae. The foundation of the aquarium was initiated by Prince Ferdinand I on 6 January 1906 in the Euxinograd palace. Ferdinand entrusted Doctor Parashkev Stoyanov with the establishment of a maritime biological station. The monarch also requested assistance from the prominent German biologist Anton Dohrn, founder of the Stazione Zoologica in Naples, who provided Ferdinand with blueprints and photographs of the Naples station. On 25 January 1906, the Varna Municipal Council allotted money for the aquarium's construction and appointed a commiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BC Cherno More
BC Cherno More Ticha Varna ( bg, БК Черно море Тича Варна) is a Bulgarian basketball team based in Varna. The last time Cherno More won the championship was in 1999. Honours * Bulgarian Championships :Champions (3): 1985, 1998, 1999 *Bulgarian Cup : Champions (4): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015 History The history of basketball in Varna can be divided into five periods. Everything begins back in 1923, when the “Robert College” alumni – Vaharshak Martaian arrives in the city. At this moment chairman of Sports Club “ Ticha” is the mayor of Varna, Gospodin Angelov, who is keen fan of basketball. The first Varna basketball team is formed, as there play Boris Petrov, who is also a football international player. The greater part of the players take part in the building of the first basketball court in the northern part of the Sea Garden. Later that court became a playground for the first games between Bulgarian and USA teams. Our opponents and teachers were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre
The Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre ( bg, Драматичен театър ”Стоян Бъчваров”, ''Dramatichen teatar ”Stoyan Bachvarov”'') is a theatre in Varna, Bulgaria, founded in 1921 as the Municipal Professional Theatre. It occupies a historic building in the centre of the city designed by Nikola Lazarov and built between 26 March 1912 and 5 June 1932. The building was finished by the architects Dabko Dabkov and Jelyazko Bogdanov. It is named after the prominent theatre actor Stoyan Bachvarov Stoyan ( Bulgarian): Стоян is a Bulgarian name derived from the verb ''Stoya'' (Стоя, to stand). The variant Stoian also appears in Romanian, and in northern Greece as Stogiannis (Greek: Στογιάννης). Given name *Stoyan Stoyano .... The theatre has a main auditorium, a branch stage and a small auditorium. External links Official website Buildings and structures in Varna, Bulgaria Culture in Varna, Bulgaria Theatres in Bulgaria Tourist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Spartak 1918
FK Spartak 1918 Varna ( bg, Футболен клуб „Спартак 1918“ Варна, Futbolen klub Spartak 1918 Varna) is a Bulgarian association football phoenix club (sports), phoenix club based in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, which currently competes in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), First League, the top level of Bulgarian football league system. Spartak plays its home matches at the local Stadion Spartak (Varna), Stadion Spartak. Founded in 1918, Spartak Varna established itself as one of the early pioneering clubs in Football in Bulgaria, Bulgarian football. Spartak won the Bulgarian league in 1932 Bulgarian State Football Championship, 1932, and was runner up in 1931 and 1933. Spartak has spent the majority of its existence in the first tier of Bulgarian football, with the club’s most recent top flight participation being season 2022–23 First Professional Football League (Bulgaria), 2022–2023. Spartak's nickname is the "Falcons", and the club ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
