Cherven () is a village in northeastern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
in the
Ruse Province
Ruse Province (), or Rusenska Oblast (, former name Ruse okrug) is a province in northern Bulgaria, named after its main city, Ruse, neighbouring Romania via the Danube. It is divided into eight municipalities with a total population, as of F ...
. Cherven is situated in the municipality of
Ivanovo
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. {{As of, 2011, the village had 239 inhabitants. The tributary of the river
Rusenski Lom
The Rusenski Lom (, ) is a river in northeastern Bulgaria, the last major right tributary of the Danube. Its length is 55 km but reaches 197 km if its right constituent river the Beli Lom is included.
Geography
The river is formed b ...
, Cherni Lom (meaning ''Black Lom''), divides the village into two parts.
One of the most important towns in the
Second Bulgarian Empire
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existed near the village and was also called
Cherven. During its heyday between 12th and 14th centuries, it was one of the largest commercial and military centres in the region. It was fully destroyed after the
Bulgarian–Ottoman Wars
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and is now in ruins.
Villages in Ruse Province