General Todorov (village)

General Todorov (Bulgarian: Генерал Тодоров [ɡɛnɛˈraɫ todoˈrɔf]) is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.[1] Before 1984, it was known as Pripechene (Припечене [priˈpɛt͡ʃɛnɛ]).

General Todorov
Village
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityPetrich Municipality
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History
The river Struma near General Todorov

The previous name of the village is Pripechene (Bulgarian: Припечене). During the Ottoman period, the village had a mixed Bulgarian and Turkish population. According to an Ottoman document from 1519 there were 6 Muslim and 39 non-Muslim households in Pripechene. The main occupation of the population in Pripechene was farming rice.[2] A Vasil Kanchov study of 1900 counted 114 Bulgarian and 70 Turkish inhabitants. [3]

The village was renamed General Todorov after general Georgi Todorov in 1984.

References
  1. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 5, 2010
  2. Матанов, Христо. Възникване и облик на Кюстендилския санджак през XV-XVI век, София 2000, таблица 9.
  3. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, с. 190. - Kanchov, Vasil. "Macedonia. Ethnography and statistics". Sofia, 1900, p. 190.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.