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The highest point of the pass is at 1,010 m (3,310 ft) above sea level on the Bulgarian-Greek border. [1] Until the end of World War II, the Aegean Sea Pass was actively used for commerce. It was closed in 1944, as Bulgaria and Greece ended up on different sides of the Iron Curtain. [2]
As one of three passes between the Rhodope highlands and the Aegean coast of Western Thrace, it links the upper valleys of the Chepinska reka to the north and the Kompsatos to the south. The highest point of the pass is at 1,010 m (3,310 ft) above sea level on the Bulgarian-Greek border. [1] [2]
A winter view of the Vlahina Mountain near the border with North Macedonia. The eastern border (378 km) is maritime and encompasses the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast from Cape Sivriburun in the north to the mouth of the Rezovo River in the south. [11] Bulgaria's littoral forms 1/10 of the total Black Sea coastline, and includes two important gulfs ...
Thus, on January 7, 1942, Bulgarian troops entered deep into Šumadija. The controlled area included the following territories west of the Bulgarian border: north of the Gollak mountains, east of the Ibar River, including the towns of Kraljevo and Kragujevac, as well as the territories south of the town of Lapovo. In July 1943, the occupation ...
The foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire. After the defeat of Great Bulgaria by the Khazars and following Khan Kubrat's death in 668, a large group of Bulgars followed the third son of the great Khan, Asparukh, who headed south-westwards. In the 670s they were settled in the border area known as the Ongal to the north of the Danube delta.
Bulgaria–North Macedonia border (2 C, 6 P) R. ... Pages in category "Borders of Bulgaria" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Bulgaria, [a] officially the Republic of Bulgaria, [b] 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 to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania to the north.
Lion holding a shield with a map of Greater Bulgaria (National Museum of Military History, Sofia.)Bulgarian irredentism is a term to identify the territory associated with a historical national state and a modern Bulgarian irredentist nationalist movement in the 19th and 20th centuries, which would include most of Macedonia, Thrace and Moesia.