Kilifarevo

Place in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria

Kilifarevo Килифарево
The Saint Archangel Michael Church in Kilifarevo
42°59′N 25°38′E / 42.983°N 25.633°E / 42.983; 25.633
Country	Bulgaria
Provinces (Oblast)	Veliko Tarnovo
Government
• Mayor	Dimitar Sabev
Elevation	303 m (994 ft)
Population (2005-09-13)
• Total	2,532
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	5050
Area code	06114
License plate	BT

Kilifarevo (Bulgarian: Килифарево [kiliˈfarɛvo]) is a small town in central northern Bulgaria, administratively part of Veliko Tarnovo Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province. Previously a village, it was proclaimed a town in 1973.

History

Ruins and remains are proof of the presence of civilization in the neighbouring area since the times of the Thracians. A fortress which guarded a pass through the Balkan Mountains existed nearby during the Roman Empire. During the Second Bulgarian Empire and more precisely the rule of Ivan Alexander (1331–1371), Kilifarevo was a centre of literary activity and the site of Theodosius of Tarnovo's school and monastery, founded in 1350, which actively promoted the spiritual practice of hesychasm.^[1]

Upon Bulgaria's conquest by the Ottoman Empire, the monastery was besieged, captured and razed by the invading Ottomans. It was later reconstructed and still exists today. During the Ottoman rule, Kilifarevo was the birthplace of Velcho Atanasov the Glazier, who organized the Velchova zavera (Велчова завера), an unsuccessful uprising against the Ottomans, in 1835.

Kilifarevo has a cultural centre (chitalishte), founded in 1884 and called Napredak ("Progress"), and a museum of local history, which occupies an old house. There are two Eastern Orthodox churches, St Archangel Michael and Dormition of the Mother of God.

In the wake of the 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état, Kilifarevo saw a peasant uprising [bg] against the new government. Between 1924 and 1925, anti-fascist partisan activity was also carried out by a local anarchist Cheta, led by Georgi Popov [bg], Georgi Sheitanov [bg] and Mariola Sirakova.^[2]

Namesakes

Kilifarevo Island in Aitcho Islands in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Kilifarevo.^[3]

Gallery

Main church of the Kilifarevo Monastery
Kilifarevo Monastery
Kilifarevo Monastery
Entrance to the Kilifarevo Monastery
Model of Kilifarevo Island in Antarctica Park, Kilifarevo

References

^ Speake, Graham (2018). A history of the Athonite Commonwealth : the spiritual and cultural diaspora of Mount Athos. New York. ISBN 978-1-108-34922-2. OCLC 1041501028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Pencheva, Radka (14 February 2011). "ЕДИН ОТ НАЙ-СМЕЛИТЕ АНАРХИСТИ В БЪЛГАРИЯ: 115 години от рождението на Георги Шейтанов" [One of the Bravest Anarchists in Bulgaria: 115 years since the birth of Georgi Sheitanov]. LiterNet (in Bulgarian). No. 135. ISSN 1312-2282. OCLC 1260451104. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
^ Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Kilifarevo Island.

External links

Website on the history of Kilifarevo (in Bulgarian)
Kilifarevo Monastery at Pravoslavieto.com (in Bulgarian and English)
Kilifarevo Monastery at BulgarianMonastery.com (in Bulgarian and English)
Kilifarevo (in Bulgarian)

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Notes

city status after the census of 01.02.2011: Ignatievo, Kran

v t e Veliko Tarnovo Municipality
Capital: Veliko Tarnovo
Towns	Debelets Kilifarevo
Villages	Arbanasi Balvan Belchevtsi Belyakovets Bijovtsi Boychevi kolibi Boychovtsi Bochkovtsi Boyanovtsi Brankovtsi Bukovets Devetatsite Dechkovtsi Dimitrovtsi Dimovtsi Dichin Doynovtsi Dolen Enevets Dolni Damyanovtsi Dunavtsi Emen Gabrovtsi Gashtevtsi Golemanite Goranovtsi Goren Enevets Hotnitsa Ivanovtsi Ilevtsi Kapinovo Kisyovtsi Kladni dyal Klashka reka Kutsarovtsi Lagerite Ledenik Malki chiflik Malchovtsi Margovtsi Mindya Mishemorkov han Momin sbor Natsovtsi Nikyup Novo Selo Osenarite Piramidata Plakovo Pojernik Popovtsi Prisovo Prodanovtsi Pushevo Pchelishte Purovtsi Radkovtsi Raykovtsi Rashevtsi Resen Rusalya Ruskovtsi Samovodene Samsiite Seymenite Semkovtsi Shemshevo Sheremetya Shodekovtsi Suha reka Surnentsi Terziite Todorovtsi Tseperanite Tserova koria Tsonkovtsi Ushevtsi Velchevo Vetrintsi Vilare Vodoley Voneshta voda Voynezha Vuglevtsi Vurlinka Yalovo Yovchevtsi
History	Rebellion of Asen and Petar Siege of Tarnovo First and Second Tarnovo Uprising Tarnovo Constitution
Landmarks	Yantra River Emen canyon Trapezitsa Hill Hotnitsa fall Pass of the Republic
Culture	Arbanasi Monastery Church of SS. Peter and Paul Church of St Demetrius SS. Forty Martyrs Church Patriarchal Cathedral Tsarevets Veliko Tarnovo University Hotnitsa Grandmas Nicopolis ad Istrum
Notable people	Saint Evtimiy Gregory Tsamblak Petko Slaveykov Stefan Stambolov Vasil Zlatarski Krassimir Balakov Maria Ilieva Kotoōshū Grigor Nachovich Dimitar Grekov Emiliyan Stanev Ilarion Dragostinov Mitkaloto Theodosius of Tarnovo Filip Totyu