Graf Ignatievo
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Graf Ignatievo (Bulgarian: Граф Игнатиево, Turkish: Çulluk) is a village in Maritsa Municipality, southern Bulgaria. As of 2024 it has 1,852 inhabitants.[1] The village is named after a Russian diplomat Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatiev,[2] who played an important role as an ambassador of Russia in Istanbul for the conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano that called for the creation of Greater Bulgaria. There is the major military Graf Ignatievo Air Base[3] of great importance used by the Bulgarian Air Force and the US.
References
[edit]- ^ "дата 15.03.2024 Таблица на адресно регистрираните по постоянен и по настоящ адрес лица област БЛАГОЕВГРАД община БАНСКО". www.grao.bg. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Анискович, Лидия (2008). Храм милосердия: русские женщины (in Russian). Логос. p. 285. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Местоположение". www.grafportal.org. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Official website of the airbase Archived 2009-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Several Videoclips
- More video
- Literature