Brashlyan

Bulgaria / Burgas / Malko Tarnovo /
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brashlyan
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Coordinates:   42°2'45"N   27°25'36"E

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  • Brashlyan is a village in Southeastern Bulgaria, Malko Tarnovo Municipality, Burgas Region. The name of the village until 1934 was Sarmashik (Sarmashik) and is immortalized in the anthem of Strandzha Mountain – the song "A Clear Month Has Already Risen". The village of Brashlyan is located 62 km south of the center of the regional city of Burgas and 14 km northwest of the municipal center of Malko Tarnovo. It is located on the gentle northeast slope in the northern part of the Strandzha Border Ridge (also known as the Border Ridge). Small local rivers flowing east and west of the village collect their waters after it as a right tributary of the Veleka River flowing about 3-4 km north. The altitude in the center of the village near the church is about 318 m. The population of the village of Brashlyan, which numbered 503 people in the 1934 census and 494 in 1946, decreased to 117 in 1975 and 52 (according to the current demographic statistics for the population) in 2021. History The village of Sarmashik was founded in the 17th century, when the inhabitants of the three hamlets of Yurtet, Selishte and Zhivak (its Thracian name is Kikon (Kikos), from the Thracian language Kik – Zhivak. According to an ancient legend, the singer Orpheus was born there) settled in the Lower Mahala, the oldest part of the village. It is mentioned in Ottoman tax registers from the second half of the 17th century, and in the 19th century it was a large livestock center. Residents of the village participated in the Heteria of 1821. Vasil Levski also passed through the village, and the house in which he stayed overnight is still preserved today. The Sarmashik Affair, which preceded the Preobrazhensko Uprising, took place in Sarmashik. On April 2, 1903, part of a detachment of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization was betrayed by two Greeks, after which it was surrounded by Ottoman military units in the Balyuvata Kashta (today an architectural and historical monument), killing the detachment's voivode Pano Angelov and the Chetnik Nikola Ravashola, while the other three fought their way out, throwing several grenades. The Turks suffered 15 casualties. The villagers actively participated in the uprising itself. Sarmashik suffered greatly during the suppression of the uprising. All 150 houses were looted, and the population fled. The village of Sarmashik was annexed to Bulgaria in 1913 after the Balkan War. Since the mid-20th century, a large part of the village's inhabitants have migrated to Malko Tarnovo, and later to Burgas. From 650 people in 1926, by 2022 the population has decreased to about 50 people. Many of the inhabitants of Malko Tarnovo are from Brashlyan - they are called "Sarmashichani" after the old name of the village. In the village of Brashlyan as of 2022 there are: Orthodox Church "St. Dimitar"; Thracian Society; Society for the Protection of Natural and Historical Heritage "Brashlyan". Landmarks Since 1982, the entire village of Brashlyan has been an architectural and historical reserve, and authentic houses typical of Strandzha architecture from the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved in it. 76 houses are architectural monuments of culture, 9 of them - of national importance. It is believed that the oldest house in the village was built in the 17th century. With the efforts of the local Society for the Protection of Natural and Historical Heritage "Brashlyan" and the city hall, the monastery school (operated in 1871 - 1877), the chapels "St. Panteleimon", "St. Petka" and "St. Leftera", the bell tower of the church "St. Dimitar" (late 17th century) have been restored, and an ethnographic collection and an open-air museum of traditional agriculture have been organized. A few kilometers from the village there are traces of dolmens and Thracian sanctuaries. The village of Brashlyan is located within the boundaries of the Strandzha Nature Park, and part of the village's land is in the Vitanovo reserve and the Veleka River valley. The land also includes the trout fishpond on the Katun River. Regular events Every year at the beginning of August, usually around the 8th, the village fair is held, which lasts two days. Guests come from all over the country, people play, fights are organized. Personalities Born in Brashlyan Angel Panayotov, activist of the VMORO Atanas Zhelyazkov Mitrev (1876 – after 1943), Bulgarian revolutionary, activist of the VMORO from 1903; sentenced by the Ottoman authorities to 4 years, lies until the amnesty in Sinap Kale; On April 16, 1943, as a resident of Skef, he applied for a Bulgarian national pension, which was approved and the pension was granted by the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Bulgaria Vasil Mrachkov (b. 1934), lawyer and politician, prosecutor general Sava Popsavov (1923 – 2008), folk singer Died in Brashlyan Nikola Ravashola (1863 – 1903), Chetnik in Pano Angelov's detachment Pano Angelov (1879 – 1903), Bulgarian revolutionary, activist of the VMORO Source: https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%88%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE)