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Shumen| Industrial city in Varna region, eastern Bulgaria, 80 km/50 mi west of Varna; population (1990) 126,300. Industries include metal and leather goods, beer, wine, and food processing. The Tombul Mosque built 1744 is the largest in Bulgaria. Founded in the 10th century on the site of a Roman fort, Shumen was a fortress town successively under Bulgarian, Byzantine, Turkish, and Russian rule. |
| The ruins of Pliska, capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, lie 13 km/8 mi northwest of the town. The city is a transport hub for tourists. A gigantic monument was built 1981 on Ilchov Gair hill to commemorate 13 centuries of Bulgarian history. |
| The city's name was Kolarovgrad 1950–65. |
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| Bayani and Stanley also contribute several essays introducing each section--the Koran in Qajar Iran, divination, Ottoman provincial production, Shumen, and miniature Korans and those of non-standard format, among others--confirming the importance of this series to the scholarly literature. If this were a race, the gold medal would have gone to the congressional centre on Bouzdlodja peak, the silver to the monument of the founders of Bulgaria state in Shumen and the bronze to the statute of Hristo Botev with three young freedom fighters in Kalofer (dated about 1876, 1923, and 1944) "Bulgaria has a unique architectural and monumental heritage. Shumen Shumen is the seventh city and is a bit modern unlike the first six. |
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