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St. Cyricus Island
St. Cyricus Island ( bg, остров св. Кирик, ''ostrov sv. Kirik''), also known as St. Cyril Island or Sts. Quiricus and Julietta Island is a Bulgarian island in the Black Sea, from Sozopol's Stolets peninsula. It has an area of about and a height of . The island is connected to the continent by a road and a breakwater. Unlike most other Bulgarian Black Sea islands, its infrastructure is completely set up. The island was named after the medieval Monastery of Sts. Quiricus and Julietta, the ruins of which still stand there. The monastery was subordinate to the major stauropegic monastery on the nearby St. Ivan Island. In 1925-1926, a school for fishermen and sailors was built on the island, where only orphans were allowed to study. The school existed for 10 years. In 1936 its base was reorganized to accommodate the Bulgarian Naval Academy. Until recently, the island was a restricted area, where Bulgarian Navy ships were anchored. St. Cyricus Island was demilitarize ...
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early Early may refer to: History * The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.: ** Early Christianity ** Early modern Europe Places in the United States * Early, Iowa * Early, Texas * Early ..., High Middle Ages, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued i ...
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Islands Of The Black Sea
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges Delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands). There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. The ...
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Islands Of Bulgaria
This is a list of islands of Bulgaria. Islands in the Danube *Aleko Island *Batin Island *Belene Island (also known as Persin Island) *Bogdan Island *Chayka Island *Devnya Island * Dobrina island * Dovlek Island * Golya Kutovo Island * Golyam Bliznak Island * Golyam Brashlen island * Golyama Barzina Island *Gradina Island * The Haiduk island * Island Bezimenen * Island Florentin * Kalimok Island *Kicha Island *Kozloduy Island * Lakat Island * Lyulyak Island * Magaritsa Island *Malak Bliznak Island * Malak Brashlen island *Malak Vardim Island *Malka Barzina Island *Milka Island *Mishka Island * Oreh island * Palets Island * Pozharevski ostrovi (Golyam Pozharevo and Malak Pozharevo) *Predel Island * Radetski Island * Skomen Island *Timok Island *Tsibar island * Tsibritsa Island *Tutrakan Island *Vardim Island * Vazhetoarya Island * Vetren Island Islands in the Black Sea *St. Anastasia Island (formerly Bolshevik Island) * St. Cyricus Island * St. Ivan Island * St. Peter Island *St. ...
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List Of Islands Of Bulgaria
This is a list of islands of Bulgaria. Islands in the Danube * Aleko Island *Batin Island *Belene Island (also known as Persin Island) * Bogdan Island * Chayka Island * Devnya Island * Dobrina island * Dovlek Island * Golya Kutovo Island * Golyam Bliznak Island * Golyam Brashlen island * Golyama Barzina Island * Gradina Island * The Haiduk island * Island Bezimenen * Island Florentin * Kalimok Island * Kicha Island *Kozloduy Island * Lakat Island * Lyulyak Island * Magaritsa Island * Malak Bliznak Island * Malak Brashlen island * Malak Vardim Island * Malka Barzina Island *Milka Island * Mishka Island * Oreh island * Palets Island * Pozharevski ostrovi (Golyam Pozharevo and Malak Pozharevo) * Predel Island * Radetski Island * Skomen Island *Timok Island * Tsibar island * Tsibritsa Island * Tutrakan Island *Vardim Island * Vazhetoarya Island * Vetren Island Islands in the Black Sea * St. Anastasia Island (formerly Bolshevik Island) * St. Cyricus Island * St. Ivan Island * St. Pet ...
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Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy ( bg, Военноморски сили на Република България, Voennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya, lit=Naval Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria) is the navy of the Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. It has been largely overlooked in the reforms that Bulgaria had to go through in order to comply with NATO standards, mostly because of the great expense involved and the fact that naval assaults are not considered to be a great concern for the country's security. That is why three of the four s (excluding ''Slava'') are now docked and have been out of operation for some time. The last one was decommissioned in November 2011. Only the more modern frigates, corvettes and missile crafts are on active duty. The Bulgarian Navy is centred in two main bases. One is near the city of Varna. The other is by the village of Atia, near the city of Burgas. Operational history First Balkan War The Bulgarian Navy's fi ...
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Bulgarian Naval Academy
Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (NVNA) (Bulgarian: ''Висше Военноморско Училище "Никола Йонков Вапцаров", ВВМУ'') is the oldest technical educational institution in the Republic of Bulgaria. Its history, past and present achievements establish the institution as the most prestigious centre for training of maritime (merchant marine and Navy) specialists in the country. Its development over the years resembles a navigable river, into which many tributaries flow, as well as the "prototypes" of the present-day faculties, departments, and vocational colleges constituting the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy. The foundations of maritime education in this country were laid in the city of Ruse pursuant to Circular order No.7/January 16, 1881 of the Ministry of War of the Principality of Bulgaria. The circular order announced the establishment of a Maritime School, as of January 9, 1881. History has retained the name of the founder of the instit ...
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Stauropegic
A stauropegion, also spelled stavropegion (from el, σταυροπήγιον from σταυρός ''stauros'' "cross" and πήγνυμι ''pegnumi'' "to affirm"), is a monastery or a parish which depends directly on the primate or on the Holy Synod of a particular Church, and which is not under the jurisdiction of the local bishop. The name comes from the Byzantine tradition of summoning the Patriarch to place a cross at the foundation of stauropegic monasteries or parochial churches. Such exempt jurisdictions, both monastic and parochial, are common in Eastern Christianity, mainly in Eastern Orthodox Churches, but also in some Eastern Catholic Churches. Their institutional counterparts in the Latin-rite ecclesiastical order of the Catholic Church are various exempt jurisdictions, such as monasteries that are directly subjected to the Holy See of Rome. Stauropegic monasteries A stauropegic monastery, also rendered "stavropegic", "stauropegial" or "stavropegial", is an East ...
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and private physical structures such as roads, railways, bridges, tunnels, water supply, sewerage, sewers, electrical grids, and telecommunications (including Internet access, Internet connectivity and Broadband, broadband access). In general, infrastructure has been defined as "the physical components of interrelated systems providing Commodity, commodities and services essential to enable, sustain, or enhance societal quality of life, living conditions" and maintain the surrounding environment. Especially in light of the massive societal transformations needed to Climate change mitigation, mitigate and Climate change adaptation, adapt to climate change, contemporary infrastructure conversations frequently focus on sustainable development and gre ...
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Breakwater (structure)
A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Part of a coastal management system, breakwaters are installed to minimize erosion, and to protect anchorages, helping isolate vessels within them from marine hazards such as prop washes and wind-driven waves. A breakwater, also known in some contexts as a jetty, may be connected to land or freestanding, and may contain a walkway or road for vehicle access. On beaches where longshore drift threatens the erosion of beach material, smaller structures on the beach, usually perpendicular to the water's edge, may be installed. Their action on waves and current is intended to slow the longshore drift and discourage mobilisation of beach material. In this usage they are more usually referred to as groynes. Purposes Breakwaters reduce the intensity of wave action in inshore waters and thereby provide safe harbourage. Breakwaters may also be small stru ...
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