Rish Pass (, Rishki Prohod) is a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since mountain ranges can present formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human and animal migration t ...
in the
Balkan Mountains
The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs f ...
(Stara Planina) in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
. It connects
Shumen
Shumen (, also Romanization of Bulgarian, romanized as ''Shoumen'' or ''Šumen'', ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and economic capital of Shumen Province.
Etymology
The city ...
and
Karnobat
Karnobat ( ) is a town in the Burgas Province, Southeastern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Karnobat Municipality. According to the 2021 census, the town had a population of 16,483.
Geography
Karnobat municipality i ...
. On the Shumen side of the pass is the village of
Rish.
The
Battle of the Rishki Pass The Battle of the Rishki Pass () or Battle of Veregava took place in the Rish Pass, pass of the same name, in Stara Planina, Bulgaria in 759. It was fought between the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. The result was ...
was fought here in 759 between
Bulgarians
Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, ...
and
Byzantines which resulted in a Bulgarian victory.
Mountain passes of Bulgaria
Balkan mountains
Landforms of Shumen Province
Landforms of Burgas Province
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