Pordim ( bg, Пордим ) is a town in

Pleven Province Pleven Province ( bg, Област Плевен or Плевенска Област) is a province located in central northern Bulgaria, bordering the Danube river, Romania and the Bulgarian provinces of Vratsa, Veliko Tarnovo and Lovech. It i ...

in central northern

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and the administrative centre of Pordim Municipality. The town is 155 metres above sea level in the Danubian Plain. In December 2009 the population was 2,117.Bulgarian National Statistical Institute – towns in 2009
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connection in Bulgaria, during the siege of Plevna of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. It linked Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of

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with Prince Carol I of

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. The town played an active part in the war of 1877–78 and has two museums, the Alexander II Russian Museum and the Carol I Romanian Museum,Museum house “His Royal Majesty Karol I” – the town of Pordim
on the site of ''Military historical museum Pleven'' both housed in the buildings where the two heads of state stayed during the battle for Pleven, commanding their respective forces.

Honour

Pordim Islands off

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are named after Pordim.

References

Towns in Bulgaria Populated places in Pleven Province {{Pleven-geo-stub