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Breznik Breznik ( bg, Брезник ) is a town in western Bulgaria, 50 km away from Sofia. It is located in Pernik Province and is close to the towns of Bankya and Pernik. Villages in the municipality include Begunovtsi, Dushintsi, and Velkovtsi ...

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Pernik Pernik ( bg, Перник ) is a town in western Bulgaria (about south-west of Sofia) with a population of 70,285 . Pernik is the most populated town in western Bulgaria after Sofia. It is the main town of Pernik Province and lies on both banks ...

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Begunovtsi ( Bulgarian: Бегуновци, also

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Begunovci) is a village in western

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Oblast Pernik An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the K ...

, Obshtina Breznik.

Geography

The village of Begunovtsi is located in a mountainous area. The river Razhditsa passes through the village. There is also a fountain with spring water. The dam of the village of Begunovtsi allows the development of sport fishing and also to irrigate the agricultural land. The village is close to the towns of

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, and a little further from

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History

At the outbreak of the Balkan War, two people from Begunovtsi were volunteers in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan outbreak.

Cultural and nature landmarks

Izvora - In the village of Begunovtsi there is spring water (the so-called Old Fountain). The old fountain was built in 1921 and still exists today. According to Laserman Assenov Minev, the presence of this water is the reason for the Begunovtsi refugees who fled from the Turks to settle in this area near the spring. Laserman believes that the Begunovtsi people lived before in the village of Nepraznentsi and robbed the Turkish treasury there. This robbery really happened. Laserman says that a man of his kind, the shepherd Miter, discovered years later the wealth buried by a robbery of the Turkish treasury. The Turks killed many of the Begunovtsi for revenge, but some of them managed to escape and years later settled at the source of the Old Fountain and the people from the surrounding villages recognized them and called the village Begnovtsi (later the Russians called it Begunovtsi). Cherkvata - The old church of the village of Begunovtsi has an architectural plan. The iconostasis dates from the beginning of the 17th century and can be connected with the school of St. Pimen Zografski. In the summer of 2009 a major renovation of the church and the bell tower in the village began. The bell tower was built by master Asen Minev Paunkov. Old houses - There are various old houses in the village. You can see even the most primitive so-called. braids, but they are in very poor condition and are likely to be destroyed for safety reasons. But in the village there are three very old and nice houses of rich runners from the past. These are: * Grandpa Anto's Durman house was built by thorns, masons, stone masonry and in extremely good condition to this day. * The peacock house of Asen Minev Stefanov-Paunkov was built by a famous master builder of the village Asen Minev Paunkov and preserved through reconstruction to this day. It is located right in the center of the village. * Grandpa Alexi's Durman house is also a very old and nice house, preserved to this day. The two Durmandini houses are next to each other. Others - The village has a stadium, which is of amatur size - 70/40 and a football club ,,''Zapadno eho''"

Notable people

* Damjan Begunov (b. 1929) -

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" on 19 October 2004. * Stamen Mihajlov -

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* Dr. Licho Velichkov - doctor-roentgenologist * Petko Damjanov -

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* Laserman Asenov - artist, author of the book ,,Paunkov's kin" * Nikola Cakmanov - history teacher, awarded ,,

" * Georgi Antov - Macedonian-Adrianopolitan volunteer, bronze medal * Dimitar Stojanov -

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* Dr. Konstantin Takev -

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References

grao.bg

archives.government.bg

pernikinfo.com
Villages in Pernik Province