Galabnik ( Bulgarian: Гълъбник) is a village in western

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. Its located in

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Geography

Galabnik is located in the Radomir valley. There is a railway line

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History

The old name of the village is Muzibek, which is also retained by a later stage of Turkish presence in the region and the technical

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(Musabey). On September 21, 1972, a road accident near the village killed 11 people from the military parachuting team of

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and the Bulgarian doctor and translator of the team - the bus in which they were traveling was hit by a train at an unguarded level crossing.

Landmarks

There are excavations and discovered objects of some of the first settlers on the Bulgarian territory.

References

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