General Todorov (village)

General Todorov (Bulgarian: Генерал Тодоров [ɡɛnɛˈraɫ todoˈrɔf]) is a village in Petrich Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.[1] Before 1984, it was known as Pripechene (Припечене [priˈpɛt͡ʃɛnɛ]). As of 2013, it had a population of 668.[2]

General Todorov
Village
Country Bulgaria
ProvinceBlagoevgrad Province
MunicipalityPetrich Municipality
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

History
The river Struma near General Todorov

The previous name of the village is Pripechene (Bulgarian: Припечене). During the Ottoman period, the village had a mixed Bulgarian and Turkish population. According to an Ottoman document from 1519 there were 6 Muslim and 39 non-Muslim households in Pripechene. The main occupation of the population in Pripechene was farming rice.[3] A Vasil Kanchov study of 1900 counted 114 Bulgarian and 70 Turkish inhabitants. [4]

The village was renamed General Todorov after general Georgi Todorov in 1984.

References
  1. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed May 5, 2010
  2. Guide Bulgaria, Accessed 26 September, 2022
  3. Матанов, Христо. Възникване и облик на Кюстендилския санджак през XV-XVI век, София 2000, таблица 9.
  4. Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, с. 190. - Kanchov, Vasil. "Macedonia. Ethnography and statistics". Sofia, 1900, p. 190.

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