site.btaToday's Observances: February 5
A cliff monastery in the Shumen Plateau National Park (BTA Photo)
On this date in Bulgarian history: 1878: Russian historian and public activist, Prince Pyotr Alabin, becomes Sofia's first governor after city's liberation from Ottoman rule on January 4, 1878. He helped create a Public Library. He governed Sofia
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