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22-478: Boyadzhik was the site of a massacre of 145 innocent Bulgarian civilians committed by irregular Ottoman troops ( bashi-bazouk ) on 11 May 1876. The massacre took place in the wake of the Bulgarian April Uprising , even though Boyadzhik did not participate in the insurrection and was located hundreds of kilometres away from the scene of any hostilities. The grandfather of the inventor of

44-482: A palaestra . The large Christian basilica and smaller later one inside the fort have been partially restored. The bishop's basilica was built in the 340's as one of the earliest examples of one with a courtyard in the region. It was damaged in 377–8 in the invasions. It was rebuilt and enlarged in the early 5th century and became the 2nd biggest in Thracia, complete with mosaic floors, until its destruction in 587. It

66-513: A large basilica . In 378, Kabyle was seized by the Goths under Fritigernus . In the 5th century repeated barbarian raids forced the inhabitants to retreat inside the fort. The fort wall was doubled in the most vulnerable places and the thermae were used as residences and many other houses were built. The town was finally destroyed in about 587 by the Avars and only partially settled afterwards. In

88-482: A shot sounded ... one of the Turkish soldiers shot my grandfather right in the chest, he fell dead, a ricocheted bullet hurt my father and left a scar for the rest of his life, as a terrible reminder of those events. There is a list of a total of 145 confirmed victims; men, women and children and two Orthodox priests. A fundraising campaign for a memorial to the victims was launched in 2019. In his description of

110-600: The Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Literature Day . A rumour made believe the local Ottoman administrator, Şefket paşa, that the villagers were going to rebel, and he dispatched a band of Circassian bashi-bazouk to Boyadzhik. The paramilitaries attacked the village from all sides. Unable to escape, they gathered in the local church, but were forced to come out after the bashi-bazouk started firing shells against it. An indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children ensued afterwards. The village

132-458: The Institute of Turkish Studies . He has been criticised by many of his colleagues for attempting to whitewash Ottoman history. The nearby town of Yambol narrowly avoided the same fate on 24 May [ O.S. 19 May] 1876, when it was encircled by the same band of bashi-bazouk led by Şefket paşa. The town was saved by local Ottoman dignitary İsmail Hakkı Paşa, who ordered

154-583: The Soviet Union in 1944. Kabile Kabile ( Bulgarian : Кабиле ) or Cabyle is a village in southeastern Bulgaria , part of the Tundzha municipality , Yambol Province . The ancient Thracian city of Kabile was one of the most important and largest towns in Thrace and its architectural remains are impressive, many of them preserved and restored. The territory of the ancient city and

176-500: The Thracian Horseman , Asclepius and Hygia . It has an acropolis with a sanctuary and relief of Cybele , its namesake and patron deity, carved into the rock. The military fort occupied part of the city from Roman times, including the later barracks (one for cavalry) and large thermal baths. Smaller thermal baths lie inside the civilian town dating initially from the early 1st century BC and were at first associated with

198-461: The cohort II Lucensium, from Abritus and consisting of nominally 480 foot soldiers and 120 cavalry, was stationed in the fort from 136 (under Hadrian ) to 192 AD and built the associated thermae in 166 to 169. After their move to Germania ( Sapareva Banya ) they were replaced by the cohort I Atoitorum from 192 AD. The city was badly damaged by in the Gothic Wars in 267–9. Nevertheless,

220-553: The 9th century, the surrounding region was fully integrated into the Bulgarian Empire and a small Bulgarian settlement was established over the ancient ruins. The ancient city has been partially excavated and work is continuing. In 2018, the principia of the Roman fort have been discovered. The Hellenistic city had defensive walls from the last quarter of the 4th century BC, an agora and temples to Jupiter Dolichenus ,

242-639: The April Uprising, American writer Justin McCarthy confuses the much smaller and unrelated "Boyadzhik massacre" (spelled "Boajic") with the biggest Ottoman atrocity committed at Batak , which caused an enormous public outcry in Europe (dubbed "The Bulgarian Horrors" ) and led to the Bulgarian autonomy proposal of 1876. McCarthy is an Armenian Genocide denialist and a recipient of grants from

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264-409: The city and the fort were soon rebuilt, as many towns in the region were under Diocletian , and in 293 it became a city again. A castellum of 5 hectares replaced the earlier military camp, a new fort wall was built with square towers, and the city wall and the large 3rd century thermae of the fort were restored. The large and elaborate tribunorum for about 12 officers and dating from the early 270s

286-571: The first electronic digital computer , John Vincent Atanasoff , was among the victims. This Yambol Province , Bulgaria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Boyadzhik massacre The Boyadzhik massacre ( Bulgarian : Бояджишко клане ) was the massacre of 145 Bulgarian civilians committed by irregular Ottoman troops in the Bulgarian village of Boyadzhik on and after 24 May [ O.S. 11 May] 1876. The massacre took place in

308-404: The middle Danube. The site was inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC and traces of a Neolithic culture have been unearthed. Ceramics discovered from the 10th to the 6th century BC prove that the site was inhabited during the early Iron Age as well. In 341 BC, the town was founded or refounded by Philip II of Macedon , who fortified it; subsequently, the town became a polis . It was under

330-545: The paralimitaris to stand down and disband. İsmail Hakkı was of Crimean Tatar descent and hailed from the nearby village of Kabile . One of his sons, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha , eventually went on to become the last Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire . When İsmail Hakkı Paşa passed away, he was buried in Yambol's mosque and had a monument built in honour of him. A street in Yambol bore his name until Bulgaria's occupation by

352-629: The rule of Alexander the Great and Lysimachus until 280 BC, when in 279 BC it briefly fell under the control of King Cavarus of the Celtic Kingdom of Tylis and the city minted coins on behalf of Cavarus. In about 277 BC it came under the control of the Thracian Odrysian kingdom and was one of the kings' residences. The so-called "great inscription" of Seuthopolis testifies to the importance of Kabyle in these times. The city

374-533: The surrounding area was proclaimed a territory of national importance and an archaeological reserve in 1965. Many of the finds are housed in the on-site museum. Kabile village is located in the southernmost reaches of the Sliven Valley some 3 km northwest of Yambol . Zaychi vrah , the last hill of the Sredna Gora mountain range, can be found 1.5 km north of Kabile. The road from Yambol to

396-521: The village of Zhelyu Voyvoda (in the Sliven Province ) passes through Kabile, as well as the road from Yambol to the village of Drazhevo . The name of the city originates from Cybele . Ancient Kabyle was at an important crossroads through antiquity. From here the road from Aenus (Thrace) (today's Enez) led to Hemus (Stara Planina) and the lower Danube, as well as the diagonal road (Via Diagonalis) from Byzantium through Serdica (Sofia) to

418-402: The wake of the Bulgarian April Uprising , even though Boyadzhik did not participate in the insurrection and was located hundreds of kilometres away from the scene of any hostilities. The grandfather of the inventor of the first electronic digital computer , John Vincent Atanasoff , was among the victims. The massacre took place on and after 11 May, when the villagers gathered to celebrate

440-492: Was a major trade and military centre between the 3rd and the 2nd century BC. However, its activities later waned due to aggressive campaigns by Philip V of Macedon . In 71 BC, it became part of the Roman Empire after being conquered by Marcus Lucullus and after 45 BC it was included in the Roman province of Thracia . Part of the site was occupied by a fort, one of the largest in the region. From discovered inscriptions,

462-400: Was excavated in 2017 and a recently translated inscription shows another larger cohort (milliaria) with about 800 foot soldiers was present. New large public buildings were built and Kabyle became one of the most important cities of Thracia following the reforms of Emperor Diocletian. Christianity became widespread in the area as early as the 4th century AD, and Kabyle became a bishopric with

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484-605: Was subsequently sacked and torched, and the Circassian paramilitaries divided the villagers' possessions amongst themselves. The surviving villagers eventually received relief from the American Protestant mission in Plovdiv. The grandfather of John Atanasoff was one of the victims. In his memoirs, John Atanasoff writes: My grandmother ran, while the child (my father) was in the hands of my grandfather ...

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