Shipka Pass (Bulgarian: Шипченски проход, Shipchenski prohod) (el. 1150 m./3820 ft.) is a scenic mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. It marks the border between Stara Zagora province and Gabrovo province. The pass connects the towns of Gabrovo and Kazanlak. The pass is part of the Bulgarka Nature Park.
The pass is 13 km by road north of the small town of Shipka. It is crossed by a national road I-5, which runs between the Danube on the Ruse border crossing with Romania in north and the Makaza border crossing with Greece.
A road also leads from the pass to the summit of Buzludzha, 12 km to the east.
ShipkaPass (Bulgarian: Шипченски проход, Shipchenski prohod) (el. 1150 m./3820 ft.) is a scenic mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria...
The Battle of ShipkaPass consisted of four battles that were fought between the Russian Empire, aided by Bulgarian volunteers known as opalchentsi, and...
walls of the monument bear the names Shipka, Sheynovo [bg] and Stara Zahora – the battlefields in defense of the Pass. On the ground floor under a marble...
The Shipka is a 9mm Bulgarian submachine gun produced in 1996 by the Bulgarian arms company Arsenal. The name is a reference to the famous ShipkaPass, near...
Shipka may refer to: Shipka Monument, in Bulgaria Shipka (town), in Bulgaria ShipkaPass, in Bulgaria Shipka (stadium), in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria Shipka...
opening and consecration of the Shipka Memorial Church coincided with the 25-year anniversary of the Battles of ShipkaPass. In 1970, the temple was proclaimed...
the 15th century. It was founded as a military fortress to protect the ShipkaPass and later developed as a city of craftsmen. More than 50 handcrafts developed...
help of Bulgarian rebels, particularly during the crucial Battle of ShipkaPass which secured Russian control over the main road to Constantinople. The...
Boaz pass—which debouches near Hainkyoi—and, despite considerable resistance, captured Uflani, Maglizh and Kazanlak; on July 18 he attacked Shipka, which...
The Volunteers at Shipka (Bulgarian: Опълченците на Шипка, romanized: Opalchentsite na Shipka, also known as "Oh, Shipka!") is an ode by the classic Bulgarian...
The Opalchentsi took an active part in the Second and Fourth Battle of ShipkaPass and after the end of the war went on to form Bulgaria's army. Major General...
September. General Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko was called up from the ShipkaPass area to deal with more of the garrisons protecting Pleven. On October...
battle, the Russian armies were able to advance and forcefully attack the ShipkaPass, succeeding in defeating the Ottoman defense and opening their way to...
through the Haemus mountain and Decius pursued them (likely through the ShipkaPass) to save Philippopolis. This time Decius' army was taken by surprise...
Buzludzha Monument. Buzludzha can be reached by two side roads from the ShipkaPass, either a 16 km (10 mi) road from Kazanlak in the south or a 12 km (7 mi)...
Russo-Turkish War, also contains soil from Stara Zagora and the Battle of ShipkaPass Monument to the Unknown Soldier Haskovo Canada Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria. The mountain is located to the east of the ShipkaPass near the town of Kazanlak and is a site of historical importance. The...
this time already through Adrianople and on a forced march through the ShipkaPass to Tirnovo. His ally Stefan Lazarević of Serbia joined him on the way...
as the northern boundary of the Macedonian kingdom. After forcing the ShipkaPass and crushing the Triballi, he crosses the Danube to disperse the Getae...
Dryanovo Monastery, Sokolski Monastery, ShipkaPass, and the Uzana area. For admirers of historical tourism the Shipka Freedom Memorial is a must-see. Provinces...
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