General Todorov | |
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Village | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Province | Blagoevgrad Province |
Municipality | Petrich Municipality |
Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
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]
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.