BURGAS

boorgäsˈ, city (1993 pop. 198,439), SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It rivals Varna as the chief export port of Bulgaria and is an important commercial center. Food processing is the chief industry in Burgas, which also has engineering works and an oil refinery. The city was founded (18th cent.) on the site of a 14th-century fortified town.

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books on: Burgas  - 201 results

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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
...War of 1877 78; San Stefano, Treaty of Burgas Major port and industrial center on the southern Black Sea coast of Bulgaria. Burgas became a major port only in the twentieth...site of a fortified town. The failure of Burgas to develop in the past is attributed to...
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Theatre Companies of the World - Vol. 1
Book by Colby H. Kullman, William C. Young; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Fiction, Theater--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc
Bulgaria ADRIANA BUDEVSKA THEATRE OF BURGAS Dramatiaen Teatyr "Adriana Budevska," Burgas Stalin Boulevard, Burgas, Bulgaria The Drama Theatre of Burgas was founded in 1919 by Anton Popov and Trayko Antonov. It is a theatre with a great tradition...
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The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War
Book by Richard C. Hall; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Balkan Peninsula--History--War Of 1912-1913
...cycle of conflict in 1912-13. Lyule Burgas-Buni Hisar was also the largest battle...and forcing a decisive battle at Lyule Burgas-Buni Hisar. They won in the end by...a week. Their defeat along the Lyule Burgas-Buni Hisar line was an even greater...
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Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defense in Central and Eastern Europe
Book by Petr Pavlínek, John Pickles; Routledge, 2000
Subjects: Environmental Policy--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Economic Policy--1989-, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern
...3.2 Neftochim petrochemical combinat Burgas, Bulgaria 51 3.3 The plume of smoke...night reversals of wind at the coast Burgas, Bulgaria 51 3.4 East German Trabant...through a system of seven open lakes next to Burgas Bay and Burgas harbor. From the first...
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Death and Exile: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922
Book by Justin McCarthy; Darwin Press, 1995
Subjects: Muslims--Balkan Peninsula--Relocation, Muslims--Caucasus--Relocation, Muslims--Crimes Against, Muslims--Relocation--History, Muslims--Ukraine--Crimea--Relocation, Turkey--Emigration And Immigration--History--19th Century, Turkey--Emigration And Immigration--History--20th Century, Turks--Relocation--History
...August 1876. 11. F.O. 195-1077, Burgas, Brophy to Elliot, 27 May 1876. For...O. 195-1077, Brophy to Layard, Burgas, 20 August 1876. 13. F.O. 195...July 1876. 16. F.O. 195-1077, Burgas, Brophy to Elliot, 22 July 1876, and...
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journal articles on: Burgas  - 21 results

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Russian Energy and Russian Security
Journal article by Stephen Blank; The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Vol. 12, 2011
Subjects: Alliances, Energy industry, Energy policy, Exports, Foreign policy, Natural gas, Organized crime, Politics, Recessions, Security services
...lock down commitments to the South Stream gas pipeline and the Burgas-Alexandropoulos oil pipeline from the Balkan states. Russia...US, and pushed to overcome Bulgarian reservations about the Burgas-Alexandropoulos oil pipeline. Through these mechanisms Russia...
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Between the Cracks: Macedonia and the 'mental Map' of Europe
Journal article by Ryan Gingeras; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 50, 2008
Subjects: Cultural identity, Geography, Ideology, Middle Eastern history
...during the Ilinden Uprising occurred on 26 August at Kukeli Burgas in the vilayet of Edirne.42 That evening a bomb exploded in...ill will against the civilians who died in the attack, Kukeli Burgas demonstrated that the VMRO was only responding to die atrocities...
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Conrad, Geopolitcs, and "the Future of Constantinople"
Journal article by Harold Ray Stevens; The Conradian : the Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society (U.K.), Vol. 31, 2006
...defeat" of the Ottoman army: 25,000 Turks had been killed and wounded, and 20,000 wounded Turks from the battle of LuIe Burgas were descending on Constantinople. In addition, the Turkish Grand Vizier of Constantinople had convened "the highest civil...
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Contextual Approaches to Human Security
Journal article by Asteris Huliaras, Nikolaos Tzifakis; International Journal, Vol. 62, 2007
Subjects: Canada, Canadian history, Foreign policy, Japan, National security, Peace negotiations, Political systems
...seemed to be the motivating factors in Japanese loans to Bulgaria. Japan has provided a loan for the expansion of the port of Burgas by the Black Sea (the largest single project in the Balkans financed by Japan in the Balkans) that was constructed by a Japanese...
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From West to South to North
Journal article by Pavel K. Baev; International Journal, Vol. 63, 2008
Subjects: Foreign policy, Governmental reform, Power, Russia, Russian history
...a strong bargaining position vis-a-vis Russia, and now demands new concessions on many projects, including the planned Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline bypassing the Bosporus. Russia has to put significant resources in upgrading transport infrastructure...
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magazine articles on: Burgas  - 18 results

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Puppet Encounters of the Bulgarian Kind
Magazine article by Ed Wierzbicki; American Theatre, Vol. 27, May-June 2010
Subjects: Performing arts festivals, Shadow shows--Fairs and festivals
...collaboration by Bulgarian state puppet theatres from Plovdiv, Burgas and the host city. It was a marquee example of what audiences...hand puppets in a wild and sometimes bawdy love story. The Burgas state theatres production design included a stage made entirely...
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Caspian Producers Seek Independence
Magazine article by Thomas Land; The Middle East, July 2007
Subjects: Gas industry--International trade, OAO Gazprom, Pipe lines, Pipelines, Water transportation
...Russian-controlled pipeline between the Bulgarian port of Burgas on the Black Sea and the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the...by Kazakhstan will enable it to make use of Russias projected Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline link bypassing the straits. Work...
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The Mystery of the Caspian Oil Boom Part Two
Magazine article by Alec Rasizade; Contemporary Review, Vol. 285, October 2004
Subjects: Petroleum industry--Analysis, Petroleum pipelines--Buildings and facilities, Petroleum pipelines--Investments, Petroleum--Transportation
...transport the oil coming in tankers from Novorossiysk via a Burgas (Bulgaria)--Alexandroupolis (Greece) pipeline as an alternative...passage through the Turkish Straits into the Aegean Sea; 2) The Burgas-Vlore (Albania) project. Due to the current political turmoil...
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Army Trying to Expedite Flow of Supplies to Troops
Magazine article by Harold Kennedy; National Defense, Vol. 85, May 2001
Subjects: Aerodynamics, Armed forces, Army-US, Future, Logistics, Military personnel
...Croatia and Romania-all the way to the Black Sea port of Burgas in Bulgaria. Innovation was required. "M-1 tanks wont fit...this year, U.S. ships began to unload military supplies at Burgas. "Who would have thought," Hack asked, "that the U.S...
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Pollution and Politics in the Black Sea
Magazine article by Thomas Land; Contemporary Review, Vol. 274, May 1999
Subjects: Black Sea--Pollution, Oil pollution of the sea--Political aspects, Russia--Relations with Turkey, Turkey--Relations with Russia
...transport proposals involves the upgrading of its Black Sea port of Burgas for trade with the Georgian port of Poti to the East and the Albanian port Durres on the Adriatic to the West. Burgas already has an annual 13m-tonne cargo handling capacity that...
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newspaper articles on: Burgas  - 33 results

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An East European Looks Back
Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), November 9, 2009
Subjects: Bulgarian National Radio
...Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BURGAS, Bulgaria -- The evening news bulletin...to high school Returning last month to Burgas, the city on the Black Sea where I grew...Ravna Gora, about 20 miles outside Burgas. Salaries were not high, but neither...
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A Feast for [pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; July 24, 2004
...beautiful old town on a peninsula 20 miles south of the port of Burgas. Surrounded by long, sandy beaches, its elegant wooden houses...find fantastic beaches at Primorsko and Lozenets. North of Burgas, however, is Bulgarias finest stretch of coastline. We spent...
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Greeks Fear Turkey's NATO Role to Pay Dividends
Newspaper article by Andrew Borowiec; The Washington Times, May 25, 1999
Subjects: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Turkey
...interest in a $700 million pipeline from the Bulgarian port of Burgas to the Greek port of Alexandroupolis on the Aegean. Under the plan, the Caspian oil would arrive in Burgas by tankers. Turkey is pushing the idea of a longer pipeline from...
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Enjoy the Charm before It Is Lost; Julie Firth Samples the Delights of the Golden Sands Resort on Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 27, 2010
Subjects: Resorts
...dawns early light. Our family party, including a two-year-old and a four-year-old, transferred to Golden Sands from Burgas airport which involved a three-hour minibus ride in the dead of night. Normally, you would fly to Varna, which is very...
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Scots Tourist Crushed in Cement Lorry Crash Horror
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 3, 2010
...checks apparently showed that the vehicles brakes were in full working order. Both the driver and Mr Cockburn are in hospital in Burgas, 30 miles from the resort. Local journalist Teodor Karakolev said: The police tried to stop the driver of the cement mixer...
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encyclopedia articles on: Burgas  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Burgas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BURGAS boorgas , city (1993 pop. 198,439), SE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea...an important commercial center. Food processing is the chief industry in Burgas, which also has engineering works and an oil refinery. The city was founded...
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Black Sea
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Sevastopol in Ukraine and Novorossiysk in Russia are major ports. Other important ports are Constanta in Romania; Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria; and Trabzon , Samsun , and Zonguldak in Turkey. The Black Sea region, especially in the S Crimea and W Caucasus...
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Bulgaria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Greece on the south, and by European Turkey on the southeast. Sofia is the capital. Other important cities are Varna and Burgas (the main Black Sea ports of Bulgaria), Plovdiv and Ruse . Land and People Central Bulgaria is traversed from east to west...


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