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1. kaia Railway station
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2. FII IPOVO Railway
Station
E - 1
3. Goods Railway
46,
?F - 9
Station
--4. Railway Repair
F,G - 9, lo
Work-shops .
/ 5. Lain Halting Point
G - 7
For The Town Bus lines
7. Power'plant
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The railway station, located in the southeri
part of the town, is one of the main haltii
point,.of the traditional "Orient - Express"
train.
In the KARSHCHIAKA suburb, which in situates
on the northern bank of the I1ARICA River;tho
traits to STALIN (form'. VARNA) are panniag
by this station.
East from the main railway station.
l~ J rtL'
rom the main station, 4iltt$ i^~bR.l 1-~46i;tA
Bus'linen are the only communication means
in PIODVIV; there are six lines connecting
the center of the town with its suhurbat the
main halting Point is by the Post-Office, of
CHLILVL'! r10SBCHAD ( rhe Ret' Square).
On CHERVIN FLOSHCH.&1)t, in the hui ldinr tele-
aranh and tetenhone centrals are oneratinn.
West from the town; (already hegtnd the ake
he old and rather suiall power-Plant is ati
eratinr; it is now combined into the high
neion lines system, bowed mainly on the
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8.. Water-tower
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9. Town ei re-Bri grade
F - 7
10. lain Open-Market Place
F - 5
5
.w .1) 4"'
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12. l,arket-Hall
F,G - 6
13. Slaughter-House
I - 5
4.'County 1,ain Hosnital
D - 9
15. Town hospital.
H - 7
16. Children Hospital
F - 5
17. The Dispensary
H - 7
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18. k
19.
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numerous hydro-power plants constructed wi-
thin the 1-st and 9-nd 5 years economical h.k
plan. According to unconfirmed inf"rmationn,
another hydro-power plant is now under constr-
uction in the south-eastern suburbs of PI,OVDIV.
On the HUNARJ)ZHI1: TI?PE; the old inntallation
has beer, built 1 rei.dv before Worl r' War 1.
On PRI ST 11W St.
On ZJEDNIENIE Place, better known under the
comwo* same of "CHETWARTAK PAZAR" (,Thursday
Market"as the uarketing takes place in the
town every thursday ); there are some more o-
pen market places in the town, like for inst-
ance on DZMA,JA PLACE (Losnue Fl.), on ZYTNI
PAZAR ('Corn Market), but the "Thursday l.ar-
ket" is still up to day the most used in the
town.
"BIT FAZAR" on 7t,,IE7.NA St., clogo to the l~o-
sque.
On TRGOVSKA St.
?r.?-., F ., t. f
A large general hosnitsl,'with about 1?ono
beds; Jet is also a clinic for the l-:edical
Faculty students of the 1'1 0VTIV University.
Better known under the name of "Catholic Ho-
,L14
spits]" as it was ran by a (catholic order; at
the present time, it is under the t4ich mRr+aQe-
ment. ~.. .. . ~.
Opendd after the war in a small huildinu,c?lose
to the "old bridge".
Known under-its, pre-war name of "KTTDOGIU",now
N , ..~ ..
under the t-q' ~+ analrement.
20. The County Administration G
- 5
NARQ
DTT .SOVIET" located in the new
Board
44.?
bui l ding
tion first st
ding was rese
in 1945-46: when thr construc-
arted during the' war, this hnil-
rve' the local Chamber of Com-
Abe
21. The District
Administration Board
merce.
"OIC01NICKIJ N
1- ?~'( t M~
A '(?1aN1 SOVIET", tdate4,,.t. 1tA.
2:'. The Social Security County
F - 9
Opposite the
main railwa
y station.
n District Office
23. County District K Town
G - 7
"DZIE''.Z11AVNA ~
-IGUR? CST
("S. D."), on 3F,GT'R-
Branches of the "Political
KO St. In the
same large
huilding?,the County
Security" Net
a
nd District P
olice H.(-.
is located.
.24. County Court
F 5 I
n its me-war
place, on
i'IWIOVSKA St.
25. Distric} Court
F/ 5 I
n its pre-war
place, on
TRGOVSXA St.
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L+6. Prison
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27. Police Officers
School
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In the KARSCHIAKA Suhirb, close to the military barrac T*is old type prison, cotistructed before World War I,
is for criminals as well as for political mt-v" ea.
The number of ii#mates is now of about 5 - 60C. Three
years apo, the uilitary section was also in thi.Q nrisoe
hut the e nrisoners-ere moved afterwards to the General
-,i l i Lary Prison in SI IVIA.
28. County Labour
Board
F - 5
29. Fishing & Hunting
County Board
H - 7
30. i a
31.
32. Town f Hall G - K
ii. Old Town- Hall F - 6
34.
35. Communist Party H.li. V - h
36. "O rLCHt_>TVr.N (hLAS" G - 7
37.
National Bank
Branch
F - 6
38.
"POPULARNA 9*NKA"
G -
39.
Investment Bank
G - 6
40. "ZAkLLDLLS''KA BANK.&"
Branch
G -
41.
BALKAN Travel Office G - 6
42.
"NARODNI ir,AGAZIN" G - 6
4?i.
"O"PEC PAJISI"
F,6 - 6
44.
Lain Pharmacy
F - 5
45.
rs c> 4-4 V_ M
t
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46.
47.
Town Library
F - 5
48. AWMAW '
49. University
"(:)tADZKI %V10JMI 'The town Administration Boar,
is located in the new building ended in 1947, onTAN-
CJONNA St., where still some offices of the Town Admin
stration are located.
In
The
County and District Courts.
On G. DII.ITROV St.
On DZHIT-,AJA Square.
Communist Party control, but it is
of the so-called NARODNI FRONT (Na-
On the square adjacent
the former building of the German Hl'A_z9-cli6o1k
daily paver editirial officesand nrinting shop; t
paper is under the
formally the organ
tional Front).
St., opposite the
The branch of the Bank for Agriculture, on G. DIi,ITTt(`
St.
The town branch of the state -run, on TRGrOVSKA St.
The main state - run dept. store, on TRGOVSKA St.
The largest bookstore on TRGOV',KA St.
The largest pharmacy of the town, on TRGOVS'KA St.
In its traditional pre-war place.
7 The Rector Office the President of the University),
,,,{...re also some lecture rooms are available; the PL.OVDIV
University has two faculties: a) Ledicin h) Agri-
culture; the university, which was opened in 1945, ha
for the time being no building of its own, and the fa
culties are still dispersed in several buildings of t
town.
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50. Agricultural Faculty
51. Arricultural Faculty
Farm
F - 6
F -
52. Kc,2tiy. r.AAOD
53. 3.edicine Faculty
1,a~4n,,,M
L - 8
54. "T LCiir l la ''B."
G - 5
55. ~usicpl liigh-School
L - 8
56. Girls Vocational
School
57. Lain Vocational School D,1; - 8
58. Commercial Hi h-School G - 7
59. "FIZ - KULTUlA" G - 7
60.
"ANTIS, 1" High-School
f, - 7
61.
Girls High-School
H - 6
62.
63.
V
64.
Lain orthodox church
"Sw. I'ETiA - NUVA "
H - 6
65, Orthodox Church h - 6
"Sw. 1'1:' hA-STARA"
66. "Sw. 1WGITRCDZICA" G - 6
Orthodox church
67. "Sw. DIA,ITRI" orthodox H - 6
Church
611 . "Sw. KONS 1 ANTI1 " H - 5
Orthodox Church
69. "Sw. NF Dk LJA "
Orthodox Church
70. "Sw.KTRIL i hiuwY " G - 5
71. Orthodox. Church
the Dean Office and sore lecture halls are in the
former French College, which was closed during the
war, reopened after the ware and closed once more,
in 1946, by the communist authorities.
In the MIN NO suhurh, where .tudents are uttendintr
their specialized practical training course; the Earl
is equipped wi*h large pless-horses and lsrae orchar The students of the Agricultural Faculty lave also
the nractice in the Horse Breadinp Station, which is
situated in the south-eastern outskirts of tre town.
The Horse breading Station.
In the former vocational comutercial school.
The vocational envineerintr High-School in the former
orthodox priest seminary which was closed after the
war.
For various handcrafts.
Special training school for snort and physical edu-
cation instructors; in the same building the nauwg-
ment of the nuhlic r?.dio loud-sneakers systera is lo-
cated. .
the great wajority of the 1'I(VDIV population is of
orthodox faith; the re..t is Catholic and there are
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ati I 1 Koine "soumans i "one the tiu-e when F1 i`VI)IV w w.
true cPraitol of I IJIIA, then a Turkish *erovince .
Churches of all faiths are still ones; it is worth
boia A that,, with few excerptions, nearly all the
churches are concentrated arouse the P7HA,:FAS TI'L'L.
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71. Sw. GEORGIJ
D - 6
Orthodox Church
T2. Sw. MARINA
G - 6
Orthodox Church
73. Sw. DIJONIZI
F - ?
Orthodox Church
/ 74. Sw. IVAN RILSKI
E - 3
Orthodox Church
75. Catholic Church
76. Armenian Church
v 77."DZHUMAJA DZHALISI"
G - 6
78.
"DZHU1iAJA IkARET"
F - 5
79.
The Synagogue
E - 6
80.
81.
82.
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83. Theater
84. BALKAN Picture-House
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85. PICADILLY Picture-House
G-6
86. EXCELSIOR Picture-House
G -6
87.
88.
v
89. The Garrijos Cossoasd
F - 5
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90. Military Barracks
C,D - 4
The main Mosque of the tows; after the war, the saov~c
vriao
ms- of the Mosque Square Was Wen charged to STAB BU-
LIJSKIJ PLOSHCHAD, but people are still using its
former traditional same.
k,
The mosque sear the "old" bridge. t.4
11r ~,r~~w. }) r1,t.~ rUy~
The very modern dais theater of the tows, construc-
ted is 1952; adjacent to the thetre, there is a smal-
ler building of the town Opera-House.
~Ly L 7,'w.t
Up to 1952, the Hz-#. of the II Army and the if.Qo of
the II Inf. Dive were stationed here; i; 1952 both
commands have: bees transferred to HASKOVO.
In the FILIPOVO suburbr1is stationed acv the so-cal-
led "CZF3{ISTY" Battalios`# which is the cosmos name
of the auxiliary militar; usija of the political se-
curity set; the unit stays at,;disposition of the Mi-
nistry of Interior; wearing a gray uniform, the sol-
diers of the "CZEKISTY" units have a blue ribbon on
their caps.
/ 91. Military Barracks N,0 - 5 Is this plaee,~is uartered sow the unit#of?the hea-
vy motorized artillery; up to 1952, the 8rd`'field
artillery regisest, which afterwards has-bma tran-
sferred to HASKOVO, used to stay here.
/ 92. Military Barracks N - 5 The signals regiment is still stationed here.
v?`93. Military Barracks M,N - 5 For the 2nd Engineers Regisest, specialized is bride
construction.
V 94. Military Barracks K - 7,8 For the Bulgarian Air-Force; up to 1948 the Srd and
the light-bombers squadrons were stationed herel
afterwards the NCO's pilot school wal located in th;
place; is 1952, jet-fighters took over th PLOVDIV
airfield; the unit, probably two squadrons of MIG
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Fr fs occuZDPg the barracks at the present time.
95. Military Barracks Of the tsd Military Labo* Regiment; the whole re-
giment of these special forces is quartered here.
During the Minter, the soldiers are going through
96. Military Barracks
A - 8
'97. Military Barracks
A,B - 7
V41"98. Military Barracks
A,B - 6
the normal military training, in the PLOVDIV bar-
racks; early in the Spring, they leave their win-
ter-quarters, and are assigned, battalion by bat-
ta-lion, to the various capital investment works,
in the PLOVDIV area, such as the construction of
highways, of water dams, of the RUDOZEM row mate-
rials basis.
In these large barracks, the motorized Inf. teg.
was stationed after the war; the unit was after-
wards transferred to SOFIA; the barracks are still
occupied by the Army, but no detail can be obtai-
ned.
1rTheL~ Anti#,M rcraft Artillery unit, belonging to the
AW Af A4 Art. Rego of KAZALEK, is stationed here
at the present time.
After the war, the _"d Cavalry Reg* was quartered
in this place; after the reorganization of the Bul-
garian Army only very few cavalry units were re-
tained; it was said that the 2nd Cave Reg. has been
transferred to the hilly RODOPE Mountains area,
somewhere along the Bulgarian-Greek frontier; acev
cording to e'ume0so the barracks aretused stow, as
military ware _--houses.
99. Sanitary NCO's
Owl
School
; ' ? "'
/ 100, warehouses Quarter
A - 9,10
The
stores and workshops for the area of
1t
i
taster
the
y Group are located here. Large trucks
Arm
and
ral
car repair?shopa, tyre repair'workshepa, centr
military cooling installation, the bakery and
other QM installations are operating in this place.
101. The Garrissos Officers Club Very exclusive and reserved for Army officers, "po-
tical security" f and high dignitaries.
of the Communist Party.
V102. Air,-LField N,0 - 8,9 The crew of this military air -field is quartered
in the barracks located in the western part of the
airfield;;close to the barrack. several warehou-
sea and workshops are located $ two or three han-
gars are in front of the barracks; the airield
is occupied by a unit (probably two squadrons) of
jet-propeller fighters.Ia the southSastern part
of the airfield, a separate area @*Oft is used
by civilian, state-rum airlines. PLOVDIV is a plw
ar halting point on the SOFIA-STALIN (form. VARNA)
route.
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The largest military airfield in the vicini-
ty of PLOV1)IV is located in GRAF IGNATIEV,(at
about 20 km. north.). This air=field, dama-
ged very badly during the war, has been com-
pletely rebuilt, and is considered now -ac-
cording to the available informatioa# - as
one of the Rtrongemt BRai Igari on Air*Forco Bape.
103.
104.
V105, "ANTON IVANOV" A - 10 Probably the "STOILANA" pre-war plant, produ-
ciag tractors a ad motova spat parts 'Th s
rather small factory was largely expanded af-
ter the war.
106. Nail# & Screw Factory H - 8 The pre-war "BRACIA CENOVI" plant. According
to information ,this factory iw employ4g ap-
prox. 300 workers.
1 107. "WASILI KOLAROV" Cars and trucks mounting plant with a large
air dept. T~t,.is4` M ' *'
rep p sra were unable to
give the exact loc~atioa of this plant. Accor-
ding to their bsAti e, it is located in the
"KICUL PARIZH", the southern suburb of the
town. The name of "KICUL PARIZH" (Small Paris
w derive) from the ironic description of this
suburb which, before the war, used to be the
poorest slum district of PIOVDIV. Inhabited
by worters,r. J y before the war , it was
the center of very radical leftist a meats.
During the war, it became the rl4 of the Com-
munist Underground Movement in southern Bulga-
ria. Communists felt very safe and protected
in this place so rich of hiding possibilities,
where evaa the Ger as GESTAPO was unable to
carry on their ?r-&* en. Today, under the (com-
munist Regime, this area i) changing into an
industrial district. In fact, most of the new
industrial enterprises of PIOVDIV are concen-
trating here. ,wcA 0w .,'I 4L
V 108. "MARICA" N - 5 The cotton spinning mill and wane 1; it is a
now modern plant, equipped with 30 000 spind-
les and employ around 3000 workers. It hai
been impossible to obtain the exact location
of this plant. According to one informaer, i
the plant is located in the "KICUL PARIZH",
where a large textile plant was co structed
the ware the other informs claims
VIM
that this textile plant is not a "MARICA", but
knrtted-wars factory "WASCHOD", which was also
put in operation in these recent years.
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109. SWASCHOD"
110. "STEFAN KIRADZHAIEV"
D - 9
L - 7
112. Chemicals Factory
H - 8
113. Sugar Plant
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115. Rice Peeling Mill E,F - 10
/116. Oil Refinery for
Oil Plants
117. Tobacco Warehouses be
Cigarette Production
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CA" is situated is the northeastern part
of the tows, sear the cemetery, by the
"CARIGRADSKO" CHAUSSE".
See a/^ remarks.
Cellulose plait, a pre-war enterprise with
a rather small and limited importance.
Furniture factory with a rather small i.-
portasce.
Production of soap.
One of the large sugar plants is Bulgaria,
located is KARSHCHIAKA suburb, sear the FI-
LIPOSO Railway Station.
Fruit and vegetable preservation and calm
King factory. It is located is the "KICUL
PARIZH" suburb.
The pre-war plait, situated near the main
Railway Station; the %ARICA Valley was;be-
fore the war, tha mail rice-field plasta-
ties area of Bulgaria. During the war, the
cultivation decreased rapidly but ^ow, it
reached again the pre-war level.
TAw ire-war factory, near the main Railway
Station.
Near the .aim Railway Station. Before the
war, PLOVDIV was one of the largest centers
for row tobacco trade. Is addition, a certa
quantity of cigarettes were manufactured'
there. The warehouses, which before the war
belonged to the "TOMASIAN Co.", are now un-
der the state management; they also produ-
ce4 "ARDA" cigarettes
is YLVV1)IV.
118.
Brewery
Known under the same
of "PROSZEKOVO PIVO".
119.
Saw-Lill
D - 11
120.
Weed & Timber fl
jT. ? t
D,E - 10
121.
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124.
125. Sport Stadium
126.
/127...OldAWood'? Bridge
F - 5
On the YARICA River.
/128. liow" `er Bridge
E - 5
On the HARICA R iver.
129. Exhibition Area
F,G - 3,4
Already before the war, fairs of agricultu-
ral products were organised is PLOVDIV, O
?t.-is1y for tobacco, cott so attar of roses.
These ezhibitiens dzveloped afterwards intq
the International Balkan Fair.
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The Caaamaist-Regine started this tradition a-
gain, and sow, esery year, is September, as
International Fair is organized is PLOVDIV.
In 1954 the Fair dealt particularly with energy
and electricity.
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