1. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHURCH IN NIKYUP TURNOVO OKOLIYA 2. DESCRIPTION OF CHAVDARITSA PESHTERA OKOLIYA

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• Publication Date: November 4, 1955
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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1. Construction of New Church in
Nikyup, Ttirnovo Okoliya
2. Description of Chavdaritsa,
Peehtera Okoliya
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Construction of New Church in Nikrw (N4313, 12535)
During the summer of 1954, on the initiative of title local priest, a now
Qthodox Church was constructed in the village of Nikyup. The private farmers
in the area donated money to the construction and transported all necessary
materials. In the autamss of 1954s the church was completed and after it was
consecrated, regular services were begun.
The secretary of the village organisation of the HIP (Bulgarian Coma "ist
Party) and the president of the village council very often spoke publicly
against the construction of this church. Also in the autumn of 1954, a
person from the Central Committee of the DMIM (Dimitrov's Union of People's
Youth) arrived in the village to oritioiie the local guidance of the DIM
and the young nun of the village because they did not oppose the construction
of the church. He spoke about their socialisti0 conscience and stated that
the building of this church was a bourgeois action for which there is no
place in today's Bulgaria,
Description of Chavdaritsa9 Peshtera Okoliya
Chavdaritsa (N1135, E2413), called Chavdar by the local population, is
located approximately four kilometers from the frontier line, in the second
frontier stone. Chavdaritsa faIe under the jurisdiction of the village coun-
cil in Dospat, Peehtera Okoliya.
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The village is situated on a hillside, which slopes from southeast to
northwest9 and is surrounded on the south by a pine forest. The culti-
vated fields belonging to the village are situated on the neighboring
hills, and the soil is principally sandy.
There are approximately 60 houses in the village, with 150-500 inhabitants
all of whom are Bulgarian-Mohaaesdans (Pomaks). The people make their
living from small-scale farming and some cattle-raising. The main crops
are rye and potatoes, due to the condition of the soil. There is no T1CZS
in the area and no move has been made to form one.
The village is divided into three quarters as follows,
a. The upper quarter, or southeastern part;
b. The central quarter, or middle part; and
o. The lower quarter, or northwestern part.
In Chavdaritsa are the following public buildings,
as The office of the deputy mayor; a massive, 2-story building with a red
tile roof. , This building was constructed during 19514 and is 12 srters
long, eight meters wide, and approximately 10 meters high. It has We
rooms on the upper floor and two rooms on the lower floor. The first
floor is not yet completed, but it is believed that the cooperative
shop mill occur this floor. The office of the BXP is also located in
this building;
b. The elementary and pre-pmnasium school building is a single-story
building, in which there are two class roost and two rooms used for
teachers' quarters*
as The mosque is an old building which is connected to the school; it has
a hallway approximately six meters long and four meters vide. It does
not have a minaret. Mohaseaedan services are held here and are attended
only by the older people of the village;
d. The cooperative shop is temporarily located in a military building which
is situated in the central quarter of the village. This shop is stocked
with the food staples for the village, and is supplied by the cooperative
depots in Peshtera; and
e. The will is a small stone building with,a wooden roof. It has only a
simple stone for grinding grain into flour and the mill owner receives
nine kilograms of flour for every 100 kilograms of grain which he grinds.
This mill is operated by water power.
The village was electrified in 1950, but only about 25 ho~pee were equipped
with electric lights; on the the streets there are no lights. The electricity
is received from a water-powered dynamo, which is housed in a small stone
buildings, and runs only during the night.
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9 There is a Frontier Zastava in the village, believed to have the naps
"Bor". There are approximately 50 troops in this sastava and during 1951,
a new building was constructed in the southeastern and of the village for
the troops, The old sastava building is supposedly going to be turned into
a reading room and recreation hallo
10. The local BKP organization has about 20 members, while the DSWM as about 15
members and the DOSO about 15 members.
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