CITY OF VARNA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT City of Varna
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1921, after a land survey, many old buildings were torn down, and new
buildings, apartments, and villas were constructed. Since 1945, con-
struction activities have consisted mainly of the building :of a technical
school and. a trade school. Lack of materials has prevented any large
construction projects, such as proposed apartment houses.
The principal streets are: Slivnitsa; 9 Septemvr?i? (the former Tsar Boris);
6 Septemnvri; Mariya Luiza "which has been renamed); Voyii.ishka; Nishka;
Yanko Sakizov (formerly Siborna); Rakovski; Miladinovi; Makedoniya;
BIiluvar? Tsar Ossroboditel; Aieksandar? , tarnboliski (formerly V adislav),
The Slivnitsa road is line(). with lime trees, and is the eeidest street of
the city. It begins at the sea and continues north as far as the Girls l
School. At this point Nishka Street begins which extends to the city
11-mits.. These two boulevards are the east-west dividing line of the city,
The 9 Septemvri Street begins at the People's Theater and extends to the
sear. Maria Luiza Street begins at the, Military Station at the end of
Sl.ivnitsa Boulevard. The Voynishka road leads to Balchik and Tsarevo,
The Slivnitsa and the 9 Septemvri and 6 Septemvri are the rain business
boulevards.
DATE Dim. 15 SEP 50
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_. The seaport city of Varna has a population of approximately 810,,000. In
3. Among the outstanding landmarks of the city are the beach, the city park,
the Girls 9 s School., Sveta Bogoroditsa Cathedral, the University, the
technical school (still under construction), the Naval War College, the
theater, the aquarium, the Bulgarita Hotel, the electric power plant and
factories. A large monument dedicated to the dead of World War I stands
opposite the Military Post. other statues are those of Stefan Karaca,
Stalin, 'asil Levski, Hristo Botev and Luben Karavelov. Some of the
Orthodox churches are the Sveta Bogoroditsa, Sveti. Petka, Sveti Arkhangel
Mihail, Sveta Marina. There also exist an Armenian church;, a Roman
Catholic church, an Evangelist church, and a mosque,
freight train leave for Dobrich da.il
)~. The Varna. railroad station lies in the southwest part of the city. The
freight station is a separate building just west of the station. The
passenger station has three stories, topped by a clock tower. The station
has been constructed for military use so that it can handle 16 incoming and
16 outgoing trains in a 24--hour period. A passenger train and an express
train go to Sofia daily. One passenger train and 'a combination passenger-
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letter of 16 October 1970 from the
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5., The harbor lies south of the city and is separated from it by a wall
and iron fence. All entrances to the port are under the strict control
of the Mil:i.tia. The following goods are received at the port: chemical
fertilizer, paper, iron, rubber, tractors, trucks, and copper sulphate
(for vineyards). Military equipment is brought in during the night
and unloaded by soldiers. Among the goods exported here are: wine,
tobacco, vegetable and fruit preserves, cloth material, rice, wheat's
white cheese and kosher cheese, and sand containing uraniuu,
axe The airfield lies between the Varna Aksovo highway (approximatc ly eight
kilometers northwest of Varna) and the Varna4Kevvnyat highway (apprcximately
_30 kilometers west of Varna). The field covers a surface of 41 9000 decares
and was officially opened in May 119180 A single YU--S2 (sic) airplane
flies from Varna to Gornya Oryahovitsa and then to Sofia for three
consecutive days and then begins flights on the Varna-Burgas-Sofia route
for three consecutive days. The Varna radio station is just south of the
field, and from five to eight kilometers west of the city.
7. Bus lines throughout the city were operating until the spring of 19118
at which time the lack of gasoline and spare parts forced a decrease in
service.. At the present time, the only lines in operation are those
starting from the Hotel Bulgaria? The State Line Service Association
has three or four large buses that operate to points outside of the city,
from Varna via Baichik to Kavarna, and between Varna and Dobrich. Most
of the buses are of German origin, but new coaches come from the Skoda
works. The city still has a few taxis, but they are decreasing in
number because the old ones are not being replaced. Horse-drawn phaetons
communicate between the railroad station and the center of town.
1eaportarit officials of the city are:
am Petar f3ombor - Chairman of the District Committee,,
b. Captain Halachev - Naval Forces Commander and Garrison commie. der.
ov Geno Gutev - Chairman of the City Committee (chief of the city).
d. Argirov ? Secretary of the Oblast Fatherland Front Com.nittee,
e. Stefan i alaveki - National Security district ,hief
f'? Major Pandov Cormnander of the city Militia,
g. Ivan Karageorgiev - An official of the State Control Commission.
Most of the government offices are located in the Alliance Franc.ise
building which formerly was the French consulate,
9. There are three kinds of Militia police patrols; foot, mounted, and
motorized troops. Of the foot Militia, some remain at stationary posts,
others are assigned to night patrols. The mounted patrols usually are
on duty on Sundays and holidays. The motorized Militia are sent to
danger points in order to break up rebellions and resistami-e movements
Militia sentries have been posted at the entrances and exits of the city
to control transportation activities and travelers, There is no longer
a curfew in the city.
10. The following factories are located in Varna:
a, 1 May Textile Factory. The number os workers is estimated at 28040.
It is surrounded by a wall and hidden from view by poplar trees.
b. State Ship Workshop with an est' mated 1, ,500 workers.
c. Koralovag Workshops for railroad cars, employing approximately 1,000
workers. Only repair work is done here. The Germans had started to
construct three reinforces concrete tanks for gas and petroleum of
which the Soviets dismantled one. It is reported that they will also
take the others when. they are completed.
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dp The !1riesto Botev Textile Factory, employing approximately 700 people.
eeo The Black Sea Machine Factory, which repairs various machinery. It
wapioyys about 170 workers.
The Partam Factory - Besides manufacturing stoves, this factory makes
lathes, planes, carpenter tools and machine parts a It employs between
200 and 250 workers,,
The U tresn Textile Factory, which produces silk fabrics, employs
1.20 workers
:tio The Kngibarov Factory manufactures stoves, There are 150 workers
employed theeree
is The Railroad Repair Shop? The building also houses locomotives not
in use-., It employs approximately 120 men,,
The textile factories generally employ more women than me .
1.1 J plate of food with meat lets 250 levao The daily wage of an ordinary
worker is from 1,30 to 250 I.eva0 The Government has established small
restaurants in the factories where the workers, many of whom are Communists,
are able to purchase a small plate of food with meat once a week at the
price of 25 leva0
1.2:. The local. Communist organizations are located in the red threee.s tort'
Alliance Francaise building opposite Ploshchod Nezavisiros (Independence
Square). Besides the main club of the Communist labor Party, there are
fives or six Communist district clubs and two Co unist libraries in Var?na0
The various sport clubs are under the direction of the Physical. Culture
Association which trains students in many war. like exercises including
shooting and .parachuting The aim of the Physical Culture Association is
to inculcate the youth with Communist propaganda and to prepare young men
for military activities o The duties of the other organizations consist of
spreading the principles of Communism.
33, The only newspaper in Varna is the Mir?odno_ Belo (Peopleda Affairs) which
is published by the Fatherland Fa.?ont,;
14,> The District Committees control the rent of the real estate nationalized
by the Gov
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and are AM Fact-, owners of such property in the name of
the Government,, The names of these Committees in Varna area Avram Gacheev,
.4.1 eksared~tr Startabo isue, S trashianirov, P asitsite, Popov, Yanko Kostov0
It is forbidden to settle in Varna, but the Party finds living quarters
for officials who come to the city. The Government forbids anybody to
stay permanently in a hotel
The Hotel Bulgaria, located on Fred Omnibusna Spirka, is a four-story
building with some 50 rooms 0 Its rates of 350 leva make it the most ex-
pensive hotel in town, On the same street :i s loc
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a threes.story edtfi e , The former Hotel Berlin has been rena ;d Hotel
Rodina and lies on Srestu Carat. Other hotels are the O strov the Preslav,,
and the Comm erci a.1 . Them is a women a s boarding hoisee at the 1 Mai
factory. Each room has a kitchen and is occupied byfours persons, none
of whom is associated with the Communist Party. Members of the Party live
in modern apartment houses and Party officials are even given summer
resort villas.
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a The University of Varna now has only two faculties, the Technical and
the Economic Faculties. The period of study at the Technical Faculty
is four years and .leads to specialization in architecture, electricity,
mechanics and chemistry. The period of study in the Economic Department
is three yearsm This Department has three; sections: State Econo3n:i.cs,
Special Economics, and Trades The number of students who may study State
Economics is determined by the Government and therefore very limited.
The graduates of the State Economics courses become State officials. The
university has an enrollment of between 7,,000 and B,;OOO students of whom
approximately 5,000 to 6,000 are in the Economics Department"
17. The Naval y1ar School in Varria admits only those students who have com-
pleted the first two years in the lyceum with high grades? These students
are required to pass a physical examination and then competitive
examinations. Of some 500 applicants each year one hundred students are
chosen. The period of study lasts six years.. Only those who pass the
first three years are allowed to continue into the second three--year
period. These students receive frees instruction and are niter with
the completion of their mil:i.ti y training. This is one reason for the
great number of applicants, The graduates are appointed officers and
are immeiiate]y assigned to units. Presentation of a Party certificate
i a necessary for registration in the University and Naval War College.
18. The theater is called Naroden Teatr Varna (Varna. People o s Theater )
Four cinemas are open throughout the year and two more play during the
suer seat.-,on. Soviet fi,lis;, ar?e shown for the most part and occasionally
a French or Italian fi_1m, but American films have been banned since 19b7~
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