GENERAL INFORMATION FROM THE DEVIN DISTRICT

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY Bulgaria
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5X1 SUBJECT General Information
From the Devin District
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are Pnmaks... The seat of the a istrict People 9 a Count jl is in. DeTin (A145 E2424) -.
The following officials were members of the. Council;.:
a. Husein Aliev Sholev, Chairman;.
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1. There are approximately 22,000 inhabitants in Devin district; most of the people
b, Ilia Karov). Vice-Chairman;
V. Dimitur Apostolov, from Stoikete., Secretary;
d. Sto o P.elev Pistalov, from Soi.ishte, C.ommissiaraer
of Education.;
Todor Kaikov, from Stoikete, Commissioner of.Agticulture;
f._ Stoio Karov, from Shiroko Lair.,. Finance Commisioner;
g,. Feizi --Solakov, from Devin, Trade Commissioner.-
h.- Dr.... Aleksandur Fadeev, a White Russian physician, Public Health Commissioner;
i. Vasil Kirakov, from Devin,lconomic Commissioner;
J, Kosta Rusev, from S.er , Personnel.Commi.ssloner; Rusev's office .. kept the
records of all Sluzhba Kadre (Service Cadri) in the district;
k. 14rs. Kostova, Art and Culture Commissioner; and
1. Todor Dimitrov, from Leskovo, "Office Number 39" Cn iaaioner.. Dimitrov?s.
office was in charge. of civil air defense in. the district.
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2.. The Devin, District People's Council also had a sports section and an economic
section, but neither section hada chief when informant. left
The Devin Town Council governed the following, communities.
a.. The town of Devin, 2,000 inhabitants;
b. Nastan village;
e. Beden village;
d. Grokhotno village; and
e. Bed.ensko Chereshovo.
4. The Chairman.of the Devin Town Coucil was Selim.Kovaehev from Beden; the Secre-.
terry was a certain Karov from.Dev n
Devin District had the following commu:lities.a
a. Ni kha . koyo: Mikhalkovo, Churukovo, Stoma novo., Sew, Oaikovo,, and.
Mikhalkovsko Chereshovo;
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Breze: Breze and Bedenski Bani;
c.-
Shiroka Luka a ? Shiroka Li ka, Vurbovo,, Solishta, and Gela;
d.
Stoikite-. Stoikite and. Grashtitsa;
e..
Muglao
Mugla, 4uglerski 'Sask.(Kesakc), and Cbam1a;
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Trigrad.
Kesten.;
Borino:
Trigrad, Gioiareu. (sic), "agodina, Vodni-Pad, Icot%ari, atv3
Borino and Cicala.;
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Dospat.:
Dospat, Lyubcha, Barutin, Dospatski Kusk.(sic), and Chavdar;
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Zmeitsa; and
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Leskovo.
The presiding judge of the L-ev in. District Court was a Greek refugee who came
from. Plovdiv. in- the summer of 1951. The Public. Prosecutor in Devin was Ivan
Ivanov, a lawyer. The Jury for trials is .selected by the Personnel Commissioner
of the District Council and is pOp;, d of Com unis.t Party members..
The manager of the Devin bra_.ch office of the. National. Bank. was a certain
Lukov The residents of Devin were riot allowed to have more than 2,000 leva
with them. The remainder of their money bad,, to be deposited In the Bank..
8. The district's hospital was located i Shiroka Luka village. The Devin dispensary
was headed by Dr.. Ovagin and had one additional physician,. Each. community,
group of villages as listed above.,. had its own: doctor.
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The government shops and the.district cooperative distributed all consumer goods
in. Deein district.. The cooperative mamager . was. ar;1ato Pisud.ov; Pisudov' a assi,at-
ant was Stefan.. Manolov. Ilia Paieeir, a representative of .the Ministry of Interior.,,
was responsible for supervision.of t he. collection.of compulsory quotas of farm
products for the government o It was r,,,,mored that the Ministry representatives,
U.. There. were 34 elementary schools. with 9,.000 students and 140. teachers in Devin
district, In Devin there was a?i eleme tart' school and gymnasium with 11 grades;.
the enrollment was approximately 520 students.
employees v The office manager was '~'as ;l_ Todorov Lalov
M. The district office of the. state enterprise. in. charge. of road repairs had. eight
would be selected by each Community People's Coi. cite
12, The.Devin branch of the Red Cross s.poasored a course to train nurses and another
course to. train.medical aides.. All.. g aasiu graduates in Devin were. obliged
to attend one of the courses,. .the students were. used. by the. Red Cross to co]leet
irarious ??voluntary?R contributions for Communist .causes.., Dr e. Aleksandur.Fadeev
was the Red Red Cross office manager;
13.. There. was a. sawmill employing,approximka.tely 70 workers located iu..Mikhal4 v-o
vide. Another sawmill, .empi.o iMe. approximately .150 workers., was located near.
T.rigrad village; the Trigr,ad sawmill was equipped with new machinery of Swedish.
manufaeture.
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