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Unification Monument, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, October 2017

The Monument of Unification in Plovdiv was created in 1985 in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria in 1885. Its sculptor is Velichko Minekov. This event is one of the most important in the historical development of Bulgaria.

After the Russo-Turkish war for liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, the Berlin Peace Treaty of 1878 divided Bulgaria into two independent parts (states).

Every year on September 6th the historical event of the Unification is noted as an official holiday.

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