Listen to the news

Representative military units of the Bulgarian Army will participate in the rituals for the celebration of the 146th anniversary of the heroic deed of Hristo Botev and his detachment and will pay military honors in memory of those killed for the freedom and independence of Bulgaria, said the press center of the Ministry of Defense. .

On June 1, at 9 pm in the town of Kalofer, servicemen and the military brass band of the 61st Mechanized Brigade - Karlovo will take part in the solemn inspection (fireworks), which will mark the Day of Botev and those who died for freedom and independence. To Bulgaria.

A solemn inspection (fireworks) in memory of the great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary and those who died for the freedom and independence of Bulgaria will be held in the cities of Vratsa (from 21:00) and Haskovo (from 21:00) with the participation of servicemen from 10- and Mechanized Battalion-Vratsa, the Representative Military Brass Band of the Land Forces and representative units of the 31st Mechanized Battalion - Haskovo.

The solemn ritual in the town of Vratsa will be attended by the Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov.

On June 2 (Thursday) the Day of Botev and those who died for the freedom and independence of Bulgaria will be marked with a solemn inspection (fireworks) in the cities of Elin Pelin (from 19.00), Kazanlak (from 21.00), Pavel Banya (from 21.00) and in the village of Skravena, Botevgrad municipality (from 21.00).

The rituals will be attended by servicemen from the 38th Battalion for Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Protection and Ecology - Musachevo, 61st Mechanized Brigade - Karlovo, 10th Mechanized Battalion - Vratsa, the military brass band of the 61st Mechanized Brigade and the Representative Military brass band of the Land Forces.

With military rituals of offering wreaths and flowers, the servicemen of the Land Forces will mark the anniversary of the death of Hristo Botev and will pay military honors in memory of those who died for the Motherland in the cities of Stara Zagora, Haskovo, Pleven, Dimitrovgrad, Kalofer, Asenovgrad, Belene, Slene , Smolyan, Shumen, Blagoevgrad, Sliven, Gorna Oryahovitsa, Ruse and in the village of Tsenovo - Chirpan municipality.

Soldiers from the 10th Mechanized Battalion-Vratsa will take part in the nationwide pilgrimage to Okolchitsa Peak from 11.00. 

The celebrations "Botev Days - 2022" opened in Vratsa

On the memorial day at 10.30 am, representative units of the Air Force and the Joint Special Operations Command will pay military honors in front of the monument to Hristo Botev in the Tsar Simeon City Garden in Plovdiv.

Soldiers from the Navy will lay wreaths and flowers in front of the bust of Hristo Botev in the "Alley of Revival Memory" in the Sea Garden (from 10.00 am) in Varna.

An honorary guard from the Higher Naval School “N.

J. Vaptsarov ”, the Representative Brass Band of the Navy and the commanders of military formations from the garrison.

Military honors in memory of the great poet and revolutionary will be paid by servicemen from the Flotilla warships and auxiliary ships in the city of Burgas.

They will lay wreaths and flowers in front of the bust of Hristo Botev in the Sea Garden (from 11.00).

The commanders of military formations from the garrison will take part in the solemn ritual.

In Sofia (11.30 am) in front of the bust of Hristo Botev in Borisova Garden, the National Guard will take part in a solemn ceremony in memory of Hristo Botev and those who died for the freedom and independence of Bulgaria.

From 12.00 in front of the building of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Bulgaria will be a solemn change of the honor guard.

Hristo Botev

Botev's Day