site.bta146th Anniversary of Sofia's Liberation from Ottoman Rule
On January 4, Sofia observed the 146th anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule. On this day in 1878, the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps, together with Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian, Serbian, Montenegrin and Moldovan soldiers, led by the famous Russian General, Yosif V. Gurko, liberated the city.
The city was designated the Bulgarian capital just over a year later, on April 3, 1879.
The anniversary of the liberation was marked with a prayer service and a procession of in the city centre, from the St. Nedelya Cathedral to the Monument to the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. The organizers were the Sofia society of Russia's friends and the Heroes of Bulgaria Foundation.
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