site.btaToday's Observances: July 22

JULY 22

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1877: Russian troops liberate Stara Zagora from Ottoman rule during the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War.

1949: A Polish reading room (renamed Cultural and Information Centre in 1957, and Polish Institute in 1994) opens in Sofia. 

2017: Boyan Petrov climbs Gasherbrum II (8,035 m) in Pakistan, becoming the first Bulgarian to have scaled nine eight-thousanders. Petrov is last seen on May 3, 2018, while attempting to climb Shishapangma (8,027 m).