Iskra, Parvomay
| Iskra | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 41°56′N 25°08′E / 41.933°N 25.133°ECoordinates: 41°56′N 25°08′E / 41.933°N 25.133°E | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Province | Plovdiv |
| Municipality | Parvomay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 63,929 km2 (24,683 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 299 m (981 ft) |
| Population (OCSP , 2010-12-15) | |
| • Total | 1,481 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Area code(s) | 03163 |
Iskra (Bulgarian: Искра) is a village in southern Bulgaria it is the southern most village in the Parvomay Municipality, Plovdiv Province. It has the largest population outside the town of Parvomay in the municipality. It is 22 km to the south of Parvomay town, 8 km to the north of village Novakovo, 7 km to the east of village Lenovo and 8 km to the south of village Bryagovo.
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The village has had a variety of names such as Kardzhilare (written formally Karadzhilar the Turkish for 'deer') until 1906, then called Popovo from 1906 until 1950 when it become Iskra. Iskra or Ashkenazi is named after the young Jewish partisan - Clara Ashkenazi died in the nearby Novakovo hills nearby to the south. In 1950 the village erected a bust monument in his honour.
Situated near the village are many mounds that suggest the existence of Thracian settlements in this region. Kameniviya Hissar (Hisar Little, Taushanitsa) where, according to Paul Deliradev and Ivan Velikov are situated a Thracian fortress and settlement. In the eastern foothills of the Great Hisar (about two kilometers northwest of the village) there are traces of late Roman settlement and at the very top - Big Hisar - are remnants of a town site, which according to Dr. Ivan Velikov date from the 11th or 12th century, i.e. since the Second Bulgarian State. Around Iskra are many Roman, Venetian, Dubrovnik and Bulgarian coins, the latter mostly from the time of Ivan Alexander and Shishman. It is believed that the village was home to one of the Christian bishops from the First Bulgarian Kingdom, namely the Episcopal Bukovo of 9th-10th century.
There are many tales of a considerable population around the village of Iskra during the Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, until the collapse of the Bulgarian state under Ottoman occupation.
In late 1670 or early 1671 years the famous Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi, traveling from Asenovgrad to Edirne passes through the village Papaz (then Popovo). This is the first mention of Iskra in modern documents and it demonstrates both the importance of the settlement and to clear his Bulgarian identity.
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