Keep in mind that before 1944, the majority of the population in both Bulgaria and much of Europe was rural. After World War II, the destruction was immense, which required rapid and efficient construction of housing and infrastructure. These uniform residential complexes proved to be an extremely effective solution. Most panel housing complexes, originally a Swedish invention, allowed for factory production, economies of scale, and easy acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills for construction. Even countries like Japan adopted uniform panel construction. These circumstances are often forgotten when considering the architecture of socialism. In a very short period, the communists provided housing for everyone. Today, 98% of Bulgarians own their homes. It may not be aesthetically pleasing, but they have a place to live.
Commie blocks are fine. The people who live in them are not and they are turning the buildings into a ghetto doing whatever they want with the facades by installing windows on random and partially insulating the walls. There must be a law specially designed for Bulgarian rednecks, banning those kinds of renovation practices.
In Bulgarian Devetashka is not turkish, Devet is 9, and -ashka means the "nth" - so to town is called "The Ninth Village" and this is the cave found near Devetashka, so it is called Devetashka Cave. ГОСТИЛНИЦА (GOSTILNICA) is literally translated as "Guest-Place" a place for guests. It is like a small hotel that serves food.
In fact, the name of the cave comes from the name of Devetaki village. The origin of the name is not Turkish, but comes from the number nine in the Bulgarian language-Девет (Devet). Translated "The Ninth (village or something else)". Гостилница means an inn. More of a restaurant than a hotel. The second floor apparently housed the village discotheque. I assume that 15-20 years ago the building ceased to function. Montana is a regional town, but it is not a tourist destination. Nearby is the balneological resort of Varshets. Also interesting is the town of Chiprovtsi, which was a famous carpet-making and mining center in the Middle Ages. There is an interesting museum of Bulgarian needlework there. There are several picturesque monasteries in the surrounding mountains. The most interesting place in the vicinity, which is worth seeing, is undoubtedly the Belogradchik rocks.
Since the fall of comunism 2.5 million people left the state,Bulgaria was 9 million strong in 1989,now is under 7 million,and hundreds of villages are with no people,or 10-20 old people left,now German,British,Dutch etc pensioners buy homes in our villages because of the lower cost of living and they are so so happy to live here because of the sun and sea and the mountains
We were 9 million, because the communists build a fence around our borders and guard it with kalashnikovs and dogs, so nobody can escape. Bulgaria was a prison state back then. If there was no fence, only the party members would've stayed here
It is not true that the birth rate in Bulgaria is decreasing, in fact it is increasing. The same for emigration. In the 90s, many people really left the country, but the trend is not like that at the moment. There are many abandoned buildings in the villages because people are now free to live where they want. Not only abroad, but also in other cities. During communism there were many restrictions in order to develop certain villages. I'm surprised that you visited my hometown :) I've been living in Sofia for almost 30 years, but I love Montana very much...
The birth might be increasing but many children have different fathers or left by their teenager mothers ... and feel depressed and confused, even homeless ... so we follow the western trend of family destruction...and moral confusion. Still there are some signs of looking for true parenthood... and still some people go back from abroad to stay in their country...,but it s true that abandoned villages don t have transportation and basically old people stay there. We need a proper education teaching moral values, taking care of others and nature.
@@sophieelsidor4153 The trend of births to teenage mothers is decreasing, which is a positive change. I have not noticed the increase of children from different fathers around me. But the children of the divorced grow up much more calmly, compared to what I remember from the 80s - during communism, people did not divorce, but they lived in scandals and violence, which affected much worse.
@@nataliavacheva1088 I have lived during communist and I know very well the divorces were less. I t diesn t mean that I improve selfish atheistic families who strive basically for material comfort. I am a teacher and I meet a lot of student who are confused what true family is. Near my house there is orphanage for homeless children. If you haven t seen such unhappy children it doesnt mean that they don t exist.
@@nataliavacheva1088 I have lived during communist time and I know very well the divorces were less. It is possible that free sex was allowed and husband had mistresses outside marriage. So I don t improve selfish atheistic families who strive basically for material comfort and pleasure. I am a teacher and I meet a lot of student who are confused what true family is. I speak from practical point of view and my experience. Also near my house there is orphanage for homeless children. If you haven t seen such unhappy children it doesn t mean that they don t exist.
Oh, dear! Devetaki is not a town but a small village! Second - Devetaki - comes from the Bulgarian word devet which means 9, and Devetaki means "the ninth". The suffix "-ashka" is a Bulgarian suffix for adjective or could be a possessive adjective. And " Devetashka cave" means " the cave of the village Devetaki" in Bulgarian language! The Ottoman rule over Bulgaria was the worst period in our history. Before the Ottomans came here Bulgaria was very rich and powerful country. Their rule didn't give us anything, just the opposite - they took lots of things from us.
As far as communism is concerned you are right! Old people feel nostalgia about old times because these times were based on idealism and nowadays capitalism is based on materialism. The abandoned buildings are remainings of the communist times when the villages had more people in them. The part of Bulgaria that you show in this video is the most destroyed after the collapse of the communism because all the factories and other places for work for the population were shut down and demolished.
23:10 It is not ЛИНИЧА. It says ЛНИЦА this is the broken part of previous sign ГОСТИ + ЛНИЦА = ГОСТИЛНИЦА It means eating-house (or very basic restaurant).
Actually the town of Montana have good economy they have several big factories with good payment,one for car batteries,one for bycicles named cross and others as well,they joke with the town that they got their first traffic light just recently,because it was a small settlement and it changed names numerous times,it was called mihailovgrad before and before this it was called Ferdinand after the bulgarian tzar,you had to visit the close cities of vidin,vraca or lom they are bigger and with more to see,in vidin there is the best preserved Bulgarian medievil fortress called baba vida
Ok Davud. Camel leg has never stepped on Bulgarian land. Some locals call it маагра which comes from turkish magura which means cave. Devetaki the name of the village comes from devet which means nine and aki which is old slavic word mean union. Is believed that nine tribes that lived on the nine hills above the cave united and formed the village. So there it comes from the name devet and ashka is typical for bulgarian language which is verry hard for me to explain but is like it belongs to the villlage or to that place. Near to...
Keep in mind that before 1944, the majority of the population in both Bulgaria and much of Europe was rural. After World War II, the destruction was immense, which required rapid and efficient construction of housing and infrastructure. These uniform residential complexes proved to be an extremely effective solution. Most panel housing complexes, originally a Swedish invention, allowed for factory production, economies of scale, and easy acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills for construction. Even countries like Japan adopted uniform panel construction. These circumstances are often forgotten when considering the architecture of socialism. In a very short period, the communists provided housing for everyone. Today, 98% of Bulgarians own their homes. It may not be aesthetically pleasing, but they have a place to live.
Commie blocks are fine. The people who live in them are not and they are turning the buildings into a ghetto doing whatever they want with the facades by installing windows on random and partially insulating the walls. There must be a law specially designed for Bulgarian rednecks, banning those kinds of renovation practices.
In Bulgarian Devetashka is not turkish, Devet is 9, and -ashka means the "nth" - so to town is called "The Ninth Village" and this is the cave found near Devetashka, so it is called Devetashka Cave.
ГОСТИЛНИЦА (GOSTILNICA) is literally translated as "Guest-Place" a place for guests. It is like a small hotel that serves food.
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In fact, the name of the cave comes from the name of Devetaki village. The origin of the name is not Turkish, but comes from the number nine in the Bulgarian language-Девет (Devet). Translated "The Ninth (village or something else)".
Гостилница means an inn. More of a restaurant than a hotel. The second floor apparently housed the village discotheque. I assume that 15-20 years ago the building ceased to function.
Montana is a regional town, but it is not a tourist destination. Nearby is the balneological resort of Varshets. Also interesting is the town of Chiprovtsi, which was a famous carpet-making and mining center in the Middle Ages. There is an interesting museum of Bulgarian needlework there. There are several picturesque monasteries in the surrounding mountains. The most interesting place in the vicinity, which is worth seeing, is undoubtedly the Belogradchik rocks.
actually Деветашка(devetashka) directly translated in Bulgarian means (on the ninth) and has nothing to do with Turkish
Since the fall of comunism 2.5 million people left the state,Bulgaria was 9 million strong in 1989,now is under 7 million,and hundreds of villages are with no people,or 10-20 old people left,now German,British,Dutch etc pensioners buy homes in our villages because of the lower cost of living and they are so so happy to live here because of the sun and sea and the mountains
We were 9 million, because the communists build a fence around our borders and guard it with kalashnikovs and dogs, so nobody can escape. Bulgaria was a prison state back then. If there was no fence, only the party members would've stayed here
My house is in the hills , I love it , I don't like to say ,I don't like uk anymore , I feel safer here , and people are more friendly.
Awesome videos, keep it up. Really enjoy them
It is not true that the birth rate in Bulgaria is decreasing, in fact it is increasing. The same for emigration. In the 90s, many people really left the country, but the trend is not like that at the moment. There are many abandoned buildings in the villages because people are now free to live where they want. Not only abroad, but also in other cities. During communism there were many restrictions in order to develop certain villages.
I'm surprised that you visited my hometown :) I've been living in Sofia for almost 30 years, but I love Montana very much...
Yeah it is decreasing, Bulgaria mostly is dead state occupied by mostly gypsies population.
The birth might be increasing but many children have different fathers or left by their teenager mothers ... and feel depressed and confused, even homeless ... so we follow the western trend of family destruction...and moral confusion. Still there are some signs of looking for true parenthood... and still some people go back from abroad to stay in their country...,but it s true that abandoned villages don t have transportation and basically old people stay there. We need a proper education teaching moral values, taking care of others and nature.
@@sophieelsidor4153 The trend of births to teenage mothers is decreasing, which is a positive change. I have not noticed the increase of children from different fathers around me. But the children of the divorced grow up much more calmly, compared to what I remember from the 80s - during communism, people did not divorce, but they lived in scandals and violence, which affected much worse.
@@nataliavacheva1088 I have lived during communist and I know very well the divorces were less. I t diesn t mean that I improve selfish atheistic families who strive basically for material comfort. I am a teacher and I meet a lot of student who are confused what true family is. Near my house there is orphanage for homeless children. If you haven t seen such unhappy children it doesnt mean that they don t exist.
@@nataliavacheva1088 I have lived during communist time and I know very well the divorces were less. It is possible that free sex was allowed and husband had mistresses outside marriage. So I don t improve selfish atheistic families who strive basically for material comfort and pleasure. I am a teacher and I meet a lot of student who are confused what true family is. I speak from practical point of view and my experience. Also near my house there is orphanage for homeless children. If you haven t seen such unhappy children it doesn t mean that they don t exist.
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Oh, dear! Devetaki is not a town but a small village! Second - Devetaki - comes from the Bulgarian word devet which means 9, and Devetaki means "the ninth". The suffix "-ashka" is a Bulgarian suffix for adjective or could be a possessive adjective. And " Devetashka cave" means " the cave of the village Devetaki" in Bulgarian language!
The Ottoman rule over Bulgaria was the worst period in our history. Before the Ottomans came here Bulgaria was very rich and powerful country. Their rule didn't give us anything, just the opposite - they took lots of things from us.
Гостилница is hotel in Russian but in Bulgarian it means restaurant or pub.
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I never seen this cave before, it’s amazing, thanks for nice vibes,
As far as communism is concerned you are right! Old people feel nostalgia about old times because these times were based on idealism and nowadays capitalism is based on materialism. The abandoned buildings are remainings of the communist times when the villages had more people in them. The part of Bulgaria that you show in this video is the most destroyed after the collapse of the communism because all the factories and other places for work for the population were shut down and demolished.
Large Cave , interesting thank you for showing us
23:10 It is not ЛИНИЧА. It says ЛНИЦА this is the broken part of previous sign ГОСТИ + ЛНИЦА = ГОСТИЛНИЦА It means eating-house (or very basic restaurant).
Bro I m from rural area from lndia we ar tribal so l like your travelling bro
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Actually the town of Montana have good economy they have several big factories with good payment,one for car batteries,one for bycicles named cross and others as well,they joke with the town that they got their first traffic light just recently,because it was a small settlement and it changed names numerous times,it was called mihailovgrad before and before this it was called Ferdinand after the bulgarian tzar,you had to visit the close cities of vidin,vraca or lom they are bigger and with more to see,in vidin there is the best preserved Bulgarian medievil fortress called baba vida
Monbat is one of the biggest car batteries manufacturing plants in Europe ua-cam.com/video/qIZ6jV4ynVI/v-deo.html
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The Expendables movie was filmed in that cave
Have a safe journey
You met a crazy lady in the cave :D
I actually heard that Batman came from that neck of the woods😂no pun intended😂😂😂its not you is it Davud???
Ok Davud. Camel leg has never stepped on Bulgarian land. Some locals call it маагра which comes from turkish magura which means cave. Devetaki the name of the village comes from devet which means nine and aki which is old slavic word mean union. Is believed that nine tribes that lived on the nine hills above the cave united and formed the village. So there it comes from the name devet and ashka is typical for bulgarian language which is verry hard for me to explain but is like it belongs to the villlage or to that place. Near to...
Oh i forgot to mention Гостилница means lower category restaurant.
Actually there used to be Bulgarian camel herders, and that's where the name Деведжиев (from deve in Turkish) comes from.
You're look like ragnar of Vikings
The Bridge close to the Cave its gift made from Sylvester Stallone because there they filming the Movie The Expendables
Because they blow up the original bridge during filming!
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The restaurant named Solar Garden
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nice vidio
Are you gone from Egypt?
Very pregnant kitty!
Have a nice day You are my allah god speed you
the dark communism
people leaving
8:08 Please be a child of *God* and before you mention Mother Nature, mention the *Heavenly Father* who created Heaven and Earth and everything in it!
Poor Bulgaria😂
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