- ...Bulgaria the Democratic Party called on the Plovdiv City Council to approve at the upcoming meeting the transfer of the Alyosha monument to the Museum...
- The monument commemorates the Soviet soldiers who fell while liberating Bulgaria from the Nazis during World War II.
- It is about 40 minutes climb uphill to get to the monument where magnificent views of the whole city of Plovdiv open in front of you.
- The Plovdiv Province Council tried to demolish the monument in 1989, but Plovdiv citizens protected Alyosha: citizens even spent several nights next to it.
- The desecration of Soviet monuments in Bulgaria, like in many other countries of Eastern Europe, occurs with suspicious regularity.
- 10. Be Amazed at the View from Alyosha Monument. Plovdiv is also known as the City of 7 Hills, and you can probably guess why that is.
- It is about 40 minutes climb uphill to get to the monument where magnificent views of the whole city of Plovdiv open in front of you.
- It is about 40 minutes climb uphill to get to the monument where magnificent views of the whole city of Plovdiv open in front of you.
- The monument to the fallen Soviet soldiers in Bulgaria's Plovdiv was reportedly spray-painted on Friday with numerous anti-Semitic, anti-Russian and...
- On November 5, 1957, in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, a monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator - the 11-meter "Alyosha" was unveiled.