Opalchentsi

Opalchentsi
Opalchentsi
(Bulgarian: опълченци)
Participant in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
Opalchentsi reconstruction.jpg
Reenactors dressed as Opalchentsi at the official commemoration of the 133-th anniversary from the Liberation of Bulgaria
(historical reenactment)
Active 1876-1878
Leaders
Area of
operations
Bulgaria
Became Bulgarian army
Allies  Russia
 Romania
Serbia Serbia
 Montenegro
Opponents  Ottoman Empire
Battles/wars Serbo-Turkish War, Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878

Opalchentsi (Bulgarian: опълченци) were Bulgarian voluntary army units, who took part in the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876 and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. The people in these units were called opalchenets-pobornik (опълченец-поборник) meaning "volunteer combatant".

The Bulgarian voluntary army units for the Russo-Turkish War were gathered after the manifesto of Alexander II of Russia, announcing the War. The meeting point of the Bulgarian volunteers in Russia was the town of Samara. The Bulgarian Opalchentsi were given the Samara flag bearing the images of the Holy Mother and Saints Cyril and Methodius (the flag is kept in the National Museum of Military History in Sofia). The Opalchentsi took an active part in the Second and Fourth Battle of Shipka Pass and after the end of the war went on to form Bulgaria's army.

One of the poems in Ivan Vazov's Epic of the Forgotten, namely "Opalchentsite na Shipka", is dedicated to them. Opalchenie Peak in Vinson Massif, Antarctica is named after the Bulgarian Volunteer Force in the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish War and the Macedonian-Adrianople Volunteer Force in the 1912-1913 Balkan Wars.[1]

See also

Notes

References

  • С. Кисьов. „Българското опълчение в Освободителната руско-турска война 1877–1878 г.“


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