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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Батак – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Батак" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(lungsod)" title="Batak (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Batak (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak" title="Batak – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Batak" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bulgarien)" title="Batak (Bulgarien) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Batak (Bulgarien)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bulgaria)" title="Batak (Bulgaria) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Batak (Bulgaria)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="باتاک، بلغارستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باتاک، بلغارستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bulgarie)" title="Batak (Bulgarie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Batak (Bulgarie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak,_Bulgaria" title="Batak, Bulgaria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Batak, Bulgaria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak" title="Batak – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Batak" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Батак – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Батак" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Батак – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Батак" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bulgarije)" title="Batak (Bulgarije) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Batak (Bulgarije)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF_(%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2)" title="バタク (ブルガリア) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バタク (ブルガリア)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak" title="Batak – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Batak" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bu%C5%82garia)" title="Batak (Bułgaria) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Batak (Bułgaria)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bulg%C3%A1ria)" title="Batak (Bulgária) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Batak (Bulgária)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak,_Bulgaria" title="Batak, Bulgaria – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Batak, Bulgaria" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Батак – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Батак" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(mesto)" title="Batak (mesto) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Batak (mesto)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak_(Bu%C5%82garyjo)" title="Batak (Bułgaryjo) – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Batak (Bułgaryjo)" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9" title="باتاک – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="باتاک" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Батак (град) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Батак (град)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batak,_Bulgarien" title="Batak, Bulgarien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Batak, Bulgarien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a 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lang="bg">Батак</span></span></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg/250px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg/375px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg/500px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA_-_panoramio_-_Nikolai_Karaneschev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2731" 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class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Batak,_Bulgaria&params=41_57_N_24_13_E_region:BG_type:city(3498)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°57′N</span> <span class="longitude">24°13′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.950°N 24.217°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.950; 24.217</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="Countries of the world">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Bulgaria" title="Provinces of Bulgaria">Provinces</a><br /><small>(Oblast)</small></th><td class="infobox-data">Pazardzhik</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Petar Paunov</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,036 m (3,399 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31.12.2009)<sup id="cite_ref-statistika_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistika-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,498</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal Code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">4580</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">03553</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Batak</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Батак</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bg-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Bulgarian" title="Help:IPA/Bulgarian">[ˈbɐtak]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Bulgaria" title="List of cities and towns in Bulgaria">town</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pazardzhik_Province" title="Pazardzhik Province">Pazardzhik Province</a>, southern <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, not far from the town of <a href="/wiki/Peshtera" title="Peshtera">Peshtera</a>. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous <a href="/wiki/Batak_Municipality" title="Batak Municipality">Batak Municipality</a>. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 3,498.<sup id="cite_ref-statistika_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statistika-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Batak is situated in the northwestern slopes of the <a href="/wiki/Rhodope_Mountains" title="Rhodope Mountains">Rhodope Mountains</a>, at 1036 m above sea level. It is surrounded by many peaks, clad with century-old pine and spruce forests. The river <a href="/wiki/Stara_reka_(Maritsa)" title="Stara reka (Maritsa)">Stara reka</a>, a right tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Maritsa" title="Maritsa">Maritsa</a>, flows through the town.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The climate is temperate continental with a characteristic southern warm wind. Batak was pronounced town in 1964 and has a population of 4,019 people. Batak is a centre of one of Bulgaria's largest municipalities by terms of territory - 667 km<sup>2</sup> or 15% of the Pazardzhik Province area - as well as one of the most sparsely populated ones including only the town itself and two villages - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fotinovo,_Pazardzhik_Provice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fotinovo, Pazardzhik Provice (page does not exist)">Fotinovo</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nova_Mahala,_Pazardzhik_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nova Mahala, Pazardzhik Province (page does not exist)">Nova Mahala</a>. Ninety percent of the municipal area is covered with thick forests. </p><p>Batak is situated at 15 km to the south of <a href="/wiki/Peshtera" title="Peshtera">Peshtera</a> and 33 km to the south of the regional centre <a href="/wiki/Pazardzhik" title="Pazardzhik">Pazardzhik</a>. The nearest railway station is in Peshtera. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rusca_zurkva.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rusca_zurkva.jpg/220px-Rusca_zurkva.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rusca_zurkva.jpg/330px-Rusca_zurkva.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Rusca_zurkva.jpg/440px-Rusca_zurkva.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2108" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>The Russian church in Batak.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Balinovahouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Balinovahouse.jpg/250px-Balinovahouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Balinovahouse.jpg/330px-Balinovahouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Balinovahouse.jpg/500px-Balinovahouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="546" /></a><figcaption>The Balinova house.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Balinovmonument.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Balinovmonument.JPG/220px-Balinovmonument.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Balinovmonument.JPG/330px-Balinovmonument.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Balinovmonument.JPG/440px-Balinovmonument.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>The monument of Trendafil Balinov.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BatakChurch.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BatakChurch.JPG/220px-BatakChurch.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BatakChurch.JPG/330px-BatakChurch.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BatakChurch.JPG/440px-BatakChurch.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1826" data-file-height="1216" /></a><figcaption>The church in Batak.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg/220px-Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg/330px-Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg/440px-Batak-Church-StNedelya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Batak, the old church.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are numerous archaeological monuments of most ancient times in the region of Batak. A find of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Stone_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Stone Age">Old Stone Age</a> was discovered in 1958. Tools, objects, ceramic vessels, ornaments as well as bones of <a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros" title="Rhinoceros">rhinoceros</a> were found which proves that the climate was warmer in the <a href="/wiki/Quaternary" title="Quaternary">Quaternary</a>. Twenty <a href="/wiki/Thracians" title="Thracians">Thracian</a>, Thraco-<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavs" title="Slavs">Slavic</a> fortresses, churches and monasteries, as well as Thracian mounds, Roman bridges, mines, mills and other archaeological sites were registered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin_of_the_settlement_and_medieval_history">Origin of the settlement and medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Origin of the settlement and medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The exact origin of Batak is unknown, since there is a lack of historical data. The earlier view that the settlement was founded by Bulgarians who escaped from the forced mass conversion into <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> in the valley of <a href="/wiki/Chepino" class="mw-redirect" title="Chepino">Chepino</a> in 16th century today is rejected because it is believed that the settlement is much older. This is justified by an inscription on the fountain of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Krichim_monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Krichim monastery (page does not exist)">Virgin Mary Monastery of Krichim</a> built by the people of Batak in 1592, a writ of the feudal possessions of Sultan <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Suleiman I</a> (1520–1566), in which the village of Batak is also mentioned, as well as the remnants of many churches and monasteries burnt down by the Ottomans during the conversion into Islam in this region. The origin of the name of Batak is not certain, too. In the old legends it is related to the <a href="/wiki/Tsepina" title="Tsepina">Tsepina</a> chieftain Batoy, while the history professors <a href="/wiki/Yordan_Ivanov_(literary_historian)" title="Yordan Ivanov (literary historian)">Yordan Ivanov</a> and Vasil Mikov suppose that Batak was Potok, a settlement of <a href="/wiki/Cumans" title="Cumans">Cuman</a> origin existing between the 11th and the 13th century. It is, however, certain that the name of the village is Bulgarian, not Turkish as some authors assert. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_rule">Ottoman rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ottoman rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the centuries of Ottoman rule, many <a href="/wiki/Hajduk" title="Hajduk">hajduks</a> in the region of Batak took revenge from the Turks for the outrages upon Bulgarian people – Strahil Voivoda, Deli Arshenko Payaka, Gola Voda, Todor Banchev, Beyko, Yanko Kavlakov, Mityo Vranchev, etc. From these times have remained the old rebel names, such as <i>Haydushka Skala</i>, <i>Haydushka Polyana</i>, <i>Haydushko Kladenche</i> (spring), <i>Sablen Vrah</i> (<i>"Sabre Peak"</i>), <i>Karvav Chuchur</i> (<i>"Bloody Spout"</i>), as well as many legends. </p><p>Woodworking, trade and innkeeping were developed in Batak during the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_National_Revival" title="Bulgarian National Revival">National Revival</a>. The prosperity of the population was conducive to the prosperity of education — a secular school was opened in 1835 and the <i>St. Nedelya Church</i> was built in 1813 at the Todor Balinov place (mayor of the village at the time), donated by him specifically for the construction of the church. Built for 75 days with the work of citizens of Batak.. Batak has given many eminent figures of the Bulgarian Revival, such as clerics like archimandrite Yosif, Nikifor, Kiril and others, who worked in the <a href="/wiki/Rila_Monastery" title="Rila Monastery">Rila Monastery</a>, a centre of the <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_National_Revival" title="Bulgarian National Revival">Bulgarian National Revival</a>. Famous men of letters are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgi_Busilin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgi Busilin (page does not exist)">Georgi Busilin</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragan_Manchov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dragan Manchov (page does not exist)">Dragan Manchov</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_Uprising_and_Ottoman_war-crimes">April Uprising and Ottoman war-crimes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: April Uprising and Ottoman war-crimes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Batak_massacre" title="Batak massacre">Batak massacre</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg/220px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg/330px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8A%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>Icon of the Saints from Batak</figcaption></figure> <p>The population of Batak took part in the <a href="/wiki/April_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="April Uprising">April Uprising</a> of 1876. The people of Batak rebelled on 22 April under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Voivoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Voivoda">voivoda</a> Petar Goranov. On 30 April the village was surrounded by Ottoman irregulars called <a href="/wiki/Bashi-bozouk" class="mw-redirect" title="Bashi-bozouk">bashi-bozouk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pomaks" title="Pomaks">pomaks</a> from the surrounding villages. The battles were carried on for five days. The last stronghold of the rebels was the St. Nedelya Church. </p><p>At the end <a href="/wiki/Batak_massacre" title="Batak massacre">five thousand people were killed</a> and the village was burned down to ashes. News of the atrocities spread around the world, aided in large part by <a href="/wiki/Januarius_MacGahan" title="Januarius MacGahan">Januarius MacGahan</a>'s writing for the London Daily News <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.attackingthedevil.co.uk/related/macgahan.php">[1]</a>. The public outcry created favourable conditions for Russia to declare war on Turkey. On 20 January 1878 the people of Batak who had survived the uprising enthusiastically met the advancing Russian army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Batak_today">Batak today</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Batak today"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG/250px-Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG/330px-Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG/500px-Batak_Bulgaria_Pd_2011_09.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>City hall in Batak</figcaption></figure> <p>Today Batak is a renovated modern town famous for its historical monuments and a resort and tourist centre. A key hydro power system — <a href="/wiki/Batak_Hydropower_Cascade" title="Batak Hydropower Cascade">Batak Hydropower Cascade</a> — with five dams and three hydroelectric stations was constructed in the 1950s. Rest houses, tourist complexes and villas have been built along the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Batak_Reservoir" title="Batak Reservoir">Batak Reservoir</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honour">Honour</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Honour"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Batak_Point" title="Batak Point">Batak Point</a> on <a href="/wiki/Smith_Island_(South_Shetland_Islands)" title="Smith Island (South Shetland Islands)">Smith Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands" title="South Shetland Islands">South Shetland Islands</a> is named after Batak. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Chitalishte "4 - May"</li> <li>"Otets Paisiy" Primary school</li> <li>Stefan Bozhkov High School of Forestry and Wood Processing</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Orthodox Church Saint Maria</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batak,_Bulgaria&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Oryahovo">Oryahovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perushtitsa" title="Perushtitsa">Perushtitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirdop" title="Pirdop">Pirdop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rakitovo" title="Rakitovo">Rakitovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saedinenie,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Saedinenie, Plovdiv Province">Saedinenie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septemvri" title="Septemvri">Septemvri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeonovgrad" title="Simeonovgrad">Simeonovgrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simitli" title="Simitli">Simitli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slivnitsa" title="Slivnitsa">Slivnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopot,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Sopot, Plovdiv Province">Sopot, Plovdiv Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sredets,_Burgas_Province" title="Sredets, Burgas Province">Sredets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straldzha" title="Straldzha">Straldzha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svoge" title="Svoge">Svoge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tervel_(town)" title="Tervel 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aheloy" title="Aheloy">Aheloy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apriltsi" title="Apriltsi">Apriltsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardino" title="Ardino">Ardino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banya,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Banya, Plovdiv Province">Banya</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Batak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Batanovtsi" title="Batanovtsi">Batanovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belitsa" title="Belitsa">Belitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belovo,_Bulgaria" title="Belovo, Bulgaria">Belovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borovo,_Ruse_Province" title="Borovo, Ruse Province">Borovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bratsigovo" title="Bratsigovo">Bratsigovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bregovo" title="Bregovo">Bregovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breznik" title="Breznik">Breznik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byala,_Varna_Province" title="Byala, Varna Province">Byala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernomorets" title="Chernomorets">Chernomorets</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Gulyantsi" title="Gulyantsi">Gulyantsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurkovo" title="Gurkovo">Gurkovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadzhidimovo" title="Hadzhidimovo">Hadzhidimovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatievo" title="Ignatievo">Ignatievo</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskar_(town)" title="Iskar (town)">Iskar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivaylovgrad" title="Ivaylovgrad">Ivaylovgrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kableshkovo,_Pomorie_Municipality" title="Kableshkovo, Pomorie Municipality">Kableshkovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalofer" title="Kalofer">Kalofer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameno" title="Kameno">Kameno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspichan" title="Kaspichan">Kaspichan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilifarevo" title="Kilifarevo">Kilifarevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klisura,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Klisura, Plovdiv Province">Klisura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kocherinovo" title="Kocherinovo">Kocherinovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koprivshtitsa" title="Koprivshtitsa">Koprivshtitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kostandovo" title="Kostandovo">Kostandovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koynare" title="Koynare">Koynare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kresna" title="Kresna">Kresna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kran,_Stara_Zagora_Province" title="Kran, Stara Zagora Province">Kran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krivodol,_Bulgaria" title="Krivodol, Bulgaria">Krivodol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kula,_Bulgaria" title="Kula, Bulgaria">Kula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laki,_Plovdiv_Province" title="Laki, Plovdiv Province">Laki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Letnitsa" title="Letnitsa">Letnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loznitsa" title="Loznitsa">Loznitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maglizh" title="Maglizh">Maglizh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malko_Tarnovo" title="Malko Tarnovo">Malko Tarnovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marten,_Bulgaria" title="Marten, Bulgaria">Marten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizia_(town)" title="Mizia (town)">Мizia</a></li> <li><a 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Banya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarnitsa,_Pazardzhik_Province" title="Sarnitsa, Pazardzhik Province">Sarnitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabla" title="Shabla">Shabla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivachevo" title="Shivachevo">Shivachevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavyanovo" title="Slavyanovo">Slavyanovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slivo_Pole" title="Slivo Pole">Slivo Pole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyadovo" title="Smyadovo">Smyadovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sozopol" title="Sozopol">Sozopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strazhitsa" title="Strazhitsa">Strazhitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strelcha" title="Strelcha">Strelcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sungurlare" title="Sungurlare">Sungurlare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suvorovo" title="Suvorovo">Suvorovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sveti_Vlas" title="Sveti Vlas">Sveti Vlas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tran,_Bulgaria" title="Tran, Bulgaria">Tran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trastenik" title="Trastenik">Trastenik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsar_Kaloyan,_Razgrad_Province" title="Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province">Tsar Kaloyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugarchin" title="Ugarchin">Ugarchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valchedram" title="Valchedram">Valchedram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valchi_Dol" title="Valchi Dol">Valchi Dol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varbitsa_(town)" title="Varbitsa (town)">Varbitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetovo" title="Vetovo">Vetovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vetren,_Pazardzhik_Province" title="Vetren, Pazardzhik Province">Vetren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yablanitsa" title="Yablanitsa">Yablanitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zavet_(town)" title="Zavet (town)">Zavet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlataritsa" title="Zlataritsa">Zlataritsa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1,000+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahtopol" title="Ahtopol">Ahtopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfatar" title="Alfatar">Alfatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonovo" title="Antonovo">Antonovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balgarovo" title="Balgarovo">Balgarovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boboshevo" title="Boboshevo">Boboshevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolyarovo" title="Bolyarovo">Bolyarovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boychinovtsi" title="Boychinovtsi">Boychinovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brusartsi" title="Brusartsi">Brusartsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byala_Cherkva" title="Byala Cherkva">Byala Cherkva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiprovtsi" title="Chiprovtsi">Chiprovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimovo" title="Dimovo">Dimovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glavinitsa" title="Glavinitsa">Glavinitsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gramada,_Bulgaria" title="Gramada, Bulgaria">Gramada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaolinovo" title="Kaolinovo">Kaolinovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kermen" title="Kermen">Kermen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merichleri" title="Merichleri">Merichleri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Momin_Prohod" title="Momin Prohod">Momin Prohod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plachkovtsi" title="Plachkovtsi">Plachkovtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senovo,_Bulgaria" title="Senovo, Bulgaria">Senovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shipka_(town)" title="Shipka (town)">Shipka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suhindol" title="Suhindol">Suhindol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zemen" title="Zemen">Zemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">500+</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiten,_Burgas_Province" title="Kiten, Burgas Province">Kiten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madzharovo" title="Madzharovo">Madzharovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pliska" title="Pliska">Pliska</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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