Lisiya
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Lisiya is an almost abandoned village in the municipality of Blagoevgrad
, in Blagoevgrad Province
, Bulgaria
. I is situated in the foothills of Vlahina
mountain. On 29 January 1944 thirteen Bulgarian Partizans
died in a battle near the village.
Lisiya Ridge
on Graham Land
, Antarctica is named after the village.
Blagoevgrad Municipality
Blagoevgrad Municipality is the most populated municipality in Blagoevgrad Province. It includes Blagoevgrad and 25 villages with population of 77 441 .- Geography :...
, in Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province , also known as Pirin Macedonia , is a province of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, Greece to the south, and the Republic of Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. I is situated in the foothills of Vlahina
Vlahina
Vlahina or Vlaina , meaning "Vlach [mountain]" is a mountain range on the border of southwestern Bulgaria and eastern Republic of Macedonia. The highest peak is Ogreyak at 1,924 m. Nearby towns include Simitli to the northeast in Bulgaria and Pehchevo to the southwest in the Republic of Macedonia....
mountain. On 29 January 1944 thirteen Bulgarian Partizans
Bulgarian resistance movement during World War II
The Bulgarian resistance movement was part of the anti-Axis resistance during World War II. It consisted of armed and unarmed actions of resistance groups against the Wehrmacht forces in Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Bulgaria authorities. It was mainly communist and pro-Soviet Union...
died in a battle near the village.
Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge
Lisiya Ridge is the ice-covered ridge at the base of Magnier Peninsula, Graham Coast on the west side of Antarctic Peninsula, extending 16 km in northeast-southwest direction between the heads of Leroux Bay and Bigo Bay, and 11 km wide. Bounded by Comrie Glacier to the south and a...
on Graham Land
Graham Land
Graham Land is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies north of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This description of Graham Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the British Antarctic Place-names Committee and the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, in...
, Antarctica is named after the village.