Bratushkovo
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Bratushkovo is a village in Slivnitsa
municipality, Sofia Province
, located in western Bulgaria
approximately 8 km south-west of the town of Slivnitsa.
The village was first mentioned in Ottoman
tax registers of 1576 as Bratkovitsa. The name is derived from the personal name Bratushko or Bratko.
Slivnitsa
Slivnitsa is a town in western Bulgaria, 22 km away from Sofia, lying on the main road connecting the capital with the Bulgarian-Serbian border...
municipality, Sofia Province
Sofia Province
Sofia Province is a province of Bulgaria. The province does not include Sofia in its territories, but Sofia however remains its administrative center...
, located in western 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...
approximately 8 km south-west of the town of Slivnitsa.
The village was first mentioned in Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
tax registers of 1576 as Bratkovitsa. The name is derived from the personal name Bratushko or Bratko.