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Exhibition displays relics of poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev

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A unique exhibition displaying relics of the life of great Bulgarian poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev was unveiled in the President’s Office on Saturday, the press center of the Bulgarian head of state announced. On June 2 Bulgaria marked the 140th death anniversary of Hristo Botev. The exhibition consists of Botev’s pocket notebook, his farewell letter sent to his family when he was onboard Radetzky steamship, his personal belongings and belongings of his family members, photos, etc. These relics have been displayed for the second time in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in the past 50 years. Traditionally, President Rossen Plevneliev welcomed the first guests in the President’s Office- a group of young people from the town of Kozloduy accompanied by Kozloduy Mayor. They launched a campaign aimed at raising funds for the renovation of the famous Radetzky steamship. 






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