A brief glimpse into the past

Team, Place & City Details

FC Velbazhd Kyustendil

F.C. Velbazhd is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kyustendil. The club currently competes in the A RFG Kyustendil, following relegation from the South-West Third League at the end of the 2018–19 season.

OFC Vihren Sandanski

OFC Vihren is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sandanski, currently playing in the South-West Third League. Sandanski's home ground is the Sandanski Stadium in Sandanski with a capacity of 6,000.

Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag pronunciation is a former Indian cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive batsmen of all time, Sehwag played as an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and also bowled part-time right-arm off-spin.

Battle of Velbazhd

The Battle of Velbazhd is a battle which took place between Bulgarian and Serbian armies on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil).The growing power of the Serbian Kingdom from the late 13th century raised serious concerns in the traditional Balkan powers Bulgaria and Byzantine Empire which agreed for joint military actions against Serbia in 1327. Three years later the bulk of the Bulgarian and Serbian armies clashed at Velbazhd and the Bulgarians were caught by surprise.

Kyustendil
Kyustendil

Kyustendil is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see. The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, near the borders of Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia; 90 km southwest of Sofia, 130 km northeast of Skopje and 243 km north of Thessaloniki.

Dejanović noble family
Dejanović noble family

The Dejanović or Dragaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгаш, pl.

Vihren
Vihren

Vihren is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching 2,914 metres (9,560 ft), it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus.

Vihren Peak
Vihren Peak

Vihren Peak is a sharp peak rising to about 1150 m in Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica overlooking Devnya Valley and Huron Glacier to the north-northwest, and Magura Glacier to the southeast. The feature is named after the homonymous summit of the Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria.

Vihren refuge
Vihren refuge

The Vihren refuge is situated in the Pirin mountain, southwestern Bulgaria at an altitude of 1,915 m. It is composed of two massive buildings and bungalows.

Vihren (village)
Vihren (village)

Vihren is a village in the municipality of Sandanski, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
Virendranath Chattopadhyaya

Virendranath Chattopadhyaya , alias Chatto, (1880 – 2 September 1937, Moscow), was a prominent Indian revolutionary who worked to overthrow the British Raj in India by using the force of arms as a tool. He created alliances with the Germans during World War I, was part of the Berlin Committee organising Indian students in Europe against the British, and explored actions by the Japanese at the time.

Virendra Razdan

Virendra Razdan was an Indian film and television actor.

Virender Lal Chopra

Virender Lal Chopra was an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, agriculturalist and a director-general of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), known to have contributed to the development of wheat production in India. He was the chancellor of Central University of Kerala, a Chancellor of the Central Agricultural University, Imphal and a member of the Planning Commission of India.

Virendra Singh (physicist)

Virendra Singh is an Indian theoretical physicist and a former C. V. Raman chair professor and director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Known for his research in high energy physics, Singh is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies - Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, India as well as The World Academy of Sciences.