Veselie (village)

Veselie is a village in Primorsko Municipality, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.

Geography

The village is situated in a valley near Ropotamo River, and part of it and Strandzha, about 30 km from Bourgas on the way to Primorsko. Located about 15 kilometers from two of the most beautiful resorts - Primorsko and Sozopol.

History

Village Veselie was established during the Ottoman rule in 1731 to lands around the village managed Saram Bay, and his subjects built their homes, with the result that occurred village. The old name is Saramusa. In 1861, near the village accommodated a group of Circassians, expelled from the Caucasus. Circassians establish a settlement named Chenger, but all attempts by the Turkish government official to become farmers in Caucasians fail. Circassians indulge in looting, stealing cattle, rape and murder. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, the Circassians from the village Chenger participate in various bandit gang and terrorize the local population. Some of them are mobilized into the army of Mehmed Ali Pasha, located in northeastern Bulgaria. After the general retreat of the Ottoman army in the winter of 1878 Circassians from Chenger leave the village and settled in Turkey.