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rifle, which was bought by the
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was appointed Chief of the
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Reenactors dressed as
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is named after the
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companies each. Later on, 6 more independent detachments formed later are included.
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The militias were trained by
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269:(опълченец-поборник) roughly meaning "folk-" or "regiment-combatant" .
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11th
Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Gasparevski,
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Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Tizenkhausen,
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8th
Militia druzhina, commanded by Staff-captain Merchanski,
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Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878
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9th Militia druzhina, commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Lvov,
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Friendly doctors were appointed, including the Bulgarians
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and after the end of the war went on to form Bulgaria's
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12th Militia druzhina, commanded by Major Kornilovech.
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1st Militia Brigade, commanded by Colonel Korsakov,
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328:Lieutenant-Colonel
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391:Sava Mirkov
290:Holy Mother
286:Samara flag
247:Opalchentsi
18:Opalchentsi
993:Categories
822:agreements
544:References
486:Antarctica
472:, namely "
464:Ivan Vazov
175:Montenegro
648:Bulgarian
406:Chassepot
312:Structure
274:manifesto
259:Bulgarian
255:опълченци
251:Bulgarian
182:Opponents
76:1877–1878
38:опълченци
34:Bulgarian
30:Volunteer
872:See also
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335:Captain
106:Ideology
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89:Bulgaria
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63:Leaders
298:Second
282:Samara
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