Pobeda, Burgas

Pobeda
Победа
District
An aerial view of Pobeda from the Black Sea. It is located on an isthmus and primarily made up of houses, with some industrial areas.
Pobeda in 2012
Pobeda is located in Bulgaria
Pobeda
Pobeda
Location within Bulgaria
Coordinates: 42°28′40″N 27°26′33″E / 42.477778°N 27.4425°E / 42.477778; 27.4425
CountryBulgaria
ProvinceBurgas Province
MunicipalityBurgas
CityBurgas

Pobeda, also known as Kumluka, (Bulgarian: Победа, lit. 'victory', Кумлука) is a district of Burgas, Bulgaria. Inhabited by predominantly Muslim Turkish Roma, it is one of the largest Romani communities in Bulgaria. Pobeda's population suffers from several issues, including high rates of dropping out of education and dismantlement of housing.

Overview

What is now Pobeda traditionally served as the source for drinking water in Burgas up to the 1890s. The area's wells, known as 'sweet wells', supplied Burgas with water due to the freshwater Lake Burgas being a source of malaria.[1] Back in the history its population was predominantly Bulgarian, but lately Romani. The district's plumbing and sewer system was opened in 2010, with the opening being attended by prime minister Boyko Borisov.[2]

The majority of Pobeda's population is Romani, and, as with most other Romani neighbourhoods in Bulgaria, suffers from high rates of dropping out from education.[3] Pobeda is one of the largest Roma neighbourhoods in Bulgaria.[4] As with most other Roma districts in Burgas, Pobeda is inhabited by Turkish Roma who are predominantly Muslim.[5] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria, Pobeda's population was subjected to surveillance by drones with thermal cameras to monitor body temperatures. As with other neighbourhoods in Burgas during the pandemic, movement through Pobeda was restricted to checkpoints.[6] Alongside other Muslim Roma-majority districts in Bulgaria, Pobeda has seen privatisation of land and demolitions of houses by the Burgas municipal government as illegal constructions, leading to allegations of deliberate displacements of Romani people by academic Piro Rexhepi.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Christov, Dimiter (2015). "The Rise of a Port: Socio-economic Development of Burgas in the 19th century". In Ardeleanu, Constantin; Lyberatos, Andreas (eds.). Port Cities of the Western Black Sea Coast and the Danube: Economic and Social Development in the Long Nineteenth Century (PDF). Black Sea History. Vol. 1. Ionian University. p. 181.
  2. ↑ "Bulgarian PM Honors Burgas on Fishermen Day". Novinite. 6 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Koleva, Yuliyana (7 June 2022). Учениците от малцинствата в Бургас отпадат от училище заради липса на подкрепа от родителите. UNICEF (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 Rexhepi, Piro (2023). White Enclosures: Racial Capitalism and Coloniality along the Balkan Route. On Decoloniality. Durham and London: Duke University Press. p. 2. doi:10.1215/9781478023913. ISBN 978-1-4780-2391-3. LCCN 2022026607.
  5. ↑ Slavkova, Magdalena (2004). "The "Turkish Gypsies" in Bulgaria and their New Religious Identity". In Todorović, Dragan (ed.). Evangelization, Conversion, Proselytism (PDF). Niš: Yugoslav Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Komren Sociological Encounters, PUNTA. p. 92.
  6. ↑ Panchev, Dimitar (December 2021). ""There are no smiles here, just human waste": The pandemic recycling of the urban precariat". Youth Voice Journal: 108. eISSN 2056-2969. ISBN 978-1-911634-37-9.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
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