Rakovski, Razgrad Province
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Rakovski (Selo Rakovski) is a village situated 6 km from Razgrad Train Station (Gara Razgrad) and 12 km from the City of Razgrad, Bulgaria.
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The village began around a Bulgarian school that opened on October 23, 1898, to ten students. The school is located in the lower end of the village where the current village church is built. The first teacher of the school was Liubomir Turnovski, a voluntary teacher, born in the City of Shumen and completed the 4th grade in the Men's High School in Razgrad.
The lower end of the village (located west of today's Municipal building) was called Kasim Kuiudjuk until 1931 and later Village of Rakovski (Selo Rakovski). Until 1931 the upper end of the village (located east of the Municipal building) was called Zindjirli Kuiudjuk and later Selo Kladentzi. In 1952, the two villages merged and were known as Selo Rakovski.
Rakovski enjoyed financial and civic prosperity in 1980 when the majority of the working adults were employed by the glass factory Dianko Stefanov. In the 1980s the local soccer team "Ustrem" moved from Amateur Division III into Division II and later into Elite A Division.
The school team whose players are generally 7th or 8th graders became province (okrujni) champions two years in a row and move into regional competition with teams of Trustenik (Ruse) and Sokol (Silistra).
According to official sources, in 2006, Rakovski had a population of 3737. However, according to the Mayor of Rakovski — Byunat Tatarov — in 2007 the village has 3,998 inhabitants and is about to reach 4,000 people very soon.
