The Kalofer massacre (Bulgarian: Калоферското клане) was the massacre of a total of 618 civilian Bulgarians, accompanied by the looting and arson of the village of Kalofer, suffered in two waves at the hands of Circassian bashi-bazouk in the course of July 1877, as part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). == Events == === The Circassians === The town was initially surrounded by a bashi-bazouk unit led by Silimi Pasha, in the beginning of July 1877.
The Kalofer massacre (Bulgarian: Калоферското клане) was the massacre of a total of 618 civilian Bulgarians, accompanied by the looting and arson of the village of Kalofer, suffered in two waves at the hands of Circassian bashi-bazouk in the course of July 1877, as part of the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). == Events == === The Circassians === The town was initially surrounded by a bashi-bazouk unit led by Silimi Pasha, in the beginning of July 1877.
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