also participated in the Battle of the Crna Bend (1916), and in World War II, it participated in the Stratsinsko-Kumanovska Operation (Bulgarian: Страцинско-Kумановска Операция), and the villagers fought in the battles at Stratsin and Strazhin. During 1941-44, during the so-called Partisan Movement, the citizens of Razhevo remained loyal to the government. The Partisans Atanas Nikolov Chomakov (Bulgarian: Атанас Николов Чомаков) and Mincho Nikolov Rangelov (Bulgarian: Минчо Николов Рангелов) from Padarsko were betrayed by Rangel Dokov and the mayor of the village Lazar Chonov, trapped in Dokov's barn, and, after a short fight, in which Razhevo citizens such as Krum Vitanov Hristov participated, captured. In the small park in Razhevo there is a statue of Chomakov. References Villages in Plovdiv Province