article_snippet.sent: Residents’ abandoned homes were inundated and destroyed when the settlement and surrounding area – including two other villages – in south-east Bulgaria were submerged in 1965.
article_snippet.sent: Most inhabitants moved to neighbouring villages that were not affected when the man-made lake formed.
article_snippet.sent: Homes were inundated and destroyed when the settlement and surrounding area – including two other towns – were submerged in 1965 .
article_snippet.sent: It is one of several settlements which no longer exist due to homes being washed away by Communist-era dams.
highlights_snippet.sent: The settlement and two other villages were wiped out when the land was submerged in 1965 .