Captain Bourago Monument

Captain Bourago Monument  is situated in the old Plovdiv park, once known as Dondukovsky park. The monument of capitain Bourago is a work of the Plovdiv sculptor Victor Todorov.
Captain Alexander Petrovich Bourago is the brave Russian officer, who in the night of January 4, 1878 led his cavalry squadron through the icy waters of the river Maritza, and prevented the withdrawing Turkish troops from setting a fire to the town.
The town escaped being set on fire, and the General Gourko's victory over the last fighting-efficient army of the Sultan Syuleyman Pasha sets the later outcome of the Russo-Turkish War.