Berkovo events and figures in Vazov's work

Having hidden the order under No. 145 of February 23, 1879 of the Office of the Russian Imperial Commissioner in the pocket of his uniform as a state councilor, "the junior clerk for special orders at the Ruse governorship, Ivan Vazov boarded the Austro-Hungarian passenger steamer "Tegetov" on March 6 of this year in the afternoon and early the next morning arrived at the port of Lom-palanka, bustling with cars and people and crammed with goods. From here, Vazov rented a carriage and that same evening arrived in Berkovitsa, where he took up the position of chairman of the district court.