Някои категории население със специални задължения във Врачанско XV - XVIII век
Some categories of population with special obligations in the Vratsa region from 15th to 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The territories of the Vratsa Region, as part of the Ottoman Empire in the XV – XVIII century, were a nodal strategic border zone for a large part of this period. As such, a number of settlements here were inhabited by a population with special duties and with specific functions in the Ottoman military-economic system. A large part of the settlements in the region had the status of voynushki – entirely or mixed. The Voynushka’s landed properties in Vratsa region had small land holdings, of the order of 15 – 20 denyums of fields, vineyards, gardens, meadows and threshing floors. From the beginning of the 17th century, the Voynushka institute starts to decline, a number of Voynushkas abandoned their properties and/or began to cultivate other types of land. A special category of population are the Cherehors (cherahors, jerahors), who are classified with various specific functions – both as master builders and masons, workers in the maintenance of fortresses and fortifications, as well as sailors, steering ships, or a type of bachelors, pulling the Ottoman fleet of ports.

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