Old hotel "Elbrus"

Important events took place in this building, which was formerly known as the "Elbrus" hotel. The construction of Mikoyan-Shahar, which inspired its participants, was carried out here. In November 1935, the famous Bulgarian politician Georgi Dimitrov arrived in Mikoyan-Shahar at the invitation of the chairman of the Karachay Regional Executive Committee, Kurman Kurdzhiyev. Georgi Dimitrov, who was called the "Bulgarian Lenin" and the leader of the Bulgarian people, gave a speech to the working people of the Karachay Autonomous Region from the balcony of this building in 1935. After his death, a mausoleum was built for him in Sofia, resembling Lenin's Mausoleum in Moscow.