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According to an excerpt from the History of the City of Vratsa - Bulgarian Historical Society, publishing house on the Patriotic Front in 1976 at 12.30 pm on October 28 (November 9 new style) 1877 Vratsa was in the hands of Russian troops, led by a Russian officer, Major General Nikolai Leonov. The Turks were finally driven out of the city. From time to time shots were still heard in the streets when the sounds of a cavalry trumpet were heard from the heights of the town in the Kaleto area. The staff trumpeter - the Russian soldier, the Cossack Petlak, stopped his white horse on the rock, played a "stop" to end the battle and announced the Liberation of the city of Vratsa after five centuries of slavery.