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{{about|the village in Bulgaria|the name|Aydemir (name)}}
[[File:Aydemir Russian Lipovan church TB 1.JPG|right|thumb|The [[Old Believer]] [[Lipovan]] Russian church in Tataritsa, Aydemir]]
[[Image:Aydemir location in Bulgaria.png|right|frame|Location of Aydemir in Bulgaria]]
'''Aydemir''' ({{langx|bg|Айдемир}}, also ''Aidemir'', ''Ajdemir'') is a village in northeastern [[Bulgaria]], part of [[Silistra Municipality]], [[Silistra Province]]. Aydemir had 5711 inhabitants in 2016, down from 9095 short after the fall of communism in 1992. It is the second most populous village in Bulgaria: the village of [[Lozen, Sofia Province|Lozen]] took the lead as its population grew to 6252 people while Aydemir lost many inhabitants in the same period. Aydemir lies at {{coord|44|6|N|27|10|E}}, 31 m above sea level. The village is located in the valley of the [[Danube]], 3&nbsp;km south of the river and 8&nbsp;km west of [[Silistra]], on the road from Silistra to [[Rousse]]. The mayor is Rumen Angelov.
Aydemir is divided into three parts: the centre, the quarter of Delenkite, and the quarter of Tataritsa,<ref name=official>{{cite web|title=Официален уеб сайт на село Айдемир |url=http://www.aidemir.com |access-date=2007-03-21 |language=bg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314181717/http://aidemir.com/%23 |archive-date=14 March 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> which was founded in 1674 by [[Old Believer]] [[Nekrasov Cossacks]] (''see [[Russians in Bulgaria]]'') at a location prior to that inhabited by [[Tatars]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.standartnews.com/archive/2002/09/15/nedelnik/s3487_13.htm |title=Липованците не пушат, но пият като смоци |language=bg |publisher=Стандарт |date=2002-09-15 |access-date=2007-01-15 }}</ref> Tataritsa is now one of the only two [[Lipovans|Lipovan]] villages in Bulgaria, the other being [[Kazashko]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.revistadesociologie.ro/pdf-uri/nr.3-4-2014/05-MConstantin.pdf|title=The ethno-cultural belongingness of Aromanians, Vlachs, Catholics, and Lipovans/Old Believers in Romania and Bulgaria (1990–2012)|first=Marin|last=Constantin|journal=Revista Română de Sociologie|location=[[Bucharest]]|volume=25|issue=3–4|pages=255–285|year=2014}}</ref>
The village has a church, the Church of the [[Holy Trinity]], which was constructed in 1829.<ref name=official/> For a certain period, it was named '''Knyaz Hesenski''' (Княз Хесенски, "[[Rulers of Hesse|Grand Duke of Hesse]]") in honour of [[Alexander, Prince of Bulgaria|Alexander I Battenberg]], the first monarch of modern Bulgaria.
According to Ancho Kaloyanov, the name of the village is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] άγιος (''agios'', "[[Saint]]") and the shortening of the personal name [[Demetrius]], i.e. "[[Saint Demetrius]]", both through [[Turkic languages|Turkic]].<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Моите предци — на мене, аз — на вас, а вие — на вашите деца!... |chapter-url=http://liternet.bg/publish/akaloianov/milim.htm |language=bg |last=Калянов |first=Анчо |title=Милим Божне ле, Коладе ле (Коледни песни от с. Айдемир, Силистренско) |url=http://liternet.bg/publish4/datanasov/milim/content.html |publisher=LiterNet }}</ref>
In 1924, a 14th-century treasure comprising 101 silver coins, including some of [[List of Bulgarian monarchs|Tsar]] [[Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria]], was discovered near the village.<ref>{{cite book |title=Тайните същровище на България, част I |last=Божиков |first=В. |author2=Н. Янков |language=bg |url=http://treasures.zonebg.com/facts.htm }}</ref>
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==External links==
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* [http://www.aidemir.com/ Website of the village] {{in lang|bg}}
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