The area in the Bulgarian town of Pomorie earned the nickname "Little Moscow". Such a colorful name the area, which real name sounds like "Malko Soleno Ezero", earned due to the large number of Russians living there, according to ee24.com citing newsbg.ru.
It is noteworthy that even the deputy mayor Ilya Jingov in an interview admitted that such an endonym has the right to exist, as the Russian-speaking community of the city is growing steadily. The officials said that at this point Pomorie has approximately 5,000 Russian-speaking people, and almost 90% of them came from Russia.
Bulgaria is in eighth place in the list of favorite tourist destinations for Russians. Pomorie is the third largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Here is the thriving wine industry, and tourists come en masse to the local sanitariums, famous for its mineral waters and curative mud.
Most local Russians are the pensioners, but also here comes a lot of young people who decided to go into business in Bulgaria. According to the deputy, the most common business among Russians in Pomorie is to mediate in the sale of real estate.