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'{{Infobox settlement AL |type = v |official_name = Bularat |other_name = Βουλιαράτες | image_skyline = Άποψη του χωριού Βουλιαράτι.JPG |image_caption = View of the village |county = Gjirokastër |municipality = [[Dropull]] |coordinates = {{coord|39|54|22|N|20|17|37|E|type:settlement|display=inline,title}} |elevation = 350 |website = {{URL|http://vouliarati.altervista.org}} {{dead link|date=July 2023}} }} '''Bularat''' ({{lang-sq-definite|Bularati}}; [[romanization of Greek|romanized]] ''Vouliarátes'') is a village in [[Gjirokastër County]], southern [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Bularat&country=AL|title=Location of Bularat}}</ref> At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality of [[Dropull]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6371|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref> It is inhabited solely by [[Greeks in Albania|Greeks]].<ref name=Kallivretakis>{{cite web|last1=Kallivretakis|first1=Leonidas|title=Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα της Αλβανίας υπό το Πρίσμα της Ιστορικής Γεωγραφίας και Δημογραφίας [The Greek Community of Albania in Terms of Historical Geography and Demography]|url=http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8696|publisher=Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης|accessdate=2 February 2015|page=58|language=Greek|date=1995}}</ref> It is located just 6&nbsp;km away from the Greek-Albanian border. ==Name== Its name contains the Albanian suffix -at, widely used to form toponyms from personal names and surnames.<ref name="Çabej">{{cite book | last=Çabej | first=Eqerem | title=Studime gjuhësore: Hyrje në historinë e gjuhës shqipe. Fonetika historike. Parashtesat | publisher=Rilindja | series=Biblioteka Linguistikë | year=1976 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SppVoCBC0CoC | language=sq | access-date=2022-08-06 | page=210}}</ref> == History == Archeological findings (clay objects) discovered in 1979 prove that the village has been continuously inhabited since the 3rd century BC. The village has a 16th century [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] church, St. Athanasios.<ref name=agpanag>Αγαθοκλής Παναγούλιας, [http://agpanag.blogspot.com/2016/10/ Πεσόντες του 40], Η δοξολογία, 30 October 2016.</ref> A battle occurred near the village during the [[Greco-Italian War]], which resulted in a [[Kingdom of Greece|Greek]] victory with 15 casualties and 130 wounded (on the Greek side).<ref>[http://ellogosar.blogspot.com/2013/12/1-1940.html 1 Δεκεμβρίου 1940: Η φονική μάχη στο ύψωμα Αγίου Αθανασίου στους Βουλιαράτες Αργυροκάστρου] [1 December 1940: The deadly fight on the hill of St. Athanasios in Vouliarates of Argyrokastro]. 1/12/2013. ellogosar.</ref> Following the capture of the village and its surroundings by Greek forces, a temporary hospital was established to heal wounded soldiers, of whom 60 eventually died however. A military graveyard was also erected, for casualties of other nearby battles. This is still open to the public today.<ref>[https://left.gr/news/istoriko-koimitirio-nekrotafeio-ton-ellinon-pesonton-1940-41-stis-voyliarates «Ιστορικό κοιμητήριο» το νεκροταφείο των Ελλήνων πεσόντων 1940-41 στις Βουλιαράτες] [«Historical graveyard» the graveyard of the Greek soldiers 1940-1941 in Vouliarates], 21/12/2017, left.gr</ref><ref name=agpanag /> The first school was established in the 1700s. It was repaired in 1830 by donations from wealthy [[Georgios Kouremenos]], the name of which was found on an inscription of a slab. In 1905, a girls-only school was established from expenses of architect Vasilakos Kouremenos. In 1935, [[Albania|Albanian authorities]] temporarily closed the school, resulting in reactions from locals, following clashes with the Albanian gendarmerie on 17 June.<ref>[[Hellenic Army General Staff]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=KxlXAAAAYAAJ The struggle for Northern Epirus], 9789607897404, p. 386: ''The Greeks openen the schools by forces and ... as the village of Vouliarates... 17 July 1935.''</ref> In 1993, Albanian authorities arrested the mayor of the village due to offence caused by waving of Greek flags in the village during annual celebrations commemorating Greece's [[Ochi Day|entry to World War II]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4CrpzRJCbckC&pg=PA72 Central and South-Eastern Europe 2003], By Imogen Bell, p. 72.</ref> == Demographics == According to the local newspaper, {{lang|el|Το Γραφικό Βουλιαράτι}}, the village had 1,308 inhabitants in 1912. According to a 1995 research, the village had 833 inhabitants, all of which were ethnically Greeks.<ref name= Kallivretakis /> == Notable individuals == *Vasileios Kouremenos ([[:el:Βασίλειος Κουρεμένος|el]]), architect and professor of the [[National Technical University of Athens]] *Konstantinos Katsifas ([[:el:Υπόθεση Κατσίφα|el]]), builder; killed by Albanian authorities on 28 October 2018 == References == {{reflist}} == Bibliography == * Γεώργιος Γ. Καλυβόπουλος, Χρήστος Γ. Καλυβόπουλος, ''«Μπουλιαράτι Δερόπολη». Ιστορία - Λαϊκός Πολιτισμός'', Athens 1975 * Αγαθοκλής Πρ. Παναγούλιας, ''Όσοι δε γύρισαν από το μέτωπο: Αναφορά στους πεσόντες του Ελληνικού στρατού που φιλοξενεί το στρατιωτικό νεκροταφείο Βουλιαρατίου'', έκδοση: Αγαθοκλής Πρ. Παναγούλιας, Athens 2002 * Σύνδεσμος Συνταξιούχων Ελληνοδάσκαλων Εθνικής Ελληνικής Μειονότητας Νομού Αργυροκάστρου, ''Τα Πανάρχαια ελληνικά χωριά του Νομού Αργυροκάστρου'', Ioannina 2009 == External links == *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDDdOL-URW0 Different views of Voularati] {{Dropull div}} {{Greeks in Albania}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Gjirokastër County]] [[Category:Greek communities in Albania]]'