Totleben (Bulgarian: Тотлебен [ˈtɔtlɛbɛn]) is a village in Pordim Municipality, in the Pleven region of Bulgaria, situated in the Danube valley, on the left bank of the river Osam.

Totleben is located 25 km (16 mi) northeast of the city of Pleven, next to the E83 highway Sofia-Pleven-Ruse. The village is situated on a small creek that leads back to the land of Slavyanovo. Rich springs is his area. There are south-east - an important prerequisite for life, because this region is characterized by strong westerly winds. Totleben village and its lands are located in the basin of the river Osam. The terrain is flat, with fertile black soil.

The village is named after the famous Baltic German Russian military engineer general Eduard I. Totleben.

Favourable living conditions have attracted the attention of people from ancient times to testify that found the remains of dwellings, vessels, coins, other objects and building materials. It is assumed that they remained in villages, probably since the Thracian and Roman times. 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) from the village there are remains of another village, where they found buildings with a balance of buildings and appliances, and pipes and residue drainage. This settlement was probably from the time of the Second Bulgarian Kingdom. Most findings suggest that this settlement was a fairly advanced culture. At the end of the 17th century the village had about 500 houses. This can be judged that all the places where buildings have been found contain remains of houses from that time. In the legends we may consider that it was one of the largest villages in this region. The people lived in dugouts, houses covered with straw yards that were surrounded by deep ditches. At the end of the 17th century during wars involving Turkey with its neighbors, plague appeared. The plague spread rapidly and caused a large portion of the population to leave the village, seeking salvation from the terrible disease. The plague was so large in scale that at the beginning of the epidemic people burned their dead families in the dugouts, and then only the trees that held the doors were buried with the inhabitants under the rubble of the houses. The village was completely depopulated. For 12 years the village did not have a single inhabitant. After 12 years people began to return to their home areas. In the early 18th century there were between 15 and 17 houses in the village. Families then consisted of 50-60 people. The village was attacked several times by the hordes of Kardzhali, but was saved through ransom. By eradicating the population again kardzhaliystvoto returned to the old places. New settlers began to food in, increasing the number of inhabitants. The first craftsman who grew up in the village is ancestor of today Boyadjievs - Ivancho grandfather who teaches craft in Lovech, dyed yarn spread in all villages of the region all the way to the town of Nikopol.

Reportedly Vasil Levski repeatedly visited and stayed at home in the village of Ivancho "Bojadjiata" (Ivancho the Painter).

In 1870 Vasil Levski established a revolutionary committee in the village.

In 1939 in the village Totleben the beginning of a cooperative movement in Bulgaria was established, founding the first agricultural cooperative in Bulgaria - Labor cooperative farms (farms) "Rise". In September 2009 in the village Totleben marked the 70th anniversary of its founding.

In 1903 a Library/Cultural club - Chitalishte "Probuda"(Revival) in Totleben village was established by 19 citizens of the village (Founder Ivan D. Tanchev - chairman, Grigor Ivanov Boyadjiev - Vice-Chairman, Varbi Georgiev - clerk). In 1932 the Minister of Education Konstantin Muraviev visited Totleben. In [1940] poets Kalina Malina and Elissaveta Bagryana visited Totleben village and read their poems in the hall of the old Library/Cultural club "Probuda", located at the place of the home for children and adolescents at school "St.St. Cyril and Methodius". The new building of the library is built and opened in 1958 (President Mladen Antonov, Mayor K. Blazhev). In 1962 the writer Nikolay Haytov visited the village with the Pleven Theatre, which then played the first produced in Bulgaria piece of the writer. In the 1960s and 1970s the Library/Cultural club - Chitalishte "Probuda" has been visited repeatedly with their performances Pleven Theatre, magician Fakira Miti and many others. To the library/Cultural club "Probuda" was established and operates an extensive library.