Tag: Bulgaria

"During his imprisonment he gave an interview for the London Times, in which he explains that the Macedonians are a separate nation, to distinguish them from the Bulgarian or Serbian"

After the establishment of the Principality of Bulgaria in 1878, many Macedonians emigrated to the new state, creating the Macedonian emigration community in Bulgaria. According to the League of Nations, the total number of Macedonian emigrants in Bulgaria from 1878...

General historical hand atlas, or General Historical Handbook, is the name of a historical atlas created by historian Gustav Droysen, published 1886. It contains 96 cards with explanatory text. It was published by the publishing house of Velhagen &...

After a detailed examination of all available medieval drawings and miniatures, it can be said what exactly Samuel, his son Gavrilo Radomir, his daughters Miroslava and Kosara, his wife Agatha, but also his nephew Jovan Vladislav and his wife...

A 1972 CIA report testifies the suppression of Macedonians in Bulgaria. As can be seen from the document, the current policy of the neighboring country of Macedonia is a legacy of "the Bulgarian communist regime". We should not forget that...

There are attempts in modern times to present few pro-Bulgarian streams and factions in the Macedonian struggle for freedom as a global picture of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO, Macedonian: VMRO). However, this is just another poor attempt to...

The name of Tsar Samoil can hardly be found in the Bulgarian Orthodox literature, but modern Bulgaria claims the Tsar as the "sole exclusive heir". He is often wrongly called Samuil, but inscriptions (like the one in Gorna Prespa) prove...

From the archive a newspaper report from the Washington Times of April 26, 1903 - a few months before the well-known Macedonian Ilinden uprising against the Ottoman occupiers on August 2nd, showing some details abot the Bulgarian population back...

In 1922 the board of directors of the Macedonian repatriate organization "Ilinden" in Sofia (Bulgaria) turned to the Bulgarian minister of education, demanding the right to write and publish newspapers and writings in the Macedonian language. Bulgarian nationalists persistently repeat...