Temperature amplitudes vary significantly in different areas. [351] Many literary and artistic masterpieces were destroyed by the Ottoman conquerors, and artistic activities did not re-emerge until the National Revival in the 19th century. The Bulgarian language is written in the Cyrillic script. [375] Mavrud, Rubin, Shiroka melnishka, Dimiat and Cherven Misket are the typical grapes used in Bulgarian wine. When a stork is seen, the martenitsa should be left on a tree. In part, this was motivated by his desire to create a modern army which could secure all of the national territory. [117] During the 10th century the Bulgarians established a form of national identity that was far from modern nationalism but helped them to survive as a distinct entity through the centuries. [81] In the years following independence, Bulgaria increasingly militarised and was often referred to as "the Balkan Prussia". [62][63] The Bulgarian nobility had vanished, leaving an egalitarian peasant society with a small but growing urban middle class. With the decline of the Ottoman Empire after 1700, signs of revival started to emerge. [141] The Supreme Judicial Council manages the system and appoints judges. The Thracian Plain is roughly triangular, beginning southeast of Sofia and broadening as it reaches the Black Sea coast. [109] Also see Human rights in Bulgaria. They never achieved any form of unity beyond short, dynastic rules at the height of the Greek classical period. [38] Gradually, the interior of the peninsula became a country of the South Slavs, who lived under a democracy. [369] Since then, freedom of the press has deteriorated to the point where Bulgaria scores 111th globally in the World Press Freedom Index, lower than all European Union members and membership candidate states. km of land area)", "Population and Demographic Processes in 2018", "Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries", "World Bank: The demographic crisis is Bulgaria's most serious problem", "Demographic crisis in Bulgaria deepening", "Will EU Entry Shrink Bulgaria's Population Even More? The Bulgars, led by Asparuh, attacked from the lands of Old Great Bulgaria and permanently invaded the Balkans in the late 7th century. Perspectives migrations internationales 2016 et Eurostat. Western Bulgarians. [71], As Ottoman power began to wane, Habsburg Austria and Russia saw Bulgarian Christians as potential allies. The Slavic language was officialized at the same time with Christianity, so Slavic paganism has never been a state religion of Bulgaria or more influential than Tengriism. This might have facilitated their eventual Slavonization,[97] although the majority of the population appears to have been withdrawn to the hinterland of Constantinople or Asia Minor prior to any permanent Slavic and Bulgar settlement south of the Danube. Samuil died shortly after the battle,[55] and by 1018 the Byzantines had conquered the First Bulgarian Empire. In 1950 diplomatic relations with the U.S. were broken off. On the day of St. Vlas, the tradition of a "wooly" god Veles established itself, a god who is considered to be a protector of shepherds, and bread is given to the livestock on that day. [89] Turkey had a non-aggression pact with Bulgaria. The treaties provided for the partition of the regions of Macedonia and Thrace between the allies, although the lines of partition were left dangerously vague. After reaching its apogee in the 1230s, Bulgaria started to decline due to a number of factors, most notably its geographic position which rendered it vulnerable to simultaneous attacks and invasions from many sides. Most Bulgarians are at least nominally members of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church founded in 870 AD (autocephalous since 927 AD). 2015, Despotate of Dobruja (Principality of Karvuna), Negotiations of Bulgaria with the Central Powers and the Entente, Military convention between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Bulgaria&oldid=1125458359, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Articles with self-published sources from January 2018, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from September 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Rummel, Rudolph, Statistics of Democide, 1997. Some towns such as Gabrovo, Tryavna, Karlovo, Koprivshtitsa, Lovech, Skopie prospered. In 1362 they captured Philippopolis (Plovdiv), and in 1382 they took Sofia. 32 relations. [2] Subjugation of Macedonia was part of Persian military operations initiated by Darius the Great (521486 BC). Under the Treaty of Neuilly (November 1919) Bulgaria ceded its Aegean coastline to Greece, recognized the existence of Yugoslavia, ceded nearly all of its Macedonian territory to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and had to give Dobruja back to Romania. [107][108] These supposed proportions have been changed several times during the 20th century, emphasizing usually the Slavic part of Bulgarian ancestry, related to the traditionally strong Russophilia in the country. Central government weakened over the decades and this had allowed a number of local Ottoman holders of large estates to establish personal ascendancy over separate regions. [109][110] However, during the 1970s the Thracology was especially supported by the communist authority, as an attempt to underline the indigenous influence into the Bulgarian ethnogenesis. [2] Darius' army subjugated several Thracian peoples, and virtually all other regions that touch the European part of the Black Sea, such as parts of nowadays Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and Russia, before it returned to Asia Minor. Stalin died in March 1953 and in March 1954 Chervenkov was deposed as Party Secretary with the approval of the new leadership in Moscow and replaced by Todor Zhivkov. [29] By the end of the 3rd century, a new threat appeared for the people of the Thracian region in the shape of the Roman Empire. [60] The empire reached its zenith under Ivan Asen II (12181241), when its borders expanded as far as the coast of Albania, Serbia and Epirus, while commerce and culture flourished. Many of these are personified as witches, whereas other creatures like zmey and samodiva (veela) are either benevolent guardians or ambivalent tricksters. ", Birman, Mikhail. [103][104][105][106] However the controversial issue of their ethnogenesis is a popular subject in the works of the nationalist scientists. [261][262][263][264] Chronic government underinvestment in research since 1990 has forced many professionals in science and engineering to leave Bulgaria. 2463. Boyko Borisov). For instance, the US has laws that a US citizen must enter the US on a US passport, even if they hold other another citizenship that would also allow them entry. [128] More than 35% of the land area is covered by forests. [386] Placed 39th in 2018, it is Bulgaria's highest-ranked club in UEFA. The new territory of Bulgaria was limited between the Danube and the Stara Planina range, with its seat at the old Bulgarian capital of Veliko Turnovo and including Sofia. The Coat of arms of Bulgaria is a state symbol of the sovereignty and independence of the Bulgarian people and state. In the late 6th centuryBC, parts of what is nowadays Bulgaria, in particular the eastern region of the country, came under the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Nationality of Bulgaria is Bulgarian. [120] Nevertheless, at the end of the 14th century, the Ottomans conquered the whole of Bulgaria. [207] Strong economic performance in the early 2000s reduced government debt from 79.6% in 1998 to 14.1% in 2008. Bulgaria covers a . Bulgaria has 6,238 kilometres (3,876mi) of railway track, [285] with rail links available to Romania, Turkey, Greece, and Serbia, and express trains serving direct routes to Kyiv, Minsk, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. [118][119], In 1018 Bulgaria lost its independence and remained a Byzantine subject until 1185, when the Second Bulgarian Empire was created. [259] The same year, Bulgaria ranked 39th out of 50 countries in the Bloomberg Innovation Index, the highest score being in education (24th) and the lowest in value-added manufacturing (48th). As communist governments fell in eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Bulgaria was suddenly released from the magnetic field of the Soviet giant and drifted into the uneasy terrain of postcommunism. Fish and chicken are widely eaten and while beef is less common as most cattle are bred for milk production rather than meat, veal is a natural byproduct of this process and it is found in many popular recipes. During the 20th century, Slavo-Macedonian national feeling has shifted. After several years of reforms, it joined the European Union and the single market in 2007, despite EU concerns over government corruption. Vilnius, 1994. [161] Instruments Gadulka, Gusla, Duduk, gaida Dvoyanka are analogous to other Slavic gudok, dudka and Dvodentsivka. During Ottoman rule, a substantial number of Bulgarians converted to Islam, forming the community of the Pomaks or Muslim Bulgarians. The latter gradually inflicted total linguistic replacement of Thracian, if the Thracians had not already been Romanized or Hellenized. [164] According to other beliefs the danger peaks at the so-called few days around the New Year Eve "Dirty Days", this time starts at Koleda, which merged with Christmas, when groups of kids koledari visit houses, singing carols and receiving a gift at parting. [77] According to archeological evidence from the late periods of Roman rule, the Romans did not decrease the number of Thracians significantly in major cities. [88] The sudden death of Boris III in mid-1943 pushed the country into political turmoil as the war turned against Germany, and the communist guerrilla movement gained momentum. Medieval Bulgaria was the most important cultural centre of the Slavic peoples at the end of the 9th and throughout the 10th century. [148][149] The Oresharski government resigned in July 2014 amid continuing large-scale protests. In 513 BC - after immense preparations - a huge Achaemenid army invaded the Balkans and tried to defeat the European Scythians roaming to the north of the Danube river. However, despite the lack of official declarations of war by both sides, the Bulgarian Navy was involved in a number of skirmishes with the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, which attacked Bulgarian shipping. In 1870, a Bulgarian Exarchate was created by a firman and the first Bulgarian Exarch, Antim I, became the natural leader of the emerging nation. [380] Stoichkov is the most successful Bulgarian player of all time; he was awarded the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball and was considered one of the best in the world while playing for FC Barcelona in the 1990s. [96] Asparukh's Bulgars made a tribal union with the Severians and the "Seven clans", who were re-settled to protect the flanks of the Bulgar settlements in Scythia Minor, as the capital Pliska was built on the site of a former Slavic settlement. Neighbours of Bulgaria. [8][9] The earliest known town in Europe, Solnitsata, was located in present-day Bulgaria. [164] The ancient Slavic custom to marry died people occurred in Bulgarian society. . Stambolov negotiated loans with western European countries to develop the economic and military strength of Bulgaria. The Turks eliminated the Bulgarian system of nobility and ruling clergy, and Bulgaria remained an integral Ottoman Empire territory for the next 500 years. 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Thereafter the Macedonian Empire incorporated the Odrysian kingdom[21] and Thracians became an inalienable component in the extra-continental expeditions of both Philip II and Alexander III (the Great). It was not until the 1850s when the Bulgarians initiated a purposeful struggle against the Patriarchate of Constantinople. [164] Torbalan is the Sack Man used to scare children, along with Baba Yaga, who is a witch in her Bulgarian version.[164]. [164] Rusalka is believed to be a variety of the samodivi and Nav, but the latter are considered little fairies. The strongest reaction, however, came from Russia. Under his leadership, agriculture was collectivised, peasant rebellions were crushed, and a massive industrialisation campaign was launched. Bulgaria joined NATO in 2004 and the European Union in 2007. This includes the Rhodope Mountains (Bulgarian: Rodopi; Greek: Rhodopis), which rise to 7,188 feet (2,190 metres) at Golyam Perelik Peak; the Rila Mountains, rising to 9,596 feet (2,925 metres) at Musala Peak, which is the highest point in the country and indeed in the whole Balkan Peninsula; the Pirin Mountains, with Vikhren Peak reaching 9,560 feet; and a frontier range known as the Belasitsa Mountains. [186] The first deployment of foreign troops on Bulgarian soil since World War II occurred in 2001, when the country hosted six KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and 200 support personnel for the war effort in Afghanistan. The struggle between the Bulgarians and the Greek Phanariotes intensified throughout the 1860s. ), The Treaty of San Stefano was signed on 3 March 1878 and set up an autonomous Bulgarian principality on the territories of the Second Bulgarian Empire, including the regions of Moesia, Thrace and Macedonia,[67][68] though the state was de jure only autonomous but de facto functioned independently. [214] Economic growth statistics take into account illegal transactions from the informal economy, which is the largest in the EU as a percentage of economic output. The eneolithic Varna culture (5000 BC)[11] represents the first civilization with a sophisticated social hierarchy in Europe. [258] Antarctic research is actively carried out through the St. Kliment Ohridski Base on Livingston Island in Western Antarctica. Who is the national founder of Bulgaria? [140][141], Bulgarians are considered most closely related to the neighbouring Macedonians. Tervel accepts and the Arabs are decimated outside the walls of the city. Since 1989 Bulgaria has held multi-party elections and privatized its economy, but economic difficulties and a tide of corruption have led over 800,000 Bulgarians, including many qualified professionals, to emigrate in a "brain drain". [226], The labour force is 3.36million people,[235] of whom 6.8% are employed in agriculture, 26.6% in industry and 66.6% in the services sector. with evidence of toponymy throughout the regional groups linking directly to the deities Svarog, Perun, Hors and Veles, while the regional group Hartsoi derive their name from god Hors. 23 ", "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Bulgarians in Argentina", "Bevolking; geslacht, leeftijd, generatie en migratieachtergrond, 1 januari", "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables", "International Migration Outlook 2016 OECD READ edition", "Bevlkerung nach Staatsangehrigkeit und Geburtsland", "Utrikes fdda efter fdelseland, kn och r", "National Institute of Statistics of Portugal Foreigners in 2013", "Bulgaria's State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad Study about the number of Bulgarian immigrants as of 03.2011", "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria Bulgarians in South Africa", "Vest 31.12. It was superseded by the Treaty of Berlin, signed on 13 July. Influences from the steppes of western Asia also penetrated the region at that time. American scientists and inventors of Bulgarian descent include John Atanasoff, Peter Petroff, and Assen Jordanoff. Chervenkov stayed on as Prime Minister until April 1956, when he was dismissed and replaced by Anton Yugov. Bulgarians generally refer to the results of the treaty as the "Second National Catastrophe. It too failed to break the stalemate, as no political party was able to form a coalition government. Countries and Nationalities: Rest of the world 4. There was little popular opposition, since the Soviet Union was in a non-aggression pact with Germany. Bulgaria's economic advancement during the era came to an end in the 1980s, and the collapse of the Communist system in Eastern Europe marked a turning point for the country's development. Muuttujina Maakunta, Kieli, Ik, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot", "SODB2021 - Obyvatelia - Zkladn vsledky", " | Dnes.bg ", "Republic of North Macedonia - State Statistical Office", ": 200.000 ", Late Antiquity: a Guide to the Postclassical World, In Search of the Lost Tribe: the Origins and Making of the Croatian Nation, " ", "Genetic Heritage of the Balto-Slavic Speaking Populations: A Synthesis of Autosomal, Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Data", "The Roman Army as a Factor of Romanisation in the North-Eastern Part of Moesia Inferior", " .. . Among the most similar relatives of the latter for example is Ukrainian hutsul, but the kalpak is attributed to Ottoman influence. The Volga Bulgars were the first to ever defeat the Mongolic horde and protected Europe for decades, but after countless Mongol invasions the Kingdom of the Volga Bulgars was destroyed and most of its citizens slaughtered or sold as slaves in Asia. SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria has detained 70 suspected illegal migrants in a bus at parking lot on a highway near the southern city of Sliven early on Sunday and rushed some of them to hospital . [162], Bulgaria has a civil law legal system. In 2017, the Bulgarian nationality is ranked twenty-sixth in the Nationality Index (QNI). [29] The modern-day village of Tulovo bears the name of this relatively short-lived kingdom. Today its gaze is firmly fixed on the West; Bulgaria became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2004 and of the European Union (EU) in 2007. The ministries of defence, the interior and justice are allocated the largest share of the annual government budget, whereas those responsible for the environment, tourism and energy receive the least funding. [19][20] The associated Varna Necropolis treasure contains the oldest golden jewellery in the world with an approximate age of over 6,000 years. [23][24][25], The Thracians, one of the three primary ancestral groups of modern Bulgarians, appeared on the Balkan Peninsula some time before the 12th century BC. Extending southward from the Danube to the foothills of the Balkan Mountains is the fertile, hilly Danubian Plain. Bulgars were polytheistic, but chiefly worshiped the supreme deity Tangra. [385] Ludogorets is remarkable for having advanced from the local fourth division to the 201415 UEFA Champions League group stage in a mere nine years. [350] The Rila Monastery was established by Saint John of Rila, Bulgaria's patron saint, whose life has been the subject of numerous literary accounts since Medieval times. . . , , w: , page 3. rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee, Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, "Bevlkerung und Erwerbsttigkeit Auslndische Bevlkerung, Ergebnisse des Auslnderzentralregisters (2020)", " ? The revolt was poorly organized and started before the planned date. - ". . ". High quality Bulgaria Nationality-inspired gifts and merchandise. [173], Bulgaria is a unitary state. The empire's authority declined after a catastrophic military defeat at Manzikert against Seljuk invaders, and was further disturbed by the Crusades. One of Kubrat's successors, Asparukh, migrated with some of the Bulgar tribes to the area around the Danube delta, and subsequently conquered Scythia Minor and Moesia Inferior from the Byzantine Empire, expanding his new kingdom further into the Balkan peninsula. [74][75], The Treaty of San Stefano was signed on 3 March 1878 by Russia and the Ottoman Empire. By 1396, they were subjugated by the Ottoman Empire. Russia worked to convince them to settle in areas recently conquered by it, especially in Bessarabia. 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