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With all this salt, you still don't understand "Vazrazhdane"

In the photo: Protest of "Vazrazhdane" against the "Borisov" cabinet Kilograms of salt are piling up in the cleverly beautiful corners of social networks. Anti-vaxxer-fascists will be in the next National Assembly and there, like all other nationalists so far... they will sell passports and overdo it with stimulants. Or maybe not. In fact, even mainstream sociologists already feel that things are ...

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The April Uprising or how envy of market success kills

The April 1876 uprising is a landmark event in Bulgarian history. The motives for it lie in the dissatisfaction of some of the Bulgarians of the time with the Ottoman state power. The history of the uprising is often misused, but there are two neglected and important aspects in it. First of all: it covered settlements with …

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A Historical Hitchhiker's Guide – The Market in the Bulgarian Renaissance

The market process played an important role in the development of Bulgarian society before the Liberation. It steadily penetrated even into spheres and areas that were perceived as isolated from it. Its spontaneous manifestations left an imprint on educational work, cultural institutions and social life. Read through the prism of voluntary exchange, supply and demand …

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Rila Monastery, bankruptcy and the ideals of the Bulgarian National Revival today and 200 years ago

Rila Monastery

The Rila Monastery will receive over half a million leva as a state subsidy, it became clear in news from early June. In typical government style, a sensitive and popular topic related to one of the most important sites in Bulgarian history and culture was immediately resolved through unclear procedures by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. …

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Order without a state

In the mid-19th century, the French economist Frédéric Bastiat gave perhaps the most brilliant definition of what a state is. It is “the fiction by which everyone wants to live at the expense of everyone else.” At the same time, another French-speaking economist, Gustave de Molinari, wrote an article in which he questioned the state’s …

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The Bulgarians, the Ottoman Empire and Weapons: Part II

The carrying of weapons among the Bulgarian population has deep traditions even during the Ottoman rule. Contrary to popular belief, the Bulgarians were not at all defenseless. In fact, on the contrary, they were quite often found with weapons in their hands despite the suspicion and prohibitions of the authorities, and during the period of the Kardzhali unrest (the end of the 17th century …

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The Bulgarians, the Ottoman Empire and Weapons: Part I

Author: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hristiyan Atanasov The possession of weapons by Bulgarians during the Ottoman rule is not an unexplored or neglected problem by historians. However, it hardly figures in the mass consciousness, with the exception of the image of the outlaws, who in most cases are presented as rebels against the authorities and "people's champions". In fact ...

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The State vs. "Tsar" Pencho: Monetary History Before the Liberation

Author: Hristiyan Atanasov Money has always attracted attention. Everyone wants to own it, control it, and especially have the right to produce it. Having arisen spontaneously to facilitate market exchange, it quickly becomes the darling of the political authorities, which try to monopolize it. The reason is more than clear…

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The Creative Hiatus in Bulgarian Culture after the Liberation

From a historical and political point of view, there is no way to dispute the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire after the Russo-Turkish War in 1877-78. This was the beginning of the new Bulgarian state with a relatively independent policy in all spheres of life, which gave many freedoms to Bulgarian citizens – or at least those who were lucky enough to have them …

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The Value Testament of Vasil Levski

Vasil Levski

Today (18.07) is a significant date in the Bulgarian calendar. On this day, in 1837, the greatest Bulgarian hero and revolutionary was born – Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, better known by the famous nickname Vasil "Levski". Also known as the Apostle of Freedom, Levski is the most important Bulgarian revolutionary. His merits as an organizer of the revolutionary movement …

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