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Different views on the (re)organization of society are promoted with different labels. Probably the most widely used are left and right. They should briefly explain the essence of proposed reforms and policies, and help identify the political opponent. In this text we will read the views of a Bulgarian “right” from the 1930s and early …

The title is a quote from the popular Bulgarian march "Great is our soldier", which was written in 1916. The author of the text is Second Lieutenant Konstantin Georgiev Popov from the 23rd Infantry Shipka Regiment. The year of writing is important. At that time, the country was involved in the third war in the second decade of the 20th century. Bulgarian participation ...

Often in more specialized circles, there is talk of the “Overton Window” – the conditional shift of the political “center” to the left over time, as ideas once considered quite ordinary are today presented in society as “extreme”. Here we will go back 100 years, to the time of the Bulgarian National Union of Socialists and Alexander Stamboliyski. The government …

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 …

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 …

Author: Stefan Boyadzhiev “Variety is life, uniformity is death.” Benjamin Constant is one of the most notable and colorful representatives of the generation of classical liberals between Montesquieu and Tocqueville. Unfortunately, to a large extent, he shares the fate of another great French thinker, Frederic Bastiat, and remains poorly recognized by future generations, which …

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 …

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 ...

In recent days, Bulgarian politicians have, with surprising consensus, declared open war on the invisible enemy Covid-19. Measures have been and are being taken that are akin to martial law. Forgotten practices such as curfews, total control over behavior, control over freedom of speech, restrictions disproportionate to the danger, and attacks on private …

Stoyan Panchev talks to Vasil Makarinov from the Architectural Modernism Foundation. You will be able to hear about the history of Sofia, how its appearance came about, what lies behind the past of some interesting buildings from all over the country, how history is preserved, what work the guys from Architectural Modernism do to …