THE POLICY OF JAPAN ON THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES ISSUE (THE END OF XX CENTURY – THE TURN OF XXI CENTURY)

Japan’s policy to USSR and on a matter on Northern territories issue in the framework of the Cold war pursued approach of separating politics from economics. Change in this strategy came in the beginning of 80s, when as a result of worsen international situati...

ABOUT THE NEED OF A NEW ADAPTED CURRICULUM IN HISTORY EDUCATION DEVELOPED SPECIALLY FOR THE BULGARIAN SCHOOLS ABROAD

In this study the problems related to the need of a new adapted curriculum in history education developed specially for the Bulgarian schools abroad is discussed. The manuscript highlights a number of issues with the existing statutory school programmes and i...

ARCHIVES’ GATE CONNECTS ARCHIVES WITH POTENTIAL USERS

How could web users, who seek history related information, be guided to the archives? This is a question we pondered at the National Archives of Finland in 2009, when we wanted to create something new to increase archives’ recognizability. This led to imple...

THE FATE OF THE JEWISH POPULATION IN GREECE DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE DOCUMENTARY COLLECTION “DOCUMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE GREEK JEWS: RECORDS FROM THE HISTORICAL ARCHIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS“

The article is a result of a field study conducted in the Historical Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. The research aims to present selected documents about the fate of the Jewish population of Greece during World War II, available in the...

THE DICTIONARY OF MAHMUD FROM KASHGHAR (A SOURCE FOR THE HISTORY OF THE BULGARIANS)

Kaşgarlı Mahmud was an early turkic linguist and an explorer of the Turkic languages during the Mediaeval ages. The dictionary Divânu Lügati’t-Türk is the oldest and one of the most precious sources for the Turkic languages. The Dictionary was written for 2...

THE BULGARIANS IN HUNGARY: ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN FRONT OF THE CHALLENGES OF XXI CENTURY

The article discusses the current state of the Bulgarian community in Hungary and its organizations. Along with the fundamental role of the Association of Bulgarians in Hungary, which this year celebratеs its centennial anniversary, the self-governments (Repu...

SCIENTIFIC EVENTS DEVOTED TO THE MILLENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF THE BULGARIAN TSAR SAMUIL († OCTOBER 6, 1014)

PER AMICITIAM. 60th ANNIVERSARY OF LUDMIL STANCHEV

MUSEUM ACTIVITIES IN CHEPINO REGION

The article is devoted to the development of museum activities in Chepino valley. In 1909 the popular Literary Society “Methody Draginov” found an Archaeological Museum that was transformed into an archaeological collection in 1911. During the interwar period...

А FOLKLORE ASPECTS OF THE BOUNDARY OF A CONTACT ZONE (EXAMPLES FROM CHEPINO REGION)

The folklore culture of the confessional communities in the contact zone consists of different manifestations of the boundary regions. Regarding the examples from the Chepino Region in the north – western Rhodopi Mountains we can trace spatial aspects of the...

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SACRAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE BESSI IN THE LIGHT OF RESEARCHES IN VELINGRAD

Archaeological surveys and excavations undertaken in the last decades have given ground to a more precise outline of the specific cultural aspects of the territory connected with the tribe of Bessi. The article sheds new light on the sacral architecture of Bes...