Year XXV, Issue 3, 2017<<Archive>>
Viеw Ovеr thе Bаlkаn Pеninsulа
TO THE HISTORY OF THE BULGARIAN SECRET REVOLUTIONARY FRATERNITY IN TURKEY (1897-1899)
The study addresses specific problems related to the establishment, the development and the cessation of the Bulgarian secret revolutionary fraternity in Turkey. Special attention is paid to existing hypotheses that the Thessaloniki-based organization is a con...
Principality of Bulgaria; Macedonia; Edirne Thrace; liberating nationalism; Bulgarian irredentism
IS DOSTOEVSKY A DEFENDER OF THE BULGARIANS?
The current article focuses on the reasons why Fyodor Dostoevsky believe Russia have to intervene in Balkan affairs and defend the orthodox slaves and their cause after the anti-ottoman April uprising, which took place in the south Danube lands of the empire...
Dostoevsky; diary; Eastern crisis; Russian politics; Ottoman Empire; political journalism; April uprising
Civilizаtion Boundаriеs
EARLY MEDIEVAL „ARABIC” SWORDS IN BULGARIAN LANDS TODAY
This article aims at presenting for the first time a different interpretation of the origin of part of the archaeological findings from the Bulgarian lands related to the Early Middle Ages armament for close combat and in particular with the swords and their s...
Early medieval swords; weapons; Balkans; Middle East; Byzantium; Arabic caliphate
PRINCE LEOPOLD SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA (1790 – 1865) – GENEALOGY AND INITIAL PUBLIC ACTIVITY
The initial public activity of the German prince Leopold Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is connected to the major events in Europe, in the beginning of XIX century. The marriages of his sisters with members of the Russian imperial family, his physical attractiveness and...
Кeywords: prince Leopold Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; dynastic marriages; XIX century; German lands
OPERATION “NADOLNY” AND THE SOVIET-GERMAN RELATIONS (JANUARY 1933 – JUNE 1934)
The article examines the specificities of Soviet-German relations during the first year of the Nazi rule in Germany. The main foreign policy steps of both parties are outlined, as well as the role of their representatives. Operation “Nadolny” is named after...
USSR; Nazi Germany; Rudolf Nadolny; Sir Eric Phipps; GermanSoviet relations