TO THE ISSUE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF VASIL LEVSKI FROM 1870

Оne of the most popular photos of Vasil Levski is claimed to have been taken in Koprivshtitsa. This opinion is based on the memorial testimony of Vasil Karaivanov – Levski’s cousin from Kalrovo and a participant in the revolutionary movement. This short articl...

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR EASTERN RUMELIA: AN UNKNOWN PHOTO DOCUMENT IN THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE’S ARCHIVES

This paper presents an unknown photograph from the time immediately after the Liberation of Bulgaria. It depicts a collective portrait of the members of the European Commission for the organization of Eastern Roumelia. The photo document is created outside a s...

PREREQUISITES FOR THE EMERGENCE AND FACTORS OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ELITE’S ACTIVITY DURING THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL REVIVAL PERIOD (INTRODUCTORY REMARKS)

The purpose of this article is to combine the economic theory of entrepreneurship with different case studies regarding commercial entrepreneurship during the Bulgarian National Revival period. Emphasis is also placed on the conditions and prerequisites for th...

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC PRISONS IN SICILY (9 TH-11THCENTURY)

The medieval prisons are part of the Islamic governing system as in the Near East as in the Magreb. The sources about their organization and working methods are rare and straggling. Whatever, medieval Islamic prisons deserve an attention because they are conne...

RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONS – EAST AND WEST

Russia has always been making efforts to define itself, since the rule of Peter I, and even earlier, by comparing itself to Kievan Rus and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Russia has always managed to revive itself as a country, though always different, but the ques...

TZVETAN TODOROV: THE WEST DEFINED AND DEFINING THE EAST

This study explores how the West defines the East in the works of Tzvetan Todorov and how the definition of the West itself shifts with the discovery of the New World in the XVIth century. We will take as an example the impression of French travelers in Bulgar...

EXPERIENCES FROM BRINGING TOGETHER DIGITALLY THE HETEROGENEOUS HERITAGE OF PLOVDIV

National Library Ivan Vazov in Plovdiv is the second biggest library in Bulgaria. It functions as the second national depository of Bulgarian printed output and has contributed significantly to preserving the national cultural and historical heritage. This art...

BULGARIAN KINGDOM

ABOUT THE NAME OF THE HISTORICAL SHIPKA PEAK

THE BULGARIAN XX CENTURY IN ARTS AND CULTURE