ABOUT THE EARLY BUSINESS ACTIVITY OF THE REVIVAL ENTREPRENEUR EVSTATI SELVELI AND HIS MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL CONDITION DURING THIS PERIOD

The publication is aimed at clarifying a hitherto unexplored topic, namely the early business activity of Evstati Selveli. By the term “early business activity” the author of the study means the period before the establishment of a joint partnership between Ev...

PLAGUE IN EARLY MODERN ISTANBUL: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE HABSBURG RESIDENT AMBASSADORS, 1560S – 1590S

The Black Death from the mid-14th century initiated a long series of recurrences of the disease with significant effects on the affected human societies. The current article explores the awareness of the plague epidemics and the experiences made by the Habsbur...

POLICY TOWARDS MINORITIES IN THE EARLY TURKISH REPUBLIC (1920s and 1930s)

This article highlights the politics of the early Turkish governments towards various ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities living on the territory of the Republic of Turkey in the light of the principle of nationalism, which became one of the fundamenta...

RESETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE OF RUSSIAN DESCENT FROM BULGARIA TO THE UKRAINIAN SSR (1946 – 1947)

The article examines one of the little-known and unexplored episodes of Soviet government campaigns for the re-emigration of Bulgarian citizens of Russian descent, who were deported to the Soviet Union in the autumn and winter of 1946 – 1947 and settled in the...

THE FATE OF HEALTHCARE REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1940S

The article focuses on the attempts at healthcare reform by the Truman administration alongside the liberal wing of the Democratic party in the 1940s. The proposals of both the White House and different groups of congressmen are laid out in detail. The main re...

A NEW RESEARCH ON THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE AND BULGARIA (1941 – 1991)

IN MEMORY OF ASSOC. PROF. OLGA TODOROVA