GRAND VIZIER KÖPRÜLÜ MEHMED PASHA’S FORTIFICATIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA COAST

Ottoman historiography has focused on the construction activity of the Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha with reference to the castles he got built in Western Anatolia. Nevertheless, his endeavours to fortify the Black Sea coasts of the Ottoman Empire attracte...

BULGARIA IN THE WAR PLANS OF THE KINGDOM OF SERBIA (1903 – 1912)

Аbstract. The paper analyzes the geopolitical and military circumstances of the emergence of Serbian war plans created in the event of a Serbian-Bulgarian military conflict, based on unpublished archival sources kept in the Military Archives and relevant histo...

THE ROOTS OF THE TURCO-IRANIAN SYNTHESIS: THE ORIGIN OF THE BULGARIANS ACCORDING TO THE OTTOMAN HISTORIAN SHUKRULLÂH

The origin and ethnogenesis of the (Proto-)Bulgarian tribes in the Early Middle Ages is a complex topic that has captured the imagination of many historians, medieval and modern alike. The present paper analyzes one relevant account from Bahjat al-tavârikh, a...

THE LEARNING OF IVAN DRASOV IN PISEK AND PRAGUE

The purpose of this article is to clarify the prerequisites, character and duration of Ivan Drasov`s teaching in the Czech cities of Pisek and Prague. As a main source material were used Ivan Drasov`s school notebooks from the period of his studies in Bohemia,...

AN ATTEMPT AT HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VI SECTION OF THE SO-CALLED PEOPLE'S COURT IN MARCH 1945

The aim of this article is to reveal the judicial and extra-judicial factors of the trial of the VI section of the “People’s Court” in Sofia, held in the spring of 1945. The emphasis is on the legal framework, the manner of the trial, the procedure violations...

A NEW STUDY CONCERNING THE BYZANTINE-BULGARIAN RELATIONS IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL EPOCH

A MONOGRAPH ON BRITISH POLITICIAN LORD HENRY PALMERSTON AND HIS IMPACT ON THE CRIMEAN WAR (1853 – 1856)

HISTORY LESSON THROUGH ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS