THE NUFUS DEFTERS AS A SOURCE FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH

Ottoman registers have traditionally attracted the interest of researchers. Also, they are a basis for historical reconstruction of the 15th – 19th centuries. The reforms of the imperial governing system also led to transformations in the methods of registrati...

LOST BUILDINGS OF SOFIA AND THE MEMORY OF THE BENEFACTOR IVAN DENKOGLU

The text presents little-known or entirely unknown data on the history of Sofia buildings financed through the donations of Bulgarian merchant Ivan Denkoglu and those that are named after him. It traces their fate from the mid-19th century to the present day,...

THE SARDINIAN PRISONER OF WAR FROM THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: THE MISADVENTURES OF LIEUTENANT GIUSEPPE LANDRIANI DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

This article aims to present the participation in the Crimean War of the Sardinian Lieutenant Giuseppe Landriani, whose story has been neglected in the scientific literature until now. The career of this officer is notable for the fact that he is one of the tw...

EUGENICS AND EUTHANASIA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (1914 – 1945): HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, AND EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS

Abstracts. The article analyses the historical development and impact of eugenic ideologies in Czechoslovakia between 1914 and 1945, with an emphasis on their influence on education and social policy towards people with disabilities. It examines the tension be...

DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS PROCESSES IN AREAS OF DEPOPULATION

Cultural and religious processes in a given region influence the identity of the individual and the society as a whole. These processes also determine to a large extent the state of social relations in each regional and local community. The paper attempts to o...

INVITATION TO HISTORY Some critical notes on the first attempt at a historical study of television in Bulgaria