Vol. 77 No. 1 (1984): Annual of Sofia University "Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
Issue 77, No. 1 contains materials covering periods from Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Modern Era, and the present day in chronological order. The historical topics are diverse, including the issue of information services for science. The articles and studies are accompanied by summaries in Russian and English. D. Popov examines the secret Thracian societies as a particularly important component of the Thracian religion. T. Stoyanov's article offers the first attempt at a more complete study of the cult of Artemis in the cities of Western Pontus in the period from the 7th century BC to the 3rd century AD. In an extensive study, St. Angelova presents the local traditions in domestic ceramics from Northeastern Bulgaria in the 7th-10th centuries. M. Kaymakamova's article analyzes the sources and their dating used in the Bulgarian Short Chronicle in the Middle Bulgarian translation of Manasses' Chronicle. St. Doynov examines in his study the changes that took place in Russia and the Bulgarian political movements from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 19th century. Dr. Draganov's study offers an analysis of the main activities of the Spanish Communist Party at the time of its political legalization in 1976-1977. Ch. Naydenov examines the theoretical ideas of the 1930s in the USSR about Soviet society after the victory of socialism. A short study by D. Krachunova presents the ideas of Léopold Sédar Senghor on "African socialism." El. Kirova provides a comprehensive review of the library of Prof. Marin Drinov. The study by Z. Petkova outlines the main moments in the development and changes in information science in Bulgaria.
