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  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 107 No. 1 (2024)

    The 2024 edition of the Annual of the Sofia University - Faculty of History is volume 107., which contains seven publications, double-blind peer reviewed, and organized for the first time in accordance with the decision of the Editorial board, in three sections: Articles and Studies; Debuts; Reviews.
    In this volume, the first section includes research on events, personalities and processes from the 15th century to our present day. Very well established on rich source material, they are historical and historical-anthropological in nature. Issues covered include: the complex relationship between Byzantium and the Vatican in the first half of the 15th century; in connection with the signing of the union between the Eastern and Western Churches (Ivayla Popova, 0000-0002-8972-0455); the fruitful friendly relations between the two prominent Bulgarian educators Petko Slaveykov and Hristo Daskalov (Vladimir Terziev, 0000-0002-0890-3066); the functioning of the specific state institution in Bulgaria, established in 1942. on Jewish issues (Vladimir Stanev, 0000-0002-2226-3632; Daniela Tasheva, ORCID 0009-0007-1317-1772); fieldwork regarding the Kalogeros custom in the village. Meliki, Greece, in order to track and analyze the changes in the customary-ritual system both in the specific settlement community and in the context of the Balkan reality (Mira Markova, 0000-0002-2891-0917; Ina Pachamanova, 0009-0001-1913-2228); the analysis of a magical tale from Breznishko according to the method of Vladimir Propp, with a hypothesis of existing groups of coal miners and soldiers during the Ottoman period in this region of Western Bulgaria (Nadia Manolova-Nikolova, ORCID 0000-0001-9203-1864).
    The Debuts section presents an extensive and well-argued study of the peculiarities of Sulla's dictatorship, with excellently analyzed historical sources (Alexander Moskov, ORCID 0009-0006-3985-8890). No less interesting are the two materials in the Reviews section, with youthfully enthusiastic ideas and impressions (Andoni Andreev, ORCID 0000-0001-9675-2159; Elitsa Nenova, ORCID 0000-0002-1289-7201).

  • Annual of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Faculty of History
    Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022)

    Volume 106 is devoted to the celebration of several important anniversaries of the past of the Faculty of History at Sofia University: 134 years of University Readings in History; 102 years of the Department of Archaeology; 50 years of separate Faculty of History; 70 years of professional archival education, 20 years of the specialty of Archivistics and Documentary Studies at Sofia University. The introductory article by Prof. М. Markova, Dean of the Faculty of History, gives a brief and meaningful overview of the history of the faculty, its contributions to the development of Bulgarian historical knowledge and education, and to Bulgarian studies in general. Also introductory, in English text, is the article by Prof. H. Heppner, however, directed to the future of historical science. In the Articles and studies section there are chronological and thematic texts on a variety of topics: on the development of the specialty of Archivistics and Documentary Studies by Prof. An. Neykova; on the issues of staffing at the Faculty of History, by Prof. Ognyanov; Dr. Mukarzel published an article on the demon Lamashtu from the ancient Dvurechye; Dr. Tarhan discusses divination techniques from Ancient Mesopotamia. Several articles are devoted to problems of Balkan and Bulgarian history in the period of the Middle Ages and the Bulgarian Renaissance: on Bulgarian studies of Byzantine history by Prof. P. Schreiner; early Ottoman history through the text of Nicola Sagundino by Prof. Iv. Popova; and The Pirot Contributors in the 19th century by Prof. N. Manolova-Nikolova.

    Noteworthy are also the four articles on the subject of recent and contemporary general history: on Vargas and the "yellow menace" by Dr. B. Miteva; on the USA and the Marshall Plan by Assoc. Prof. B. Stoyanov; on the problems of Argentina in the late 1980s and early 1990s by Assoc. Prof. G. Alexieva and "Mission Impossible" by Dr. Iv. Nikolova. The last two articles in the issue deal with important issues of state policy for the teaching of history in schools in the 5th grade by Assoc. Prof.  G. Yakimov and on the importance of intercultural museum education by Prof. М. Markova and Dr. E. Vitanova. At the end of p. 106 the authors are listed in the order of the published articles.

  • Annual of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Faculty of History
    Vol. 105 No. 1 (2020)

    Volume 105 of the GSU-IF has a preface, articles and studies dedicated to the 1000th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian autocephalous archbishopric in Ohrid and the 120th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Vesselin Beshevliev. A list of abbreviations and data on the authors are placed at the end.
    Contains an introduction by G. Nikolov and P. Pavlov; the study by Ang. Delikari on the jurisdiction of the Ohrid Archbishopric 1019-1767; the study by P. Pavlov on the Archbishopric of Bulgaria; the problems in the literature of the Ohrid Archbishopric by Il. Iliev; the Archbishopric of Ohrid at the time of the Despotism of Epirus by D. Tsiyman; documentary analysis by V. Karavalchev on the letters of Paisius of Ohrid to Metropolitan Timothy of Italy; M. Panov discusses the ideological conception of the Ohrid archbishopric of Tsar Samuel; Sts. Koyumdzhieva publishes notated monuments from the south-western Bulgarian lands up to the 15th century; the peripeteia surrounding the publication of the so called Dukanjo's list have been analyzed by L. Simeonova; Iv. Yovchev examines the church dioceses in Vardar Macedonia between the two world wars. These articles cover pp. 7 to 119.

    The second part of volume 105 contains articles dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of the eminent Bulgarian scientist Prof. В. Beshevliev. Three of them contribute to the study of the professor's work - J. B. Beshevliev and Sn. Rakova for the work of prof. Beshevliev at the Institute of Balkan Studies; D. Petrova for Beshevliev's research on Byzantine sources on the reign of Khan Krum. The last article by T. Tomov discusses two graffiti from the Church of St. Sofia in Constantinople.

  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 104 No. 1 (2019)

    GSU-IF Volume 104 contains three studies dedicated to different topics of European and Bulgarian history in the 19th and 20th centuries. M. Simov examines the changes and actions of Russian military intelligence after Russia's loss in the Crimean War of 1856, mainly in the period until the beginning of the Eastern Crisis, using a variety of documentary material. L. Krastev clarifies the impact of the large smallpox epidemic during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 - 1871, posing the question of the role of diseases in critical times for societies. The third study by T. Borisov is dedicated to the policy of the Bulgarian Communist Party towards Bulgarian football from 1944 until the fall of communism in 1989. At the end of the volume there is information about the authors.

  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019)

    T. 103 contains, first of all, the article based on the academic speech of Prof. Dmitry Polivyanni /Ivanovsky University - Russia/ at his awarding of Doctor honoris causa on May 18, 2018 in the Auditorium of Sofia University. The article examines the communities of spirit in the Bulgarian Middle Ages, which created specific network structures, with a special reverence for the relationship between teacher and student. The article by El. Musakova refers to the manuscript called Banishko evangelie, re-problematizing the questions about the place of its creation and about its author. T. Popov presents an article about the influence of the Bulgarian state tradition on the institutions of the Danubian principalities - Wallachia and Moldavia for the period XIV - XVII centuries. The influence is traced through the adopted titles in the principalities and institutions, similar or identical to those in the Bulgarian state. The material by M. Belcheva reflects the restoration process of one of the books that belonged to Sophronius Vrachanski, as well as the author's reflections on the movement of this book by Goddard Friedrich Stender /1714 - 1796/ True religions..., on the notes placed on her pages etc. The last study in the issue by J. Madzharov examines in detail the difficult fate of the famous Hungarian Bulgarian writer Shara Karig/1914-1999/ and her contributions to the popularization of Bulgarian culture in Hungary.

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  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 102 No. 1 (2017)

    GSU 102 is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of the famous Bulgarian historian Evlogi Buzhashki. Its diverse content includes articles on Bulgarian history and that of the Ottoman Empire. Al. Nikolov analyzes the valuable work of Hayton of Korikos "History of the Tatars" and applies a translation completely prepared from the Latin text published in 1906. N. Ivanov examines the policy of France and the activities of the Jesuit Order for education in the Ottoman Empire from 1835 to The First World War. V. Racheva clarifies the main moments of Yu. Venelin's biography in the context of her research on the role of historians and history in Russia's policy of establishing lasting influence in the Balkans and over the Bulgarians. On the basis of the newly discovered, hard-to-access documents from the Russian Empire Foreign Policy Archive, I. Makarova traces the history of the signing of the Budapest Convention of 1877, as an important moment in the Eastern Crisis and the preservation, with the expansion, of Russian influence in the Balkans. V. Yanchev examines the politics of Al. Stamboliyski in the period 1919-1920 in relation to his political opponents and the role of the Bulgarian army. Pl. Stoyanova presents an analytical text on the employment policy among the Gypsy population in Bulgaria during socialism /1945 - 1989/. V. Mihailova's article clarifies the impact of the shooting down of an Israeli plane on 27.07.1955 on Bulgarian-Israeli relations. Information about the authors is included at the end of the volume.

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  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 101 No. 1 (2013)

    Volume 101 of GSU - IF contains a variety of studies from the Middle Ages to our modern world. The study of V. Garkova examines the work of Archbishop Hinkmar of Rheims "DE ORDINE PALATII" (882) to characterize Charlemagne's court as a governing institution. Kr. Gagova discusses in detail the complex relations between the pilgrim-crusaders who set out for the Holy Sepulchre and the local Christian population. Е. Mihailova published a study on the Bulgarian graduates of the Imperial Military Medical School in Constantinople from 1827 to 1878. Liberatos develops the little-known topic of time and its measurement in Bulgaria during the Ottoman period, understanding the adoption of clocks as a socio-cultural transformation. I. Kaliganov discusses the specifics of the 19th century Russians' view of Bulgarian existence and national character. In the extensive study of Sv. Zhivkov elucidates the many challenges facing the Progressive Liberal Party in opposition in Bulgaria in the period 1903 to 1911. D. Hristov examines in detail the biography and writings of the famous Bulgarian researcher prof. Ivan Snegarov.

  • Annual of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Faculty of History
    Vol. 100 No. 1 (2012)

    Vol. 100 of the GSU-IF contains articles and studies with a chronological range from the first millennium BC to our modern times; the materials are published in Bulgarian and English. P. Delev analyses a variety of sources and offers his own theses on a number of controversial points in the history of the Thracian tribe Besi. S. Ivanova published an article which deals with the peculiarities of the status of merchants in the Ottoman Empire in the XVII-XVIII centuries. V. Racheva clarifies the details of the emigration policy of Russia in the 1820s in the Balkans and towards the Bulgarians in connection with the Peace of Adrianople in 1829. D. Kontogeorgios promulgates two Greek documents from 1855, which bring into scholarly circulation new information about the life of the prominent Bulgarian revolutionary G. Rakovski and his Greek citizenship in 1843. Thematically related to the material of V. Racheva is the ethnological study of T. Boneva, devoted to two villages in Moldova, with extremely interesting observations and analysis tracing the history of the settlers from the establishment of the new settlements to the Soviet and post-Soviet times. Evg. Kalinova examines the Bulgarian intelligentsia and the communist regime in the period 1960-1963, outlining new trends in the social and cultural life of the country. I. Baeva defends the thesis of the return of the European constitutional tradition in the public life of Bulgaria after the changes of 1989.

  • Annual of Sofia University “Kliment Ohridski” – Faculty of History
    Vol. 70 No. 1 (1976)

    Volume 70 of GSU-IF contains articles and studies from the 5th century BC. until the beginning of World War II. All articles have abstracts in French, German or English. The study of Al. Fol analyzes Greek sources for the history of Ancient Thrace, specifically texts by genealogists and mythographers from the 5th - 4th centuries BC. M. Tacheva examines the monuments dedicated to Hypsistos from the area of ​​the Roman provinces in the Balkans. K. Yordanov's research, supported by rich archaeological and other materials, is dedicated to a number of discussion questions from the history of the Geths, who occupied the region of today's North-Eastern Bulgaria and Romanian Dobrudja. Ts. Georgieva published an extensive analysis of French policy in the Ottoman Empire from the beginning of the 18th century. Continuing the French theme, J. Peev examines the influence of the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt on the process of national formation among the Arab peoples. Z. Markova in her very detailed study clarifies the negative role of Russian policy on the Bulgarian church question for the time after the Crimean War until 1864. B. Vasileva makes a contribution to the study of women's societies organized during the era of our national revival, which started the emancipation of the female gender. M. Radeva dwells in detail on the educational policy of the People's Liberal Party in Bulgaria 1903 - 1908. I. Dimitrov clarifies the British policy towards Bulgaria after the Anschluss until the beginning of the Second World War.

  • Annual of Sofia University “Kliment Ohridski” – Faculty of History
    Vol. 69 No. 1 (1975)

    In volume 68 of GSU-IF, materials from Antiquity to modern general history and a study with archaeological materials from Gabrovo are published. The content is at the beginning of the volume, with all articles and studies in Bulgarian with summaries in French, German and English. Al. Fall published studies, the third in a row, dedicated to the Greek sources for the history of Ancient Thrace, and more precisely Thucydides' "Archaeology", following the stratigraphic principle of analysis of written information from one author. G. Sotirov examines the political and social aspects of the initial spread of Christianity in the Czech Republic in the 9th-10th centuries. El. Savcheva analyzes in detail the documentary evidence about the life and activities of Sevastoprator Strez. In the article by J. Nikolov, Martin Luther is characterized as the man of the era between the Middle Ages and the New Age. Color Georgieva offers a well-argued thesis about the origin and social nature of the Bulgarian chorbadzhii from the 18th century. V. Georgieva goes into a detailed analysis of the history of the People's Agreement. Hr. Stefanov traces the politics of the Radical Pariah during the rule of the Democratic Conspiracy 1923 - 1931. The following two articles are devoted to modern history: M. Lalkov offers his reading of the complex Bulgarian-Yugoslav relations in the period September 1944 - February 1947; G. Gunev analyzes the apartheid system in the South African Republic. The last studio of At. Milchev examines with rich archaeological materials the historical development of Gabrovo and the region during the prehistoric era and during Antiquity.

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  • Annual of Sofia University “Kliment Ohridski” – Faculty of History
    Vol. 68 No. 1 (1974)

    In volume 68 of GSU-IF, materials from Antiquity to modern general history and a study with archaeological materials from Gabrovo are published. The content is at the beginning of the volume, with all articles and studies in Bulgarian with summaries in French, German and English. Al. Fall published studies, the third in a row, dedicated to the Greek sources for the history of Ancient Thrace, and more precisely Thucydides' "Archaeology", following the stratigraphic principle of analysis of written information from one author. G. Sotirov examines the political and social aspects of the initial spread of Christianity in the Czech Republic in the 9th-10th centuries. El. Savcheva analyzes in detail the documentary evidence about the life and activities of Sevastokrator Strez. In the article by J. Nikolov, Martin Luther is characterized as the man of the era between the Middle Ages and the New Age. Color Georgieva offers a well-argued thesis about the origin and social nature of the Bulgarian chorbadzhii from the 18th century. V. Georgieva goes into a detailed analysis of the history of the People's Agreement. Hr. Stefanov traces the politics of the Radical Pariah during the rule of the Democratic Conspiracy 1923 - 1931. The following two articles are devoted to modern history: M. Lalkov offers his reading of the complex Bulgarian-Yugoslav relations in the period September 1944 - February 1947; G. Gunev analyzes the apartheid system in the South African Republic. The last studio of At. Milchev examines with rich archaeological materials the historical development of Gabrovo and the region during the prehistoric era and during Antiquity.

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