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Sofia, New Mexico
, was founded in 1911 as the first
Bulgarian
agricultural colony in the
United States
, and was named after the
Bulgarian
capital
Sofia
?
a song about
Bulgarian
rebel leader
Delyo
was sent into space in 1977 as part of the
Voyager Golden Record
?
south
Bulgarian
builders, bricklayers, and masons once spoke
Meshterski
, a
secret language
that includes many
loanwords
and
metaphors
?
the
1994
French
–
Romanian
film
An Unforgettable Summer
depicts the persecution of
Bulgarians
by
Romanian Army
personnel, in a
metaphor
of the
Yugoslav wars
?
Parteniy Pavlovich
from
Silistra
, an 18th-century
Bulgarian
cleric and writer, is regarded as the author of the first
autobiography
in
South Slavic
literature?
ispolini
, ancient giants of
Bulgarian
mythology, perceived
blackberry
bushes as a great danger and offered sacrifices to them?
Bulgarian
physician and politician
Georgi Stranski
, best man to
national poet
Hristo Botev
, was the only Commissar of South
Bulgaria
?
Bulgarian
–
Italian
Futurist
painter
Nikolay Diulgheroff
, an honorary citizen of
Turin
, studied at the original
Bauhaus
in
Weimar
?
Czech
–
Bulgarian
architect
Josef Schnitter
, chief architect of
Plovdiv
from 1878 to 1914, is credited with shaping that city's modern appearance?
Pirot
-born
Krastyo Krastev
, the first professional
Bulgarian
literary critic
, was a
shorthand
writer for the
National Assembly of Bulgaria
while still a schoolboy?
Bulgarian
Dobri Zhelyazkov
founded the first
textile
factory in the
Ottoman Empire
?
Facts on topics related to Bulgarians
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
the
Baroque
church of
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi
(pictured)
, which houses the hearts of 25
popes
, was presented to the
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
by
Pope John Paul II
?
History of Bulgaria
English
writer and historian
Mercia MacDermott
, who has authored five books on the ethnography and
history of Bulgaria
, learned
Mandarin Chinese
while living in
Weihai
as a child?
First Bulgarian Empire
Sviatoslav of Kiev
was invited by the
Byzantine Empire
to attack
Bulgaria
in order to force them to make concessions, but ended up
conquering the country
?
in 1018,
Byzantine
general
Eustathios Daphnomeles
entered the stronghold of
Ibatzes of Bulgaria
and blinded and captured him, thereby ending
Bulgarian
resistance to the
Byzantine conquest
?
in 792 the
Bulgarians
captured the tent and treasury of the
Byzantine emperor
during a battle
at the fortress of
Markeli
near modern
Karnobat
,
Bulgaria
?
the
Byzantine
writer and diplomat
Leo Choirosphaktes
was imprisoned on his first embassy to
Tsar Symeon
of
Bulgaria
, but continued negotiations from his cell?
the
Christian
Byzantine
Emperor
Leo V
performed
pagan
rituals in
Constantinople
at the signing of a
peace treaty in 815
with the
Bulgarians
?
the
Palace of Omurtag
, an archaeological site in northeastern
Bulgaria
, includes the
episcopal see
of an
Arian
Gothic
bishop besides a
medieval Bulgarian
fort?
Second Bulgarian Empire
medieval Bulgarian
military leader
Ivan the Russian
defended
Plovdiv
in a four-month
Byzantine
siege only for the citizens to let the Byzantines in while he was away?
the eight surviving
medieval Bulgarian royal charters
are among the few available secular documents from the time of the
Second Bulgarian Empire
?
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