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History of Bulgaria. Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. After the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin set up an autonomous state, the Principality of Bulgaria, within the Ottoman Empire. Although remaining under Ottoman sovereignty, it functioned independently, taking Alexander of Battenberg as its first prince in 1879.
The history of Bulgaria can be traced from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state, and includes the history of the Bulgarian people and their origin. The earliest evidence of hominid occupation discovered in what is today Bulgaria date from at least 1.4 million years ago. [1]
The First Bulgarian Empire (Church Slavonic: блъгарьско цѣсарьствиѥ, romanized: blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Bulgarian: Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by ...
Bulgaria was divided into provinces, whose numbers varied with the territorial evolution of the country. In surviving primary sources, the provinces were named with the Byzantine term hora or the Bulgarian terms zemya (земя), strana (страна), and oblast (област), usually named after its main city.
Event. 632. Great Bulgaria was formed after the unification of the tribes of Kutrigurs, Utigurs, and Onogurs (Onodonduri). 635. A peace treaty was signed by Kubrat with the Byzantine Empire. 668. Khazar 's pressure caused Great Bulgaria to decline. Volga Bulgaria (7th century–1240s) is formed. 680/681.
1945 — End of the War — With the total defeat of Germany, the war is finally over. All territorial changes made by the Axis Powers are fully reverted, with the notable exception of Bulgaria keeping Southern Dobruja. Post-war border changes in Central Europe and creation of the Communist Eastern Bloc
Ethnic and religious makeup of Southern Dobruja as of 1930. The Treaty of Craiova finally crystallized in a return to the 1912 borders. The southern part of the Dobruja, which had been conquered by Romania during the Second Balkan War, [2] was returned to Bulgaria and assumed for Romania the loss of a territory with an area of 7,142 km 2 (2,758 sq mi) and a population of which ethnic Romanians ...
International relations (1814–1919) Bismarck manipulates the three emperors – Alexander III of Russia, William I of Germany and Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary – like a ventriloquist's puppets; John Tenniel 1884 PUNCH. This article covers worldwide diplomacy and, more generally, the international relations of the great powers from 1814 ...