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It was celebrated for the first time on 19 February 1880 as the Day of Emperor Alexander II's Ascension and the Conclusion of the San Stefano Peace Treaty. [4] It was officially designated as Liberation Day on its 10th anniversary in 1888 by the Principality of Bulgaria. [5] It was only in 1978 when it started to be celebrated on a national scale.
The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishment of the Bulgarian state under the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March 1878.
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 ]
Official name (Bulgarian) Notes 1 January: New Year's Day: Нова година 3 March: Liberation Day: Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго See Liberation of Bulgaria. 1 May: Labour Day: Ден на труда и на международната работническа ...
The Bulgarian Historical Archive (Bulgarian: Български исторически архив) functions as part of the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library and keeps more than 1.5 million documents and a separate collection "Portraits and Photos" consisting of 80,000 photos all of historical importance for Bulgaria and the Balkans.
The reaction against the occupation of Bulgaria culminated in the 19th century with the Bulgarian National Awakening, as Bulgarians increasingly rose up against Ottoman rule. [4] Bulgarian anarchists of the period believed that the national liberation struggle against the Ottomans could be the means through which to achieve libertarian ...
Republic Day or Independence Day Bulgaria: March 3 [1] 1878 Creation of the Principality of Bulgaria: Liberation Day Cambodia: January 7: 1979 Liberation from the Khmer Rouge: Victory Day Congo, Democratic Republic of the: May 17: 1997 Takeover of Kinshasa by Laurent-Désiré Kabila following the First Congo War [2] Liberation Day Cuba: January ...
Bulgarian partisans enter Sofia on 9 September. Bulgaria was in a precarious situation, still in the sphere of Nazi Germany's influence (as a former member of the Axis powers, with German troops in the country despite the declared Bulgarian neutrality 15 days earlier), but under threat of war with the leading military power of that time, the Soviet Union (the USSR had declared war on the ...