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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 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 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 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.
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 ...
It is commonly accepted to have started with the historical book, Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, [1] written in 1762 by Paisius, a Bulgarian monk of the Hilandar monastery at Mount Athos, leading to the National awakening of Bulgaria and the modern Bulgarian nationalism, and lasting until the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 as a result of the ...
On 2 August 1903 a mass armed uprising, known in history as the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, broke out in Macedonia and Thrace. Its aim was to liberate those regions, or at least to draw the attention of the Great Powers and make them advocate for the improvement of the living conditions for the population through legal and economic reforms.
Svoboda ili smart (Bulgarian: Свобода или смърт, lit. 'Freedom or Death', [2] written in pre-1945 Bulgarian orthography: "Свобода или смърть" [3]) was a revolutionary slogan used during the national-liberation struggles by the Bulgarian revolutionaries, called comitadjis. [4]