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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 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 ]
Former building of the library in 1910. It was destroyed in the bombing in 1943-1944.. The main aims of SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library since its establishment was to collect manuscripts, old printed books, and all books in Bulgarian language or by Bulgarian authors written in a foreign language.
Spyridon Gabrovski used the library of the Neamț Monastery to supplement his knowledge and in 1792 he managed to complete a "Short history of the Bulgarian Slavic people". Professional Bulgarian historiography came to fruition in the 19th century after the creation of an independent Bulgarian state in 1878.
In the introduction of the book he wrote: “Now when I am too old, the only thing to support me is the thought of my country”. Petar Bogdan's greatest work, a history of Bulgaria, was written a century before the Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya of Paisius of Hilendar, but was published after his death. Obsessed by religious activities, this ...
Part of the manuscript was discovered in the Vatican Library by Bozhidar Dimitrov in 1977; it included the introduction, the full text of the first three chapters and part of the fourth chapter. In 2017, Prof. Liliya Ilieva encountered the full text of the treatise in the University of Modena 's Biblioteca Estense .
Bulgaria, recuperating from the Balkan Wars, sat out the first year of World War I, but when Germany promised to restore the boundaries of the Treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria, which had the largest army in the Balkans, declared war on Serbia in October 1915. Britain, France and Italy then declared war on Bulgaria.
History books about Bulgaria (1 C, ... (4 P) M. Bulgarian manuscripts (21 P) History museums in Bulgaria (5 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Historiography of Bulgaria"