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Old Great Bulgaria (Medieval Greek: Παλαιά Μεγάλη Βουλγαρία, Palaiá Megálē Voulgaría), also often known by the Latin names Magna Bulgaria [5] and Patria Onoguria ("Onogur land"), [6] was a 7th-century Turkic nomadic empire formed by the Onogur-Bulgars on the western Pontic–Caspian steppe (modern southern Ukraine and southwest Russia). [7]
Lion holding a shield with a map of Greater Bulgaria (National Museum of Military History, Sofia.)Bulgarian irredentism is a term to identify the territory associated with a historical national state and a modern Bulgarian irredentist nationalist movement in the 19th and 20th centuries, which would include most of Macedonia, Thrace and Moesia.
Bulgaria has made numerous contributions to space exploration. [280] These include two scientific satellites, more than 200 payloads and 300 experiments in Earth orbit, as well as two cosmonauts since 1971. [280] Bulgaria was the first country to grow wheat in space with its Svet greenhouses on the Mir space station.
Bulgaria's flora contains between 3,800 [87] and 4,200 [88] vascular plant species of which 170 are endemic and 150 are considered endangered. There more than 6,500 species of non-vascular plants and fungi. [84] The Eurasian lynx has a growing population in Bulgaria. Bulgaria's vertebrate fauna is among the most diverse in Europe.
Map of Bulgaria under the Cometopuli dynasty of Tsar Samuel (976–1018) [158] The lands to the west of the Iskar River remained free and the Bulgarians were able to regroup headed by the four Cometopuli brothers. [159] By 976, the youngest of them, Samuel, concentrated all power in his hands following the death of his elder siblings.
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Map of Bulgaria. This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold.Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI) [1] and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.