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Bulgarian language

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
member of the South Slavic group of the Slavonic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages ). Bulgarian is the native tongue of some 9 million people, most of whom live in Bulgaria, where it is the official language. It is also spoken to some extent in bordering and nearby countries. Although the Bulgars were originally a Turkic-speaking people from Asia, they merged with the Slavic tribes whom they conquered in the 7th cent. A.D. in the territory of present-day Bulgaria and took over their Slavic language. Old Bulgarian is an alternate name for the literary and liturgical language of the 9th to 11th cent. A.D. that is usually called Old Church Slavonic (see Church Slavonic ). From Old Church Slavonic, in Bulgaria, a later local form known as Bulgarian Church Slavonic evolved, which was current from the 12th to the 15th cent. The Turkish conquest of Bulgaria in 1396 seriously hampered the development of the Bulgarian language for several centuries. After…
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Full text Article Bulgarian language

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
member of the South Slavic group of the Slavonic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Slavic languages ). Bulgarian is the native tongue of some 9 million people, most of whom live in Bulgaria, where it is the official language. It is also spoken to some extent in bordering and…
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Full text Article Bulgarian language

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
South Slavic language spoken by about nine million people in Bulgaria and enclaves in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Turkey. Closely related is Macedonian, spoken by two to three million people in Macedonia, adjacent parts of Albania and Greece, and enclaves elsewhere. Both languages differ from…
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Full text Article BULGARIA, JEWS OF

From Encyclopedia of Jewish Folklore and Traditions
The earliest evidence of Jewish life in Bulgaria dates back to the first century C.E. and indicates that the predominant gentile cultural influence was Greek. After the Iberian expulsions of the fifteenth century, Sephardic language and culture rapidly became dominant in the Balkan Peninsula, …
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Full text Article Bulgaria

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Bulgaria
Country, southeastern Europe. Area: 42,858 sq mi (111,002 sq km). Population: (2016 est.) 7,151,000. Capital: Sofia . Bulgarians make up the great majority of the population; smaller ethnic groups include Turks, Roma (Gypsies), and Macedonians. Languages: Bulgarian (official), regional dialects. …
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The April Uprising, 1876, which led to the...
✣Key Facts Conflict: Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Time Period: Late 19th Century Genre: Novel OVERVIEW Bulgarian author Ivan Vazov's Under the Yoke is set during the April Uprising in Bulgaria in 1876, which led to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. Vazov deals with the events of the April Uprising…
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Full text Article Boris I

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(died May 2, 907, Preslave, Bulg.) Khan of Bulgaria (852–89). He resolved to use Christianity to unite his ethnically divided country, and an unsuccessful war with the Byzantines led to his baptism in the Orthodox faith (864). Boris’s attempt to enforce mass baptism set off a pagan rebellion, which…
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Full text Article Language

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Full text Article Ivan Vazov People’s Theatre.

From The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stage Actors and Acting
The Ivan Vazov People’s Theatre has been a leader in creating modern Bulgarian theatre, having set up aesthetic paradigms for drama and theatre in the country. Since its establishment in 1904, as a successor to the Laughter and Tear Company in Sofia, the theatre has been committed to promoting…
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Full text Article Bulgarian Americans

From Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
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Bulgarian Americans come from or are American descendants of people from Bulgaria, a small country on the east coast of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. Bulgaria boasts a varied topography, with flatlands in the north (the Danubian Plateau) and center (the Thracian Plain) and two large…
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Full text Article Pomaks

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
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