Michael IV part 19
38. I am aware that many chroniclers of his life will, in all probability, give an account differing from mine, for in his time...
History of Bulgaria part 19
Something else also amazed Ibn Fadlan during his Volga mission: the fact that the Bulgarian ruler rode alone on horseback without guards around the...
History of Bulgaria part 4
The long debate about the number of Kan Asparuh`s Bulgarians who arrived in the 7th century has proved unproductive for lack of data. Nevertheless,...
History of Bulgaria part 20
The sentence above is the sacred meaning of the civilization of the Bulgarians. Values, which have been established in the Bulgarians` spiritual history and...
History of Bulgaria part 5
Having appeared in the Eastern Urals region in the first centuries of the first millennium AD, the Savirs reached Eastern Caucasus in the 5th...
History of Bulgaria part 21
The Euro-Asian map from Hindu Kush in the east to the Italian Peninsula in the west shows at least 8 state organisations of the...
St. John`s Eve part 1
Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
Born in the Ukraine, Gogol was in many respects the founder of modern Russian literature. His stories of rural life collected under...
History of Bulgaria part 6
Throughout the centuries, the Bulgarian people were subjected to direct and indirect extermination. The sword of various invaders often caused that and for long...
History of Bulgaria part 22
One of the main questions concerning the early history of Volga Bulgaria, which is still to be answered by the historians, is why did...
St. John`s Eve part 2
My grandfather (the kingdom of heaven be his! may he eat only wheaten rolls and poppy-seed cakes with honey, in the other world!) Could...
