The Torture of Hope part 4
Forward! He must hasten toward that goal which he fancied (ab¬surdly, no doubt) to be deliverance, toward the darkness from which he was now...
History of Bulgaria part 15
An intensive process of borrowing from other languages into the common Bulgarian`s vocabulary is observed during the Ottoman rule. Some of the borrowings are...
History of Bulgaria part 16
On a mission to explain the principles of the Muslim religion and jurisprudence to the new Bulgarian Muslims on the Volga. Here are some...
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 17
“Those same Bulgarians completely destroyed the Avars. Krum asked the Avar prisoners of war, “What do you think your leader and your whole people...
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...
History of Bulgaria part 18
Emerging from the tyranny of the Ottoman Empire, the Bulgarians rejoiced in their new freedom and protected it in battles and wars. They lived...
St. John`s Eve part 3
These people laugh at everything you tell them. Along comes one of them and doesn`t believe in witches! Yes, glory to God that I...
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...
St. John`s Eve part 4
My grandfather`s aunt, who kept at that time a tavern, in which Basavriuk (as they called this devil-man) often caroused, said that no consideration...
