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...
Holy Roman Empire
The territory from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea and from the Wallachian Lowland to the Aegean Sea has an area of about...
History of Bulgaria part 3
The problem of race often concerns members of different national historiographic schools, who think that the ethnic origin of their people defines its place...
Bulgarians documented idea
This is a wonderfully documented idea of the Bulgarians themselves of their ships, in which they sailed and traded across seas and rivers.
The reconstruction...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 1
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant (Anonymous: about 1500)
The earliest known version of Eulenspiegel dates from 1515, though an edition is said to have been printed...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 2
Away they went, and the merchant bought some pieces of roasting meat, saying on his return, “Now, Do l, remember when you put this...
Eulenspiegel and the Merchant part 3
So they stopped and called Howleglass in a great passion, inquiring what vile work he had been doing, and swore and threatened dreadfully. Just...
