Нов документ за арменската общност в България
A New Document on the Armenian Community in Bulgaria

Summary/Abstract: The document “Report on the Armenian Colony in Bulgaria” was prepared in September 1945 by the head of the 7th Department of the Chief Political Office of the Red Army M. Burtsev and addressed to the Central Committee of the CPSU(B). The document contains on the size and professional composition of the Armenian community in Bulgaria, and the political orientation of the Armenians in Bulgaria during the 20-40s of the 20th century. The document was drawn up in September 1945 and carries the imprint of its time. The accent is put on the links of the Armenians in Bulgaria with the communist movement in the country, on the loyalty of the Armenian national group in Bulgaria to the USSR and to the new Fatherland Front rule in Bulgaria. The document is a testimony of the national groups immediately after September 9, 1944 for their integration into the new rule by activating the work of the Armenian communists and by setting up Armenian public organizations with pro-Soviet orientation.

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