Падането на България под османска власт според Руския хронограф
The Fall Of Bulgaria Under Ottoman Power According To The Russian Chronograph

Summary/Abstract: In the Russian Chronograph the history of the Slavs is presented as part of the world history. The history of the Bulgarians also occupies an important place in the chronicle. The separate editions and transcripts of the Russian chronograph contain valuable information about the fall of the Bulgarian state under Ottoman rule, included in chapters and paragraphs devoted to the Serbian history. It tells about the conquest of the Vidin kingdom, the death of Constantine, the son of Tsar Ivan Sratsimir, the destruction of Bulgaria and other Balkan countries, presented as God‘s punishment for the many sins of Christians. Some of the information contained in the Chronograph is missing in other Russian chronicles. A number of peculiarities of the text show that in addition to the Life of Stefan Lazarević by Constantine of Kostenets, Serbian chronicles were used as a source for Bulgarian history. Among the Bulgarian works used in compiling the Russian Chronograph, there is no one that describes the fall of Bulgarian lands under Ottoman rule, and Serbian sources are the ones that fill the gap. At a time when Serbs and Bulgarians had a similar fate and Bulgarian writers worked in the Serbian royal court, historical texts tell the story of the Balkan peoples as a common struggle against the conquerors.

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