On Kirila Vazvazova-Karateodorova’s contribution to the preparation and realization of volume I and II of the Априлско въстание 1876 collection
On Kirila Vazvazova-Karateodorova’s contribution to the preparation and realization of volume I and II of the Априлско въстание 1876 collection

Summary/Abstract: The Bulgarian Historical Archive is one of the oldest archives in Bulgaria. The formation of the archival collection began immediately after the Liberation of Bulgaria (1878). From 1921, it became an independent Archival Department and performed the functions of the State Archives of Bulgaria until the issuance of Decree No. 515 on the establishment of the State Archival Fund. The Decree revokes the functions of the National Library of the Central Archive Repository and does not envisage the preservation of the collections of archival documents in the Archives Department. The library management, based on the experience in other countries, takes a number of steps to preserve and increase its archival collections. The chronological scope of the collection exceeds this period and BIA keeps quite a few documents about the new history of Bulgaria. One of the most prominent employees of the archive – Kirila Vazvazova leaves behind a number of fully completed collections of documents that give impetus to the historical science in Bulgaria. One of the most significant moments in this direction is the compilation of the first and second volumes of the collection “Априлско въстание 1876” published by the Bulgarian Historical Archive in the period 1944–1955. Her involvement in it, in the first years of her employment at BIA, is very active. She undertakes most of the preparation and work on the collection, organizing a thorough search for the documentary materials and their placement. Kirila Vazvazova-Karateodorova compiled the titles of the documents, as well as explanatory notes to them.

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