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Веселин Бешевлиев и дейността му в Института по балканистика
Veselin Beševliev and his work in Institute of Balkan Studies

Author(s): Bojan Beshevliev, Snezhana Rakova
Subject(s): History, Bibliography, General Reference Works, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Veselin Beševliev; Historical Geography; Institute of Balkan Studies

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the activity of corresponding member of BAS V. Beševliev for the period from 1964 to 1975, in particular, when he headed a group on “Historical Geography” at the Institute of Balkan Studies. Some of his publications on the mentioned issues are commented, as well as his activity in publishing thematic collections on the ancient and medieval historical geography of the Balkans. For this purpose, documents from the personal archive of Prof. Tapkova-Zaimova, the personal archive of B. Beševliev and some publications on the pages of “Etudes Balkaniques” were attracted. The contributions of Prof. Tapkova-Zaimova herself, who succeeded V. Beševliev as head of the department (until 1989), are also presented. The second generation of young (then) scientists who took on the path of research in historical geography was represented by B. Beševliev and E. Todorova.

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