The Bulgarian Ethnic Community in the Azov Sea Region. On the Name and Present-Day State of the Diasporic Group Cover Image

Българската етническа общност в Приазовието днес. За наименованието и съвременното състояние на диаспората
The Bulgarian Ethnic Community in the Azov Sea Region. On the Name and Present-Day State of the Diasporic Group

Author(s): Jerzi Hatias
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Historical Geography, Demography and human biology, Nationalism Studies, Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: Bulgarians; Azov Sea region; national minorities

Summary/Abstract: The Bulgarian diaspora in the Azov Sea region emerged over 150 years ago. Displaced people from Bulgaria arrived in the area mainly from the southern part of Bessarabia. At present they live in the cities of Berdiansk and Primorsk and in the surrounding villages. This diasporic group is not widely known and has not received much scholarly attention. Their knowledge of the Bulgarian language and folk traditions seems rudimentary. Despite many attempts to reclaim the Bulgarian character of this community, a process of assimilation seemsto be in progress.

  • Issue Year: 26/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 88-95
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Bulgarian