Българското опълчение – еманация и бойно ядро на българската възрожденска нация
Bulgarian Volunteer Force – Emanation and Combat Core of the Bulgarian in the Revival Period Nation

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of a rich Russian, Bulgarian and other documentation the author fixed his attention on a question under discussion: uni-national or collective is the Bulgarian Volunteer Force – an armed detachment, created by the Russian command on the eve of the Russo-Turkish War and the Liberation of Bulgaria. This problem, as the author points out, is not only historical: it arose, was discussed and settled then and there by the Russian Supreme Command. Initially, volunteers and militia were coming from other countries and nationalities, mostly Slavonic peoples from the Balkans, but then an explicit instruction followed: “Bulgarian Volunteer Force should consist exclusively of local population from Bulgaria”. Among almost 5000 full strength of the militia, along with volunteers from Dobrudzha, Moesia, Thrace, nearly 1,000 people were from Macedonia. Although specific, the explored question is part of the global national educational process in Bulgaria in the 19th century, of the formed and subsequently emerging nations on the Balkans.

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