Cominternul și Bulgaria, 1919-1943
The Comintern and Bulgaria, 1919-1943

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the Comintern history and the activity of the Communist Party in Bulgaria, one of the most active communist parties within the Communist International. The article presents the activity of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) and the role of their leaders, V. Kolarov and G. Dimitrov within the Comintern. Moreover, the article presents the main moments of the cooperation between BCP and the Comintern during the 1920’, when the idea of the „global revolution” was still „vivid”. Recovering from the political blow received in 1923-1925, BCP gets involved in the fulfilling of the new tactics of the Comintern with the setting up of the Popular Front during the end 1920s and 1930s. Besides, the BCP had to adjust to the sudden changes in the Soviet foreign policy at the end of the 1930s and the beginning of the 1940s. After the German-Soviet war broke off, the BCP involved in the organization of the armed resistance in Bulgaria and the setting up of the Patriotic Front. The article examines also issues regarding the Bulgarian emigration within SSSR, including the repression against it during the Great Terror.

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