Yurii Ivanovich Venelin had original hypotheses and conjectures in the field of our history, folklore studies, linguistics, literature, national psychology and ethnography. His name consolidated in belles-lettres and scientific literature, it was mentioned in liturgies. It united enlighteners and revolutionaries, members of the intelligentsia of different generations. The admiration of Venelin comprised not only wholehearted trust but also solidarity with what he defended and popularized as his scientific credo. In different periods of its political, literary and cultural development the Bulgarian National Revival intelligentsia stressed different aspects of his entire work, accepted with romantic exaltation one thing, was reserved or polemically disposed to another. The peculiarity in the building of the national awareness, the national psychology and character, the specific experiences of the different literary generations predetermined the acceptance and appreciation of Venelin by such figures as Vassil Aprilov, Neophyte Rilski, Karavelov, Botev and Rakovski.
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International Reactions to the Entry of the 40th Soviet Army in Afghanistan and the Escalation of International Tension in the World in the 80s and 90s of the 20th Century / One of the questions waiting for analysis from a historical viewpoint is that of the international repercussions of the advance of the Soviet 40th Army in late 1979 into the territory of Afghanistan (then the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan). The interest in the subject arises from the fact that the source base continues to be comparatively small but even in its present condition it succeeds in providing the characteristics of a number of phenomena that have taken piece in the international field of the manifestations not only of the USSR in its contacts with the USA and the other Great Powers but also of those of the United Nations. The present paper throws light on numerous aspects of this important theme subject also to future investigation and treatment.
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Keywords: archaeological evidence; medieval towns; Moldavia; Wallachia; Lower Danube; Transylvania
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