Към въпроса за фотографския портрет на Васил Левски от 1870 г.

Author(s): Svetlana Muhova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Оne of the most popular photos of Vasil Levski is claimed to have been taken in Koprivshtitsa. This opinion is based on the memorial testimony of Vasil Karaivanov – Levski’s cousin from Kalrovo and a participant in the revolutionary movement. This short article presents the result of an attempt some additional information to be found, which could confirm the credibility of Karaivanov’s opinion that one of the pictures of Levski was taken in Koprivshtitsa.

Европейската комисия за Източна Румелия: Един непознат фотодокумент в архивите на The Getty Research Institute

Author(s): Krasimir Krumov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

This paper presents an unknown photograph from the time immediately after the Liberation of Bulgaria. It depicts a collective portrait of the members of the European Commission for the organization of Eastern Roumelia. The photo document is created outside a studio in a natural environment and could be defined as one of the early examples of reportage photography on socio-political affairs that took place on the Bulgarian lands.

Рецензия на книгата „Управление на бедността“ на Вероника Димитрова

Author(s): Zhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

Review of the book 'Governmentality of poverty. Hygiene and medicine in interwar years'. Sofia: Iztok-Zapad of Veronika Dimitrova (2018)

Židovský plavecký a športový klub Bar Kochba Bratislava – najúspešnejší športový klub Slovenska v medzivojnovom období

Author(s): Peter Bučka / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 1/2019

In this article, the author deals with the foundation, development, results and reasons of disappearance of the most successful sports club in the interwar era; the Jewish swimming and sports club Bar Kochba Bratislava. After the birth of Czechoslovakia, sports in Slovakia could develop on a national basis. Large national minorities had the same possibilities. To eliminate the risk of misusing sports for political purposes, sport representatives decided to organise it on the ethnic principle instead of the re- gional one. Thanks to this a wide variety of national sports organisations were esta- blished, including some Jewish ones. Even though Jews constituted only 2.01% of the population in the interwar period in today’s territory of Slovakia (Bergerová, 1992: 108), they succeeded not only in sports but in other areas of social life as well.

Înființarea Biroului Central pentru Tehnologia Informației în Sectorul Securitătii al Republicii Federale Germane și rolul sau în prevenirea și combaterea terorismului

Author(s): Victor Liviu Miclăuș / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 12/2019

The paper focuses on measures and approaches taken by the Federal Republic of Germany as a result of the increase in terrorist attacks and the presence of terrorists on German and European territory. The German Federal Government has adopted a series of new measures to deal with the challenges of terrorism.The following text offers an in depth perspective on the topics ofthe genesis and role of: The Central OfficeFor Information Technology In TheSecurity Sector -ZITiS.

The Sardis Bilingue Reconsidered

Author(s): Fred C. Woudhuizen / Language(s): English,other Issue: 0/1990

За залозите на едно ученическо телевизионно състезание по история

Author(s): Snezhana Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

Considering some mistakes made by student during a TV competition on national media, symptomatic of „the state of things“, and based on the theory of affection, the article raises the question of the theoretical and empirical deficits in the historical education and cultural formation of students. It subjects through historical examples the role of the relational context in which the knowledge is absorbed and embodied to challenge the other context of knowledge - the affective. And with that, it turns the scientific focus on the role of hidden curricula for civic education in history,which today define our tomorrow.

Ново изследване за Джумая джамия и Имарет джамия в Пловдив

Author(s): Vidin Sukarev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

Проф. Александър Фол и създаването на Националния исторически музей

Author(s): Sofia Vassileva,Vesselina Ivanova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

Сакрална инфраструктура в Пангейския регион 6–5 в.пр.Хр.

Author(s): Vanya Lozanova-Stancheva / Language(s): English,Greek, Ancient (to 1453),Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

The paper offers an analysis of the ancient written sources about the ethno-political and religious-political situation in Southwestern Thrace – between the lower course of the rivers Strymon and Nestos, and especially in the region of the Pangaion Mountain (Pınar Dağ or Kushnitsa) in the 5th century BC in the context of two sets of events: - Graeco-Persian wars and the march of the Persian army of Xerxes through the Thracian territories; - Athens’ early colonisation efforts in Southwestern Thrace. The concepts of sacred, sacred infrastructure and sacral communication are defined. An attempt has been made to reconstruct the possible sacral infrastructure of the region based on a system of sacred topoi and rituals registered by the ancient authors and specific forms of sacral communication among the local Thracian tribes, dominated by the Edonoi.

EBA Anatolian Influences in Southeast Europe: Some New Examples from Thrace

Author(s): Martin Hristov / Language(s): English Issue: 24/2019

Old and new finds belonging to EBA II and III are considered. Most of all, these are the artefacts from Mikhalich, Constantsia, Ezero, Dubene, etc. Some of them are imports into Thrace and are commented enough in the specialised literature. Others were made in Anatolian style. A stone cup in the collection of the village of Svezhen, Plovdiv region, may also be indicated as an example. It is made of serpentinite, probably of local origin. However, its decoration has a very good parallel in one silver vessel of Anatolian origin. On the other hand, some finds from the Anatolian region evidence to the two-sided process of influence and contacts during EBA III and later. The data give reason to confirm the conclusion that contacts with Anatolia are certain at least since EBA II, and this is discernible in the artefacts considered, while they are considerable during EBA III.

Експедиция Банско. 30 години след началото: резултати

Author(s): Katya Melamed / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 24/2019

On June 26, 1987 Professor Fol put the beginnings of Bansko Expedition. His programme was grounded on the idea of the roots from which the intellectual power broke off in the 18th c. to give birth to the Bulgarian Revival – a brave new idea against the common belief that Bansko was founded in the 15th century by refugees from the Ottoman invasion. The members of the expedition believed that far back in time a rich pre-history existed waiting to be revealed and read properly. Today we know much better the territory after historical research, terrain observations, regular archaeological excavations and interdisciplinary analyses of artifacts. The work presents the results. St. Ivan Sanctuary A small mound with two wooden crosses and wooden iconostasis with candles. Offerings of flowers and small coins. The research revealed a sanctuary of nearly three thousand years of life and unchanged practices. Kilns for building ceramics, 4th – 6th c. in the same area. Early Christian (4th – 6th c.) and Medieval churches and a large necropolis (10th – 13th c.) all of them built over a Thracian sanctuary – Shipotsko site. The building manner of the Early Christian church has followed some earlier Thracian building practices. Most probably serious demographic changes have not taken place. The religious site was visited also by pilgrims coming from the Rhodopian Mountain judging from the pottery left. Early Christian necropolis (4th – 5th c.) in Karagonsko site. Traces of a Thracian community recently adopted Christianity and still keeping some of their earlier inherent practices. An interesting find – one of the graves contained a complete bronze belt set from the time of Constantine the Great or heirs, found for the first time in the Southern Bulgaria – a dramatic meeting between the Thracian warrior and Rome? Ancient and Medieval town in St. Nickolas site. Early Byzantine fortress of Sitan Kale – once again earlier Thracian building traditions.

Двоичните имена (Nomina mota) в славянските езици (с особен оглед към български език)

Author(s): Ivan Kochev,Ivan Yustinianov Kochev,Liliqna Domuschieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/1998

On the basis of a rich comparative material from the Slav languages the essential noun forming models in the category presented by gender couples, have been established: 1. The most widely spread is the model, where the masculine form is transformed as a basis, to whish is attached the feminine formant, for instance the cases with suffices: - in Bulgarian and Polish (приятел - приятелка; przyjaciel - przyjaciotka)', -ица/ -ница прщател>-прщател>ица, приятель приятельница in Serbian and Russian). Besides, a diversity of the cases may appear connected with the competition of the suffices, compare with Czeck (pfitelnice - pfitelkyne). Basic suffix for feminine formations in all Slav languages is -ka (with its extended suffices).

Selected bibliography of Thracology in Bulgaria (1995-1999)

Author(s): Irina Shopova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian,French,Russian,Georgian Issue: 9/1999

MIRACLES IN BULGARIA IN AN UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT FROM 1632

Author(s): Alexandru Ciocîltan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

The object of the present study is an unpublished account from 1632 preserved in the Propaganda Fide Archive in Rome. The source provides a detailed description of three miracles which occurred in Bulgaria, namely in Sofia, Trăn and Nikopol. The document is important because it offers new information which allows us to better understand the complex relations between Christians and Muslims in the Balkan Peninsula. The author of the study considers the Ragusan merchants from Sofia to be the spies who brought this fresh and updated information to the Imperial Court in Vienna. He argues that the unknown author of the account was most likely Ciriaco Rocci, the Apostolic nuncio to the emperor.

LES COMMUNAUTÉS GRECQUES ORTHODOXES EN MACÉDOINE DANS LE CADRE OTTOMAN : LE CAS DE SALONIQUE, ADMINISTRATION ET ÉVOLUTION AU XIXe SIÈCLE

Author(s): Emilie THEMOPOULOU / Language(s): French Issue: 3/2019

We are examining the administration of the Greek-Orthodox community in Thessaloniki during the Ottoman period, and its evolution in the 19th century. We are observing self-governance institutions in place since the Byzantine era. Powerful Greek-Orthodox families of Salonica and the Church play an important role in the administration of the Greek-Orthodox community. By the 17th century, changes can be seen in the makeup of the community’s administration as new members from the city’s professional guilds become part of it. This development enhanced the role of secular elements in that administration. By the second half of the 18th century, the creation of a class of merchants in the Greek-Orthodox community helped it gain a leading role in the administration of its affairs. We are also examining, by relying on Ottoman documentary evidence, the districts inhabited by the Greek-Orthodox of Thessaloniki in the first half of the 19th century, and how these developed in the latter part of the century following the city’s new town plan. The changes brought about by the Ottoman authorities in the second half of the 19th century with respect to the administration of the Greek-Orthodox communities under Ottoman rule were significant. Nonetheless, socially and financially powerful groups continued to partake of the administration of the Salonica community. The participation of the Greek Orthodox (powerful financially and socially groups) in regional councils (the so-called vilayet idare meclisi) brought about changes in the relations of the Greek-Orthodox with the local representatives of the Ottoman authorities. By the end of the 19th century, these developments had led to the emergence of new socialities between communities, and new mentalities and behaviors.

Полската преса и полско-германските отношения преди избухването на Втората световна война

Author(s): Rafał Habielski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

The article discuss the positions taken by the Polish press towards Polish-German and German-Soviet relations in the period directly preceding the outbreak of the war (August 1939). The supplementation of press views is information about the press policy of the authorities and the scale of freedom of political expression. The source basis are the most important political dailies, representing the views of the power camp and opposition groups.

Емоции и семейни отношения в условията на транснационална миграция. Случаят на гораните от Косово

Author(s): Ivaylo Markov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

While most studies of transnational processes are focused on the remittances inthe context of socio-economic development or on the transnational citizenship and the political mobilization across the borders, this article aims to explore the role of emotions in the migration experience and more specifically – their place in the negotiation of transnational family-kin life. The author proceeds from the assumption that the emotional dynamics are an important part of the analysis of the transnational kin relations. According to this approach, the focus of the study is not only on those who leave but also on those who remain in the villages of origin. Feelings of loss, sadness, longing, pain, guilt, but also expressions of happiness, excitement,gratitude, love, hopefulness etc., are experienced in both ends of the migration chain.Emotional encounters are related to family expectations and moral obligations, to mutual responsibilities and care giving within the dispersed families.These issues are addressed on the basis of ethnographic data personally collected by the author among representatives of the Kosovar Gorani – a community renowned in the Balkans for the decades-long intensive labour mobility which often involves two or even three generations within a family-kin group. The data presented show that transnational family-kin members may find ways to connect time and space so as to ensure (virtual and physical) co-experiences and to keep their emotional relationships viable and active. The tools and strategies used by people are various and include memories, imaginations, gifts and remittances, long-distance communication and mutual visits.

Бележки върху колективната жертва/курбан

Author(s): Angel Angelov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

In the religious practices of the population in the Bulgarian lands, kurban is an instrument for expressing gratitude towards God for His support during times of hardship, illnesses, and ordeals. It is constantly present in ceremonial practices from time immemorial. However, as every other aspect of human life, it is subject to change. The alterations in religious beliefs lead to variations in the ritual itself and the nature of the sacrifice. Nevertheless, more detailed analysis shows that modern kurban represents a peculiar mixture of ancient traditions and newer religious customs. Furthermore, Christian and Islamic theologies are not always dominant in ceremonial practices. The influence of pagan cults is felt particularly strongly in the mountainous and semi-mountainous regions, where the role of the religious institutions is markedly weaker.

Вестник „Телеграф“, голите снимки на страница 3 и консервативният медиен обрат в България

Author(s): Orlin Spassov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2019

Over the last few years a conservative wave has been unfolding in Bulgarian media. It affects many aspects of content and attacks primarily liberal and left-wing point of views. The text analyses the topless pictures on Page 3 of the largest Bulgarian daily Telegraph as part of this conservative turnover. The pictures claim to be innocent erotica, but the analysis reveals that they are part of a widely spread sexism of the newspaper. The ideological effects of such form of representation of women are traced. The conservative approach seeks to win the women's consent to their pre-assigned roles in society.