Критичен преглед на литературните и архивните източници и опит за реконструкция на родословието на Априлови

Author(s): Boris Stanimirov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

Vasil Aprilov (1789–1847) is an illustrious intellectual of the Bulgarian National Revival and contributor to the foundation of modern Bulgarian education. His works and heritage have been published and analyzed in various publications; however, the data concerning his family and genealogy are so far contradictory and inaccurate, being of subordinate importance for the major works, dedicated to Aprilov. The author resumes the publications, concerning Aprilov’s life and family, juxtaposes the genealogical data and analyzes its credibility in search of the correct family links. Besides the publications on Aprilov, the author reveals unpublished family tree of the Aprilovs, composed by Gabrovo’s local historian Iliya Gabrovski in the 1970s, stored in the State Archive – Gabrovo. Based on the analysis, the article offers a possible reconstruction of the Aprilovs’ genealogical tree.

Владимир Мигев като изследовател на авторитарния режим в България (по повод неговата 80-годишнина)

Author(s): Nikolay Poppetrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

The text represents the first period (late 1960s to late 1980s) of the professional development of the historian Vladimir Migev, time when he specialized as a researcher of authoritarianism and authoritarian regime in Bulgaria. The article focuses on the conditions of scholarly work specific to those years (compulsory explanatory models and strict ideological control over interpretations) which left their mark on the concepts used by the historian and on his basic evaluations. At the same time, his contributions to the development of a number of major aspects of Bulgarian authoritarianism are shown.

Научни форуми

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

Data about scientific events in the field of the humanities in Bulgaria in the current year

Българистиката в Кьолнския университет

Author(s): Boyan Valchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

Елена Иванова на 60 години

Author(s): Andrej Boyadzhiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ. Юбилеен сборник в чест на 75-годишнината на проф. Пиринка Пенкова-Люейер

Author(s): Denitsa Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

Иван Асен II (1218–1241). Сборник по случай 800-годишнината от неговото възшествие на българския престол

Author(s): Denitsa Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

Bugari i Zagreb. Povijest, kultura i politika / Българи и Загреб. История, култура и политика

Author(s): Ekaterina Dikova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

Budilova, L., M. Jakoubek. Bulgarian Protestants and the Czech Village of Voyvodovo. Sofia, 2018

Author(s): Vasil Dimitrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

Средновековната крепост и манастир Урвич край София в светлината на български и западноевропейски извори

Author(s): Nikolay Ovcharov,Dimitar Stoimenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

The two authors dwell on the much commented in recent years interesting medieval Fortress of Urvich near the village of Kokalyane in the vicinity of Sofia. According to the findings of the archaeological excavations, a fortification was built on the steep slope as early as the 4th–6th centuries to safeguard the important road. Abandoned in the time of the Barbarian invasions, it was reconstructed during the First Bulgarian Empire in the 10th–11th centuries. The fortification developed rapidly and flourished particularly during the Second Bulgarian Empire in the 12th–14th centuries. There are documents evidencing that Urvich was involved actively in the defence of Sofia against the Ottoman invasion and suffered the same unfortunate fate as the big city. The excavations show that in the 15th–17th centuries an important Christian monastery was founded on the ruins of the fortress; the monastery was burnt to ashes by the Ottomans during the Bulgarian uprisings inspired by the Austro-Turkish Wars in the late 17th – the first half of the 18th centuries. Information from various historical sources on the fate of the Urvich Fortress is gathered and analysed in this article. The earliest is a seal from the 11th century, belonging to the Byzantine aristocrat Nikolay Οὐρβίτζιον – the Greek spelling for the Bulgarian “Urvich”. Worthy of note is the rich Bulgarian folklore tradition, describing the resistance of the Bulgarians against the Ottoman invasion, where the Urvich Fortress is repeatedly mentioned. In this regard, it is mentioned also in the Slavo- Bulgarian History completed in 1762 by Paisius of Hilendar. A definite contribution of the two authors is the discovery that Urvich was mentioned as Oruitro in several Western European travelogues and road maps from the 17th and18th centuries. Their descriptions and designations make it clear that at that time the walls of the ancient fortress were preserved in good height, and that there was a “beautiful monastery” within the walls. This description corresponds and corroborates fully the data from the archaeological excavations.

Професор Луиза Ревякина на 80 години

Author(s): Inna Manasieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2020

In Honorem

Росица Лельова. Българските градски общини в Македония 1878–1903. София, ИК „Гутенберг“, 2016. 370 с. + 1 цв. Карта. ISBN 978-619-1760-89-3

Author(s): Dimitar Hristov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Book Review

Никола Стоянов. Живот и дейност: Мемоари (1875–1939). Дневник (1940–1944). Състав.: Калинка Анчова, Алека Стрезова София, издателство на Нов български университет, 2020. 771 с. + ил. ISBN 978-619-233-102-3

Author(s): Nikolay Poppetrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2020

Book Review

Дисертации 2020

Author(s): Nikola Kazanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Defended PhD theses in Bulgaria in the field of linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography and art studies

Научни форуми 2020

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Data about scientific events in the field of the humanities in Bulgaria in the current year

Проектът „Гутенберговата революция и българите“

Author(s): Vanya Ivanova,Margaret Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Седма международна интердисциплинарна българистична конференция за студенти, докторанти и млади учени

Author(s): Krasimira Koleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Франческо Гуида на 70 години

Author(s): Alexandre Kostov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 41/2020

Parish Registers in the Archival Fonds of the State Archives in Szczecin

Author(s): Radosław Gaziński / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The article aims to show the value that Protestant parish registers kept in the State Archives in Szczecin have for demographic research. The paper will also examine the internal structure of the Pomeranian and New Marchian parish registers, showing the changes that took place in the records over a period of more than 350 years (from the end of the 16th century to the mid-20th century). The material is also intended to encourage academics to use the sources in their research work.

Sprawozdanie z posiedzeń Zespołu Demografii Historycznej Komitetu Nauk Demograficznych PAN w 2018 roku

Author(s): Piotr Rachwał / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2020