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Bulgaria fact #3
Syrians and Armenians brought a rise in popularity for hermitism, which was a willingness to withdraw from the world. This sense of 'internal migration' was encouraged by bogomilism. Bogomils argued that the entire visible world was the creation of Satan and only the human soul was created by God. A reaction to mounting hardship felt by the common people; it was easy to believe the devil responsible
— Sep 04, 2026 05:28AM
Syrians and Armenians brought a rise in popularity for hermitism, which was a willingness to withdraw from the world. This sense of 'internal migration' was encouraged by bogomilism. Bogomils argued that the entire visible world was the creation of Satan and only the human soul was created by God. A reaction to mounting hardship felt by the common people; it was easy to believe the devil responsible
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Ok I give up, I'm returning the book tomorrow and reading the rest on a pirated copy on my computer, I hope you're happy now, Cambridge Libraries
— 19 hours, 43 min ago
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1878
The FUCKING BRITS and the AUSTRIA-HUNGARIANS
They've absolutely decimated my boy Bulgaria because they're scared about Russian influence.
After defeating the Ottomans, they split it into Bulgaria and "Eastern Rumelia", whatever the fuck that is.
Its giving, inheriting Palestine from the Ottomans, then chopping that up too?? Sound familiar??
— 21 hours, 36 min ago
The FUCKING BRITS and the AUSTRIA-HUNGARIANS
They've absolutely decimated my boy Bulgaria because they're scared about Russian influence.
After defeating the Ottomans, they split it into Bulgaria and "Eastern Rumelia", whatever the fuck that is.
Its giving, inheriting Palestine from the Ottomans, then chopping that up too?? Sound familiar??
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1840: The first Bulgarian printing press in the Ottoman empire
Owned by a Greek
Who had imported Slav type from the United States
At the request of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Also I've learnt about the "chitalishta", they sound very cool, very balkan
— Sep 24, 2026 08:17AM
Owned by a Greek
Who had imported Slav type from the United States
At the request of the British and Foreign Bible Society
Also I've learnt about the "chitalishta", they sound very cool, very balkan
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One of the great symbols of the Bulgarian cultural renaissance was the rebuilding of Rila monastery after a disastrous fire in 1833...
Covered markets replaced old open air stalls; fountains were installed, and, most typically, a clock tower was erected in the centre of the community; it gave the time according to the Christian as opposed to the Muslim and was therefore a symbol of cultural self-assertion.
— Sep 24, 2026 08:09AM
Covered markets replaced old open air stalls; fountains were installed, and, most typically, a clock tower was erected in the centre of the community; it gave the time according to the Christian as opposed to the Muslim and was therefore a symbol of cultural self-assertion.
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Book by Paiisi, considered start of Bulgaria cultural revival, often referred to as just the History. My book says the History was returned to Bulgaria after the revolution of 1989, and current location is apparently unknown.
So I had to do some googling.
Looking at BTAs archives they have Jan 12 '98
The Bulgarians STOLE it off the Greeks Dec 85 (only revealed in 2012 by H.Hristov)
Then the President GAVE it back 98
— Sep 24, 2026 06:06AM
So I had to do some googling.
Looking at BTAs archives they have Jan 12 '98
The Bulgarians STOLE it off the Greeks Dec 85 (only revealed in 2012 by H.Hristov)
Then the President GAVE it back 98
Mia
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Just learnt you can be Turkified. Also Islamicised, but that doesn't sound nearly as cool.
— Sep 21, 2026 08:17AM
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Bulgaria fun fact #2
Alphabet for use in Slavonic languages emerged mid/late 9th century. Origin believed to be in 862, when the ruler of Moravia requested an alphabet for his people so that the influence of the Franks and Germans could be contained. Its creation is generally acknowledged to be the work of Salonika-born monks, Cyril and Methodius.
It enabled Bulgarians to create their own literature.
— Sep 04, 2026 05:21AM
Alphabet for use in Slavonic languages emerged mid/late 9th century. Origin believed to be in 862, when the ruler of Moravia requested an alphabet for his people so that the influence of the Franks and Germans could be contained. Its creation is generally acknowledged to be the work of Salonika-born monks, Cyril and Methodius.
It enabled Bulgarians to create their own literature.
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Major aura loss for Emperor Nicephorus in 811
Khan Krum (803-14) took the recently fortified Sredets (Sofia) from the Byzantines, went in to seize Nesebûr on the Black Sea coast then marched as far as the walls of Byzantium.
Nicephorus became the first of his rank for almost 500 years to lose his life on the battlefield; Krum encrusted his deceased enemy's skull in silver and used it as a drinking goblet.
— Aug 28, 2026 04:32AM
Khan Krum (803-14) took the recently fortified Sredets (Sofia) from the Byzantines, went in to seize Nesebûr on the Black Sea coast then marched as far as the walls of Byzantium.
Nicephorus became the first of his rank for almost 500 years to lose his life on the battlefield; Krum encrusted his deceased enemy's skull in silver and used it as a drinking goblet.