Банско в писмовното наследство на Неофит Рилски
Bansko in the epistolary legacy of Neofit Rilski

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the 1930’s painting cycle of works by Aleksandăr Bozhinov (1878 – 1968) entitled “Macedonia in Caricatures”, whose publication was supported by the Macedonian Charitable Brotherhoods and the Macedonian Cooperative Bank in Bulgaria. In his works, the notable Bulgarian painter sharply criticized the unjust Versailles order, the inability of the League of Nations to protect the rights of minorities, the repressive and assimilationist policy of the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia) towards the Macedonian Bulgarians.The movement for new Bulgarian education and culture was at the basis of the national revival and among the essential goals that determined its development is the pursuit of secular education in the native language. Its practical implementation was due to a number of educational figures, among whom the personality of Neofit Rilski (1793 – 1881) played a primary role. The analysis of his spiritual, pedagogical, literary and social activity proves his contribution to the national revival of the Bulgarians. Of the preserved archival material, consisting of memories, his personal works, translations, patriotic speeches, notes, etc., his rich correspondence is also of interest.

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