LOYALTIES UNDER STRAIN: THE DOBRUDJA “MAHZAR” OF 1940
LOYALTIES UNDER STRAIN: THE DOBRUDJA “MAHZAR” OF 1940
Author(s): Blagovest NyagulovSubject(s): Politics, History, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Politics and Identity
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Loyalties; Bulgarians; Dobrudja; Romania;
Summary/Abstract: The topic of the so-called Dobrudja “Mahzar” is an inseparable part of the events in the area between the Danube and the Black Sea that preceded and followed the Craiova Treaty of 1940. On the one hand, this topic illustrates one of the methods used by Romanian propaganda to preserve the territorial status quo with regard to Southern Dobrudja. On the other hand, the case of the Declaration of loyalty to Romania casts light on the state of the Bulgarian community in Dobrudja and its loyalties on the eve and after the Treaty that divided “definitely and forever” this land between Bulgaria and Romania. The paper presents in the form of an investigation the history of this Declaration, considering the Bulgarians’ participation in the initiative, and its consequences. The controversial topic raises the question of the possible and impossible dual loyalties of minorities.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 650-665
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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