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Щрихи от историята на Видин
Glimpses at the History of the Town of Vidin

Author(s): Vanya Gergova
Subject(s): History
Published by: Институт за исторически изследвания - Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The authoress presents separate moments in the centuries-long history of Vidin, the town on the Danube. General information is given about the origins of the town. its population and the etymology of its name. Thanks to the favourable geographic situation the town became an important administrative and cultural centre. During the first and Second Bulgarian Kingdoms Vidin had changing fortunes and passed through many political cataclysms. Irrespective of everything the Vidin Bishopric became the centre of political and intellectual life, here grew up many spiritual leaders of the Bulgarian people, here emerged also the famous Vidin literary school, a centre of education and culture. During the Kurdjali disturbances in the late 18th c. the town was seized by Osman Pazvantoglu who broke away from the central Ottoman power and declared his independence. The region was subjected to plunder and ruin. In the conditions of alien political order and absolute lawlessness the Vidin clergy and the Vidin Bishopric remained the sole supporters of the national awareness of the Bulgarian population. In the 19th century, when the struggle for an independent Bulgarian Church flared up, the Vidin Bishopric and its Metropolitan Antim played an important role, which sped up the solving of the Bulgarian Church Question. The history is followed up of the Vidin (Bdin) battle colours under which the Bdin regiments fought in the Balkan Wars and the First World War.

  • Issue Year: 2001
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 190-206
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian