Славянският събор в София (1910 г.) на страниците на вестниците „Ден” и „Камбана”
The Slavonic Assembly at Sofia in 1910 as reported in the Bulgarian newspapers Den and Kambana

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the media depiction of the Slavonic assembly at Sofia in 1910 by the newspapers Den and Kambana). The study covers the period from 20.05. to 10.07. 1910, during which it traces the thematic accents in both newspapers, presenting the preparation, proceedings and public response to the Slavonic assembly. Attention is focused on differing responses to the event and the unfolding dispute concerning the ideas of Neo-Slavism. On the basis of documentary description of the published texts in different rubrics in both newspapers, the study systematizes the leading headlines about The Slavonic assembly, its dimension and fine details at the time the event was depicted. The Slavonic assembly in Sofia, held on June 1910, is the subject of many publications in the newspaper Den, with lengthy description of events, detailed introduction of participants, guests and delegates, as well as the subsequent events. The most inspirational ideas put forward by the newspaper are those of Slavonic solidarity and unity. The mere fact of holding of the assembly provokes public tensions and becomes an object of public protests and boycott by intellectuals, public and professional groups all over the country. The newspaper Kambana becomes a platform for ideological polemics with Slavophile ideas and their influence upon political governance. In public held protests and debates Slaveikov, Yavorov and Todorov state their position. The paper and the systematized documentary appendix trace the dynamics in depicting the events in both newspapers, the different accents in theirs publications as well as their conflict zones - the reason for the open media war between the newspapers Den and Kambana.

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