Contribution to the Cultural History of Eastern Rumelia (from the Epistolary Heritage of the Bogoridi Family) Cover Image
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Принос към културната история на Източна Румелия (из епистоларното наследство на фамилията Богориди)
Contribution to the Cultural History of Eastern Rumelia (from the Epistolary Heritage of the Bogoridi Family)

Author(s): Rusalena Pendzhekova-Hristeva
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences, Education, Cultural history, Comparative history, Diplomatic history, Economic history, History of ideas, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Modern Age, Special Historiographies:, School education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, 19th Century, Period(s) of Nation Building, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: Emanuel Bogoridi; Alexander Bogoridi; Konstantin Irechek; Eastern Rumelia; epistolary heritage; cultural history

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an unknown letter from the epistolary heritage of the Bogoridi family, in French in handwritten original, sent by Emanuel Bogoridi to his uncle Alexander Bogoridi, dated June 12, 1879, currently stored in the collection of the Bulgarian Historical Archive at the National Library “Ivan Vazov” – Plovdiv. The source and archeographic aspects of the newly discovered document are examined. In terms of content, the background of the idea of founding a museum, a library, an archive and a university in Eastern Rumelia and the involvement of one of the most famous European Slavic scholars in the person of Konstantin Irechek for this cause are presented. By publishing the letter in Bulgarian for the first time, it is included in scientific circulation.

  • Issue Year: 28/2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 551-562
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian