Иван Тодоров Пулиев (Горан) между историографската недостатъчност, подценяването и стигматизирането

Author(s): Ivaylo Naydenov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

This article aims to present Ivan Todorov Puliev (Goran)’s personality and especially his mercantile activities. The problem of his relations with Evlogi Georgiev and his brother Nicholas T. Puliev is also concerned. The analyzed sources concerning the activities of Ivan T. Puliev give me reason to conclude that he is а contradictory and interesting person that left visible trace in the history of the Bulgarian National Revival.

Московска българска дружина

Author(s): Marieta Kozhuharova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The article presents the activity of the so-called Bulgarian group in Moscow, founded by some Bulgarian students in the end of 50’s of XIX century. On the basis of available documents and biographical information about the Bulgarian students in Moscow are clarified the names of the persons-organizers of this group. According to the conducted analysis of the program, created by the group, on the basis of its activity and the thematically differentiating of the problems, placed in journal “Bratski trud”, published by the participants, two facts are conclude: 1) there is accordance between targets in the program and their implementation; 2) participants develop successful propaganda campaign in Russia.

Индустрията и музейното пространство (поглед към съвременния музей)

Author(s): Mira Markova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The article presents Industry Museum in Gabrovo as an example for innovations in contemporary museum space and museum conceptions. The historical perspective in town development is presented through the focus of industry. The author searches for wider conclusions about society development during different periods in the XX century. A new way for forming historical point of view was presented. The author stays on the conception that the contemporary museum must be cultural institution which creates cultural tendencies and cultural policies.

Към читателя

Author(s): Nadya Kantareva-Baruh / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

Каменная летопись Каламиты-Инкермана

Author(s): Vladimir P. Kirilko / Language(s): Russian Issue: 6/2019

The first defense structure of Kalamita was a Byzantine fortress of 550—650: it protected the passage to the Heraclean Peninsula. Not earlier than 1422 and as late as the end of 1423, most likely in spring or summer of 1423, its early medieval debris was used for building a new fortification in its place. The new structure belonged to a ruler of Theodoro who started a war against Caffa. In October-November 1423, the defense structures of Kalamita were massively damaged by a 9-degree Yalta earthquake and restored in 1425—1427. In 1434, Kalamita was burnt down by a Genoese punitive expedition led by Carlo Lomellini. Further restoration works aimed to erect a stone wall to defend the suburb. The fortifications of the Theodoro fortress were substantially reconstructed within 1450—1475, with the support of the Genoese authorities. In 1475—1771, Kalamita belonged to the Ottomans, who at the end of the 16th century (the earliest), but, most likely in the 17th — early 18th century, added two new fortifications to the fortress: wallgang and glacis.

Лихварството в България и опитите за неговото регулиране в края на XIX век

Author(s): Rositsa Zlatinska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

Before the banking system reached its modern form it has come a long way of development and has changed a lot. One of the first forms of lending money in our lands is usury. This article aims to trace usury, defined as unorganized credit where individuals give loans against interest. Usury is rooted in a period long before The Liberation of Bulgaria. An important characteristic of usury is that the activity of moneylenders is not regulated by the law or by traditions and in that sense is perceived by society as bad, unnatural and immoral. Although it has more primitive form and organization, usury also has many similarities to the contemporary banks. The most common feature of both types of activities is that their main goal is making a profit.

Испански дипломатически документи за Османската империя и Българите (ХVІІІ – ХІХ в.)

Author(s): Penka Danova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

НАЦИОНАЛНИТЕ ПРАЗНИЦИ НА ТУРСКАТА РЕПУБЛИКА В МИНАЛОТО И СЕГА

Author(s): Kalina Peeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The objective of the present article is to analyse the Turkish holiday system introduced after the proclamation of the Republic and supplemented over the decades with new occasions for national celebrations. Four of Turkey’s “great holidays” introduced under Mustafa Kemal are discussed as events targeted at creating certain emotional states serving to support the Kemalist regime and to create a sense of national belonging in the minds of the Turks. The changes introduced in the national holiday system after the military coup of 1980 are also brought into focus. That was the time when the then Turkish statesmen began to pursue a policy of “Turko-Islamic synthesis” that restored the Islamic festivities – prohibited during the early years of the Republic and traditionally celebrated by left-wing political forces – back into the national calendar. Last but not least, the national holiday known as Democracy and National Unity Day, born of the attempted military coup in 1916, is also presented.

Prikazi

Author(s): Rifat Alihodžić,Šerbo Rastoder,Safet Hadrović Vrbički,Senad M. Karađuzović,Sead Bandžović,Sait Š. Šabotić,Ismet Dedeić,Kostas Mavrakis,Alen Peričić,Selma Đečević / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 83-84/2020

Reviews of: 1. Zlatko Karač, Alen Žunić „Islamska arhitektura i umjetnost u Hrvatskoj. Osmanska i suvremena baština“, „Islamic Architecture and Art in Croatia. Ottoman and contemporary heritage“, Arhitektonski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, UPI-2M PLUS Zagreb, 2018. Review by: Rifat Alihodžić; 2. „Modernost Zlatka Glamočaka“, Review by: Kostas Mavrakis; 3. Gani Karamanaga „Gradski Pazar“, Review by: Šerbo Rastoder; 4. Šerbo Rastoder, „Murteza Karađuzović (1865 - 1941), muftija crnogorskih Muslimana“, Almanah, Podgorica, 2019, Review by: Alen Peričić; 5. Mehmed Pargan „Grad u cvatu magnolije“; Izdavač: BMG Bosanska medijska grupa, Tuzla, 2018., Review by: Safet Hadrović Vrbički; 6. „Slovo o knjizi“, Review by: Senad Karađuzović; 7. Harun Karčić „Šerijat i pravni pluralizam u Evropi: primjeri koegzistencije religijskog i sekularnog prava na Starom kontinentu“, Centar za napredne studije, Sarajevo, 2018, str. 206., Review by: Sead Bandžović; 8. „Slike Aldemara Ibrahimovića - arhitektura sjedinjenog vremena“ (uz izložbu Aldemara Ibrahimovića u Modernoj galeriji u Podogorici), Review by: Selma Đečević; 9. Enes Pelidija, “Osmanisti Bosne i Hercegovine do kraja XX stoljeća”, knj. I, Mostar, 2019, 237 str., Review by: Sait Š. Šabotić; 10. „Sandžački Bošnjaci u brčanskom kraju: Posavina u srcu, Sandžak u duši“, Review by: Ismet Dedeić

Към въпроса за придобиването на Никифоровия препис на Паисиевата история от проф. Марин Дринов в Пирдоп

Author(s): Ivan Ivanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

The article deals with the known transcripts of Paisii’s Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya (Slavonic-Bulgarian History), originating from the town of Pirdop. One of them is the manuscript made by Daskal Todor Pirdopski. Another one was found in the library of Hadji Ivan Hadjidimitrov, and the latest one was made after the liberation by the teacher Dimitar Odzhakov. The earliest one is from 1772 and is the work of the Rila monk Nikifor, and was owned by a resident of Pirdop for decades. It was this transcript that was purchased by Professor Marin Drinov upon his visit to the city at the end of 1878 or the beginning of 1879 and thus became available to Bulgarian science. Due to uncertain information about Prof. Drinov’s stay in Pirdop, the article provides additional sources to clarify the timeline of his visit to the city and when he most likely purchased the Nikifor’s copy of Paisii’s history.

Привременният устав за народните училища на проф. Марин Дринов, развитието и подпомагането на карловските училища в периода 1878–1936 г.

Author(s): Mariya Deyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2019

The huge research, educational, publishing and social activities of Prof. Marin Drinov played a major role in the development of the education, literature and culture of Bulgaria after the liberation. As the first Minister of Education in the Principality of Bulgaria, he had a particularly important contribution to the creation of a large-scale educational program aimed at solving strategic educational tasks, and in doing that M. Drinov used his knowledge of European experience in this field. He prepared the Provisional Statute for Public Schools, issued on August 29, 1878, in which he set out his views on the school structure, the goals of the different educational levels, the content of the curricula, their management, staffing and maintenance. The schools established during the Revival Period in Karlovo, were rebuilt after the Liberation and developed according to the new realities, but this was done through overcoming many difficulties, regardless of the leading role and financial support of the state. People who donated for education helped significantly for the development of the city’s education. After the Liberation of Karlovo, thanks to the care of the city government, the Karlovo community and the generous donor gestures of the Karlovo benefactors, the educational network continued to exist, abiding all the normative requirements and regulations, and developed according to the legislative changes in post-liberation Bulgaria in the field of education. Many of them are based on the principles of the Provisional Statute for Public Schools, drafted by Prof. Marin Drinov.

Le Testament d’Abraham et sa présence dans un convoy juridique et antihérétique (BAR Mss. sl. 636)

Author(s): Ivan Biliarsky / Language(s): French Issue: 1-2/2019

The article is devoted to an Old Testament apocryphon – the Testament of Abraham – and its presence, its importance and its functions in the convoy of predominantly juridical and polemical anti-heretical collection compiled in the Principality of Moldova in the 16th century. The second part of the article proposes an interpretation of the text and its importance mainly in the legal context of the copy (BAR, Ms. sl. 636). What can be the meaning and function of a deuterocanonical text in a predominantly juridical collection? The study of the manuscript itself leads us to the conclusion that the separate elements (legal, polemical, historical, dogmatic, apocryphal) that make up the collection are subject to its general purpose. As for the apocrypha, they can be said to present some biblical point of view. In particular, the Testament of Abraham illustrates the idea of justice and the relationship between human and Divine justice. Human justice serves earthly purposes, and always, even the most just one, implies the idea of punishment, while Divine justice is based on mercy and seeks the salvation of the human soul.

Giovanni Chiaromanni et son voyage de Vienne a Bursa en 1659. Compilateur et traducteur Penka Danova. Sofia, Paradigma, 2017. 257 p.

Author(s): Tamara Stoilova / Language(s): French Issue: 1-2/2019

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Постапокалиптични реалии. Икономическото възстановяване на Кралството на сърби, хървати и словенци (КСХС) и България след Първата световна война

Author(s): Hristo Berov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The main emphasis of this text above is economic reconstruction of the Balkan countries that followed hardships and horrors of World War One. Being part of the European continent, the Balkan countries face serious difficulties in overcoming the effects of the global conflict and cannot be separated from political and social crises devastating the continent by the mid-1920s. Those aspects are quite well, though not enough, covered. Far less attention is paid to the economic efforts to overcome post-war difficulties. It is precisely this aspect that is the focus of this research, with the main purpose of empirically testing the working hypothesis of the identical behavior of the Balkan states in a situation of global political and economic crisis, such as Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the years after the First World War. The choice of the two countries is justified by a methodological point of view, since it makes it possible to find similarities and to distinguish differences in the economic recovery policies of the two countries that fall into the camp of the defeated and the victorious ones, respectively, which at first sight is a condition of a different type of problems, policies and results. Setting them against the backdrop of pan-European and global trends, in turn, guarantees a better look at the “uniqueness” of specific post-world-war-one Balkan conditions.

Поземлената собственост в Палестина по време на Британския мандат (1920 – 1948 г.)

Author(s): Petar Stoilov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The period of the British Mandate for Palestine (assigned by the League of Nations) is fundamental not only to the establishment of the State of Israel, but to a better understanding of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict as well. The present article explores the land question in Palestine since the Ottoman Empire, where the local specifics pave the way for the subsequent change in land ownership of some Palestinian territories. Then there are the multiple legislative documents issued under the British rule, which affect land transfers. At the same time the Zionist movement works diligently towards establishing а “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine by buying land from private owners. Yet, the article aims to remain neutral while exploring the land question in Palestine during the British Mandate and while summarizing its findings.

Научна конференция и издание на тема „Кризи и стопанско развитие през вековете“

Author(s): Emilia Vacheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Първа европейска конференция по униформология

Author(s): Aleksander Vachkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Панагюрци в Цариград през Възраждането

Author(s): Christo Temelski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2015

Критичен преглед на литературните и архивните източници и опит за реконструкция на родословието на Априлови

Author(s): Boris Stanimirov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

Vasil Aprilov (1789–1847) is an illustrious intellectual of the Bulgarian National Revival and contributor to the foundation of modern Bulgarian education. His works and heritage have been published and analyzed in various publications; however, the data concerning his family and genealogy are so far contradictory and inaccurate, being of subordinate importance for the major works, dedicated to Aprilov. The author resumes the publications, concerning Aprilov’s life and family, juxtaposes the genealogical data and analyzes its credibility in search of the correct family links. Besides the publications on Aprilov, the author reveals unpublished family tree of the Aprilovs, composed by Gabrovo’s local historian Iliya Gabrovski in the 1970s, stored in the State Archive – Gabrovo. Based on the analysis, the article offers a possible reconstruction of the Aprilovs’ genealogical tree.

Развитието на занаятите и индустрията в България през ХІХ–ХХI век и приносът на Габрово

Author(s): Evgenia Kalinova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

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