Вацлав Ханка и българите

Author(s): Marcel Černý / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5-6/2015

The article examines the contribution of the Czech Revival philologist, publisher and poet Vaclav Hanka (1791–1861) to the Czech-Bulgarian cultural relations and contacts. The author analyzes in more detail his short translation called A Short History of the Slavonic Peoples in Ancient Times (1818), based on the Friedrich Christian Ruhs (1781–1820) book Handbuch der Geschichte des Mittelalters (1816). The chapter devoted to the history of medieval Bulgaria is the first specialized Bulgarian study published in Czech. Hanka has not written a whole bulgarian article on his own (except for the Bulgarian supplements in his research in the field of palaeoslavistics) and is restricted to resolving works of his colleagues and excerpts from the correspondence of his friends, mainly the Russian Slavonic scholar Izmail Ivanovich Srenevski (1812–1880). Nevertheless, for many Bulgarians, he was invaluable advisor during their trips to Bohemia (eg. Ivan Andreev Bogorov, Konstantin Dimitriev Petkovič, Ivan Vasilev Shopov, Petăr Beron, Konstantin Pavlov, Dimităr Stefanov Mutev or Nathanail Zografski) and discoverer and publisher of “Kralovedvorski manuscript” and “Zelenogorski manuscript” pseudo old Czech poetic mystification of the early 19th century, which are considered precious monuments from the 13th and 10th century (to their Bulgarian translators – besides the already-named Petkovič and Shopov – belong Teodosi (Bogdan) Ikonomov, Rayko Zhinzifov, George Benev and Atanas T. Iliev).

Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg and the Early Diffusion of the Periodic Table of Dmitri Mendeleev

Author(s): Pierre-Léonard Zaffalon / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

When Dmitri Mendeleev (1834 – 1907) proposed his periodic law in 1869 on a pedagogical purpose, few teachers were enthusiastic. However, as early as 1873, a manual of chemistry already reproduced his periodic table. A renowned German chemist wrote it: Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg (1813 – 1899). With the exception of the chemists involved in the classification of the elements, he was, as far as we know, the first to present the periodic table of Mendeleev in a textbook.

СЪВРЕМЕННАТА ИКОНОМИЧЕСКА МИГРАЦИЯ НА БЪЛГАРСКИТЕ МЮСЮЛМАНИ

Author(s): Sonia Hinkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2017

The article is scrutinizing the causes and dynamic, but mainly the consequences form the economic migration on the Bulgarian Muslims. This influence is presented through its diverse impact among the different subgroups of the Bulgarian Muslims – ethnic Turks, Bulgarian- speaking Muslims (divided according their own self-determination on Bulgarians, Pomaks and Muslims) and Muslims form the ghettos (according their own self-determination predominantly Turks, but also Romas). Here are analyzed the Muslims preferences for some particular countries as a season-work or long-term employment destination. The study places particular emphasis on the influence of the immigrant communities over the religious and ethnic identity of the Bulgarian Muslims. This context makes possible the outlining of the substantial differences among the diverse subgroups of Bulgarian Muslims as well as the different perspective for “import” of ideas and specific practices.

AFRICA IN QUEST OF STABILITY? REFLECTIONS INSPIRED BY THE CURRENT PROBLEMS OF HUMANITY

Author(s): Alphonse Zozime Tamekamta / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

This study proposes to analyze the determinants of the volatile situation of Africa and its capacity of adaptation or appropriation of the global stakes, with regard to the current problems of the humanity, described in the work coordinated by the Professor Dumitru Otovescu. Africa is considered here as a field of application since this continent is subject to all attention eye, all anxieties and all hopes. To lead this reflection, three methods of data collection were favoured: First, the ethnographic method which involved neutral direct observation. Observation provides information about social and political actors. Then, the interviews (unstructured, semi-structured and standardized) that gave rise to conversations, formal and informal, conducted on the basis of an interview guide, a questionnaire or a survey, structured around from subject. Finally, the exploitation of newspaper articles, magazines and periodicals, various reports, books, etc. At the end of this work, it is observed that Africa suffers as much as the other continents the volatility of the banking and economic system due to the practice of capitalism. Although sector-specific (developed-country) and global responses have been taken following several global economic and financial crises, Africa has remained isolated and compartmentalized. Today, its galloping demography and the extreme youth of its population as well as the natural wealth at its disposal are the basis of the hope of Africa. In contrast, the segmentation of its economic recovery programs, the tribulations of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the faculties of its political governance and the recurrence of crises and complex escapes.

COMPULSORY VEIL IN IRAN: A SOCIAL JUSTICE PROBLEM

Author(s): Nasim Basiri / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

This paper looks into different aspects of compulsory veil in post-revolutionary Iran and discusses this discriminatory and exclusionary law as a social justice problem. The paper also demonstrates and brings into the light a number of consequences related to implementation of compulsory hijab in Iranian society that has led to gender-based violence targeting women.

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AFTER THE END OF COMMUNISM: THE BEGINNING OF RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE CASE OF UKRAINE (1991-1999)

Author(s): Cesar Garcia Andres / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The countries that were part of the Soviet Union were forced to start on their own the democratic process after the disintegration of the communist bloc. These countries had to enter the new world order that had been unknown to them. Two ways were developed in order to achieve their development as newly independent states. Firstly, the new independence countries have opened up to the European Community in the 90s. And secondly, the countries that remained linked to Russia in order to achieve the stability of those first moments. In the case of Ukraine, its path as an independent country began on 24 August 1991, and since that year its main task has been to strengthen its position as a state. Ukraine initially remained linked to Russia somehow through different policies. However, there was a change due to Ukraine's need for assistance in different areas: from social and political to economic. From this moment the institutions of the European Union came into play in Ukraine to promote its modernization and democratization. It is necessary to know which were these means and how they have served to advance these relations until the entry into force of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in 1998. In order to carry out this analysis we will address with specialized monographs and articles related to these subjects, as well as the extensive documentation provided by the European institutions.

Духовната, обществената и книжовната дейност на Константин Канев – принос в запазване на родопското културно-историческо наследство

Author(s): Maria Glavcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The cultural and historical heritage of the state includes, in principle, both material specimens and the facts and interpretations preserved in historical literary works. Rhodope Mountain is one of the picturesque Bulgarian mountains. In the area of Smolyan district is Momchilovtsi village. The article presents information that Konstantin Kanev devotes his remarkable literary work to this settlement and to the local people as well as the collections of short stories later published. The preserved memory of the future through the literary work and social activity of Konstantin Kanev is his most significant contribution to the history of the Middle Rhodopes and Bulgaria.

Указания за авторите

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

Повратни времена: Ихтиманският вакъф на Михалоглу Махмуд Бей от неговото създаване през ХV до началото на ХХ в.

Author(s): Maria Kiprovska,Veselin Yanchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

The modern town of Ihtiman owes its establishment and further development during the Ottoman period to the members of the noble Mihaloğlu family who settled in Ihtiman and turned it into its residence and a center of its large pious foundation, founded to support the religious, charitable and educational institutions built in the town. The history of Ihtiman remains closely linked to the Mihaloğlu family ever since its establishment until the end of the Ottoman rule in the Bulgarian lands. The present article outlines the development of the waqf of Mihaloğlu Mahmud bey in the area of Ihtiman from its foundation till the first decade of the 20th century in an attempt to point out to its importance for the period of Ottoman rule as well as during the period immediately after the proclamation of independent Bulgaria when the so-called “waqf question” occupies a key place not only in the international relations of the young national state with the Ottoman empire but it also stood out as an essential problem in internal politics as well. The documents from the period after the Russo-Ottoman war of 1877–1878 allows for the elucidation of certain hitherto understudied questions connected to the last years of Ihtiman pious foundation’s existence in particular, as well as to the tracing out of the fate of the members of the Ottoman elite in the face of the Ihtiman waqf administrators during the new political and economic conditions of the national Bulgarian state.

Смъртта на крал Едуард VII и политическите отношения между България и Великобритания

Author(s): Emil Alexandrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

The article aims to show some unknown historical facts about the death of King Edward VII of England. In this context the political relations between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Bulgaria are developing. In view of the polarization of Europe between the Triple Alliance and the Entente, Sofia seeks to secure the support of London and to establish good connections and feelings. Bulgaria’s foreign policy is still with loose hands, but considering the pursuit of national unification, it looks for allies and friendly countries. Naturally, King Ferdinand I and his family ties to the royal family of England are naturally counting, given the English-Russian idea circulating in the diplomacy of 1908-1909 to create a Balkan Union.

Годишно съдържание

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

В новите броеве на списанията на издателство „Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

Архитектурният комплекс на Златния рог като конструктивна идея

Author(s): Blagovesta Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The aim of the study is to analyze the St Stephen Church in Istanbul from an architectural and artistic standpoint and prove that it was conceived as part of an architectural complex. Each constructive decision of the large working team is interpreted in the culturological sense with the aim of highlighting the significance of the use of contemporary and relevant decisions for the late 19th century, such as the steel construction of the church. Thus, conclusions are drawn which differ from the conclusions that have come to predominate in the public space.

Лайош Дьобрьоши. Мисията на един унгарец на българска земя. София: Унгарски културен институт/ИК „Арка“, 2018

Author(s): Mila Maeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2019

Музикантите като фенове на публиката. Образи на концертната публика и медийната аудитория

Author(s): Zhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

The research of the media publications and TV shows after 1989 with the participation of a certain group of musicians - the artists making Estrada - shows that there is an area where the power of the audience is a necessity that preserves the power of the author. The Estrada musicians describe their audience as a ‘good person’ or a child, they need to teach how to recognize valuable music. In the period 1990 - 2017 the musicians draw a couple of key images of the audience: the weddings audience, the parents and the child in the audience, the supranational symbol, the constantly reminded image of the “phenomenon soviet audience”. A key finding of the research is that the musicians clearly distinguish between “concert audience” and “media audience” as imaginary communities.

Научен отзив за международна научна конференция „(Пре) осмисляйки социализма: знание, памет и забрава за социалистическото минало”

Author(s): Zlatina Bogdanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2019

Conference report on the International science conference '(Re)thinking socialism: knowledge, memory and oblivion of the socialist past'

Българският общ народен студентски съюз и полицията (1930 – 1934 г.)

Author(s): Boris Boev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

The article aims to reveal in most general terms the police actions against one of the major Bulgarian students’ organizations during the 30s of the 20th century. Documents from the archives of the Ministry of Interior and of Sofia District Court and studies on the police and on the justice system of the period have been used. Some of the main methods of collecting information and neutralizing the activity of the Bulgarian General National Union of Students (BGNUS) used by the state and its repressive bodies are revealed. Examples of the systematic violation of university autonomy by the police are provided but also examples of the popularity, which BGNUS acquires among students despite the prosecution and the semi-legal status of the organization. In view of the revealed data, it becomes questionable whether the government of Andrey Lyapchev and of the People’s Block during whose period of office BGNUS was constituted and developed its activities, has been of democratic nature (as supposed today by a large number of modern historians).

A Brief View over American Most Prominent Abolitionist Newspapers and Writings during the Mid XIX Century (1820-1850’s)

Author(s): Borislav Momchilov / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2016

The main purpose of this article is to show the different aspects of abolitionist literature in United States during the mid-nineteen century. The wide historiographical view of this subject brings to the reader chance to receive accurate knowledge over this object. Over the last few decades the rhetoric over the abolitionism debate is circulating in many aspects, in a slightly range of historical researchers. Important target of this lemma is to show the main and impacting literature and newspaper writings in USA during relevant period.

When Masonry Destroyed Romanian Wooden Churches.

Author(s): Aurora Petronela Luca / Language(s): French Issue: 3/2019

L’histoire des églises en bois des communautés roumaines du comté d’Alba peut être synthétisée par les statistiques suivantes : près de deux-cent lieux de culte ont été identifiés, dont cent-quarante-cinq ont disparu, pour diverses raisons. Habituellement, si la disparition était la con-séquence d’une calamité, le plus souvent une incendie, et si l’événement avait eu lieu avant le xixe siècle, la nouvelle église était par la suite reconstruite à nou-veau en bois. Cependant, plus de quatre-vingt-dix églises en bois (voire cent-trente d’après d’autres estimations) ont été détruites et remplacées par des églises bâties. Ce vaste programme d’édification a commencé au milieu du xviiie siècle dans les Carpates Occidentales (Apuseni) et autour de la ville de Blaj. L’apogée se situe entre les der-nières décennies du xixe siècle et les premières décennies du xxe siècle. Cela justifie le peu d’informations dispo-nibles sur leur disparition. L’histoire de chaque édifice s’explique à travers plusieurs cas de figure: églises vendues intégralement à d’autres paroisses ; églises désaffectées, le matériel étant vendu ou transformé en combustible pour alimenter les fours utilisées dans la fabrication des briques nécessaires à la construction d’une nouvelle église ; églises abandonnées, disparues discrètement après une période plus ou moins longue. Plus, des deux tiers des quel-ques deux-cent églises en bois de l’actuel comté d’Alba ont été victimes de la modernisation et du progrès de la société roumaine transylvanienne, très pré-coce dans cette région administrative, bien avant l’union de la Tran-sylvanie à la Roumanie. Quant à la situation des quarante-huit communautés qui possèdent encore des églises en bois, vingt d’entre-elles fréquentent en réalité des églises bâties, les églises en bois étant abandonnées, depuis plu-sieurs décennies, dans un état de dégradation avancé. Trente-six édifices sont inscrits sur la liste des monuments historiques, parmi lesquels se trouvent également six bâtiments entièrement ou principalement rénovés et deux églises disparues. Dans le présent article, afin de donner une image plus précise du phénomène de réduction dras-tique du nombre d’églises en bois au profit du bâti, celles-ci sont présentées dans l’ordre de leur disparition. Quel-ques informations relatives à la période de construction, à la peinture pariétale et aux ob-jets de culte sont égale-ment fournies lorsque nous avons pu recueillir les données nécessaires. Le tableau final permet d’avoir une image de l’ampleur des pertes subies par l’histoire de la culture et par l’histoire de l’art, voire par le patrimoine national

Fratments from the Painted Decoration of the Wooden Church of Crivina de Sus (Timiș County).

Author(s): Bogdan Ilieș,Vladimir Obradovici / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2019