Култови средища на мюсюлманите сунити в Герлово и Тозлука през XVIII – XIX в

Author(s): Nevena Nedelcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

The article presents the results of the personal terrain research conducted by the author in 2015. They provide the opportunity to establish religious centers of Sunni Islam in the regions of Gerlovo and Tozluka in the 18th – first half of the 19th century. The study focuses on particular cult centers and discusses their architectural plans, function and origin. The mosques in the villages of Cherna voda, Mengishevo, Metodievo and Konevo are examined in detail.

Energy Security in Terms of Geothermal Resources in Selected Regions of Poland

Author(s): Bogdan Ćwik,Katarzyna Świerszcz / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

The study attempts to analyze the need to build subjective Polish energy security in the context of its rich geothermal resources of the various regions of our country. Adoption of these measures allows not only to increase the diversification of sources of energy supply but also brings significant benefits in economic, social and environmental area. This issue is presented in three aspects: • Sources and resources of geothermal energy in selected regions of Poland; • Advantages and disadvantages of using geothermal energy; • Examples of the use of geothermal energy in some regions of Poland. The use of geothermal resources may also have significance in no-military defence dimension of the country. To explore the problem in detail, an analytic-synthetic research method was used.

Алботинският скален манастир

Author(s): Neven Iliev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2014

The monastery of Albotin, situated 21 km south-west of the town of Vidin, is presented in this paper. The important role of Hesychasm in the monastery ideological life is amongst the factors, determining the interest of Historians toward this monument of medieval and modern sacral architecture.

Реконструкция на имена за места (nomina loci), мотивирани от названия на плодове въз основа на топонимни данни

Author(s): Maya Vlahova-Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2018

The naming of places according to local vegetation is a universal way of creating toponyms, a considerable part of which is derived from common names of localities, denoting ‘a place where a particular plant (fruit) grows’. Studying such toponyms can enrich the current locality-labelling data with new, hitherto unknown ones, as well as complete the pattern of the folk taxonomy of fruit. Nomina loci, as a separate word formation category, is well studied in both literary Bulgarian and its dialects. The present study aims to reconstruct the common names of localities, motivated by names of fruit, which have been preserved in Northern Bulgaria toponymy. There is a list of locality names derived from different kinds of toponyms. Some of these names expand the currently known ‘nomina loci’ word formation categories by providing new names. The analyses also show that the toponymy has preserved a fair number of archaic lexemes, formed through rare and antiquated suffixes with a locative function, which have not been registered in earlier research of locality names.

Съвременна българска бесарабска проза или как литературата разказва историята

Author(s): Elena Nalbantova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2019

This article discusses fiction novels that have been written in Bulgarian since the 1960s by Bessarabian Bulgarians, focusing on topics related to the life of Bulgarian expats in Bessarabia. The Bulgarian Bessarabian literature from this period is defined as contemporary. This article reconstructs the historical context as interpreted in two different ways: as events that found their way into the narratives, and as circumstances, which enforced both the selection of topics and their interpretation, and at the same time the literary canon that shaped the texts. The article concludes that the depiction of historical events in the novels of P.Trufkin, P. Burlak-Valkanov, Iv. Valkov, Il. Valkov, I. Nenov, A. Maleshkova and N. Kurtev conforms to extraliterary factors: ideology, geopolitical interests of neighboring countries, civilizational pessimism.

Lühikroonika

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 10/2020

Chronicle of events.

Митологични изображения от дърворезбовани царски двери в Югозападна България

Author(s): Vasil Markov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Mythological symbols are depicted on wood-carved royal doors, originating from Revival Christian churches in Southwestern Bulgaria. The emphasis is on the images of dragons. The semantics of the symbols is analyzed. Their connection with the topics of fertility and the protection of the sacred space is studied.

Приложение към: Васил Марков. Митологични изображения от дърворезбовани царски двери в Югозападна България

Author(s): Vasil Markov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2022

Palsmanes mācītāja Frīdriha Daniela Vāra sabiedriskā, literārā un folkloristiskā darbība 18. un 19. gadsimta mijā

Author(s): Ginta Pērle-Sīle / Language(s): Latvian Issue: 37/2018

Friedrich Daniel Wahr (1749−1827) was a pastor of a Baltic German origin, a representative of the Enlightenment movement, who over his lifetime provided a great contribution to the development of Latvian literature and folkloristics. F. D. Wahr had studied at the Frederick’s College and the Albert University (Albertus Universität) in Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad), where he supposedly came in touch with the ideas of Pietism and Enlightenment. Straight after he graduated from the university, he went to Livonia and in an unusually short time was ordained as a pastor for the parishes of Palsmane and Aumeistari, where he worked all his life. Along with the activities of the pastor, F. D. Wahr actively worked as a translator both localising German texts and writing his own texts. The most important work of the pastor is his and Gustav Bergmann’s (1749−1814) book Palcmariešu dziesmu krājums (Song Compilation of Palsmane Inhabitants, 1808) published in Rūjiena, which at that time was the biggest collection of folk songs compiled by one individual (413 folk songs). It was also the first collection that was structured in chapters. The author of this article has examined whether and to what extent F. D. Wahr has ben an innovator or rather a follower taking into account the context of the time period. The author has also questioned to what extent these were occasional activities and to what extent it was goal-orientated work. The author has gathered the data on Palsmane and its surroundings in terms of the social and cultural aspects at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, which so far have not been studied. The author has also listed the literary works of F. D. Wahr providing an insight, as well as brief reflections on the creation of the Song Compilation of Palsmane Inhabitants.

Pildile tõstetud ludza eestlased

Author(s): Lembit Vaba / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 10/2017

Review of: Hanness Korjuss. Ludzas igauņi. Zemes dieva tauta. Rīga: Lauku Avīze, 2017. 158 lk.

The area of the upper course of the Drina river (in Bosnia and Herzegovina) in the 2nd and 3rd century

Author(s): Amina Šehović / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2022

The upper course of the Drina river was a part of the Roman province of Dalmatia – more precisely it was located in the eastern part of the province. The mentioned territory, which in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina includes towns Goražde and Foča as well as smaller villages, belonged to the municipal unit whose center was in the village of Komini near Pljevlja – Montenegro. This administrative unit is known as Municipium S(...?). There is no mention of this administrative unit in the written source material. Accordingly, epigraphic monuments are the main sources from which the past of this administrative unit can be studied. They mention elements that testify to the administrative organization. As there is no information in the written source material, reconstruction can only be partially done. Many questions, starting with the name of the administrative unit, are still not clarified.

Lühidalt

Author(s): Tiina Hallik,Brita Melts / Language(s): Estonian Issue: 4/2020

Reviews of: Die Ostsee. Berichte und Geschichte aus 2000 Jahren. Koost Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke. Köln: Galiani Berlin, 2018. 650 lk. Kadri Viires. Kaugelt näeb lähemale. Eesti Kunstiakadeemia uurimisreisid soome-ugri rahvaste juurde 1978–2012. [Tallinn:] Argo, Eesti Kunstiakadeemia, 2019. 335 lk.

Using smart people to build smarter:

Author(s): Brian Fabrègue,Léo J. Portal,Christopher Cockshaw / Language(s): English Issue: 01/2023

Smart cities have been heralded as new powerhouses of economic growth and their capacity to fill this promise strongly depends on how attractive they are to highly skilled people. In fact, talented professionals can be regarded as their precondition and the fuel of innovation. In this article, we try to articulate how outstanding smart cities have managed to consolidate and retain a highly skilled graduate workforce. To this end, we analyse recent institutional developments in the cities with smart ambitions that achieve the highest smartness scores and compare them to parallel developments in those that obtain the lowest scores or no score across four countries: Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland. Taking from theories of economics of agglomeration and urban economics, and following a careful review of the relevant literature, we first highlight reasons that draw highly skilled workers to a smart city before identifying the cities which have proven most able to capitalise on them. In line with existing theories, this article finds that cities which enjoy greater administrative autonomy tend to successfully use this leeway to implement pro-growth policies and amplify them via a regulatory setting that itself encourages business development. Hence, our conclusion provides recommendations towards a pathway of reforms for smart cities willing to authorise more comprehensive policies in order to boost their attractiveness as locations of employment and reach their stated objectives.

Rezistenta din Banat II

Author(s): Emil Sebeșan,Ileana Silveanu / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2-3/1998

The documents included in this book show the heterogeneous composition of the Resistance Movement in the Banat region, led by colonel loan Utză. They prove at the same time the way the Securitate (secret political police) infiltrated its agents within.

Западните Балкани (земите на Албания) през XV в. в текстовете на западни пътешественици

Author(s): Ivayla Popova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The purpose of the present article is to scrutinize some curious details concerning the Balkans to be found in the western travel notes during the 15th century. Our attention was primarily concentrated on the data provided by Roberto Sanseverino, Alessandro Ariosto, Santo Brasca, Bernard von Breidenbach, Konrad Grьnemberg, and Arnold von Harff. The travellers listed above provide rather intriguing information concerning specific customary practices, language, religion, manufacture, costume, agriculture, trade, wine production, etc. In this study we focus on data about the lands of Albania and their cities, on the texts describing actual political situation, there included the administration and taxation, the fear of the Ottoman omnipotence, the eventual military opportunities, coeval events or such of the recent past.

Културното наследство в региона на планината Тродос

Author(s): Polya Yordanova Postompirova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

Troodos is the largest mountain system on the island of Cyprus, located in the western part, with the highest peak Olympia or Olympus (1952 m). Troodos is recognized as an international reserve, and it is very different from other similar mountain ranges in the world. For vulcanologists, Mount Olympus’s top is the storage of knowledge about species and soil formation, 90 million years ago. The mountain itself appears in the prehistoric age, in the collision of the continental plates. Today, Troodos Mountain has become a developed tourist infrastructure with different resorts not only for summer recreation, but also for skiing, as well as for pilgrimage, cognitive and cultural tourism. The economy of the region is mainly based on agriculture (grape growing and wine production) and tourism. The area is famous for its mountain resorts and picturesque mountain villages, revealing traditions and rich historical heritage preserved in the well-preserved Byzantine churches and monasteries, ancient ruins and fortress walls. According to data for 2016, the Cypriot economy has reported record levels of revenue from tourism.

Пiвденнослов’янськi мовнi риси в Закарпатський ойконимiï

Author(s): Sviatoslav Verbych / Language(s): English,Ukrainian Issue: 1/2020

The object of analysis in the proposed article is the names of the Transcarpathian settlements of Galabor, Hrushevo, Dragovo, Kushtanovitsa, Nyagovo, isei, Peshnhera, and its subject - the various South Slavic (Bulgarian) linguistic elements in the Transcarpathian region. The position and role of South Slavic (Bulgarian) language elements of Ukrainian Transcarpathia toponymicon, primarily in the names of settlements, are identified.

Поселищни проучвания в община Неделино

Author(s): Slavi Dimitrov,Tatyana Dimitrova / Language(s): English,Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Settlement studies have an interdisciplinary character and affect a number of areas of scientific knowledge: history, geography, ethnology, archeology, Bulgarian language and of course, onomastics. The municipality of Nedelino is interesting for its cultural and historical heritage and unique Nedelino two-voice, which is not found elsewhere in Bulgaria. Here you can feel the Rhodopean lifestyle and culture and get to know the spirituality of the Rhodopean people.

Селищни и местни имена, съхранили етнонима „печенег“

Author(s): Darina Cherneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

Отражението на северните тракийски говори върху географските имена в Елховско

Author(s): Zahari Mishev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020