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1 The ethnic Macedonians were considered ________ by the most ethnographers until the early 20th century and beyond with a big portion of them evidently self-identifying as such.

2 Bulgars descent originally from ________ who during the 2nd century migrated into the North Caucasian steppe.

3 ________, national hero of Bulgaria

4 What is the population of Bulgarians?

5 Which of the following are related to Bulgarians?

6 The ________ is a state symbol of the sovereignty and independence of the Bulgarian people and state.

7 Panayot Hitov (1830–1918), ________ and voivode

8 Some members of the diaspora do not speak the Bulgarian language (mostly representatives of the old emigration in the U.S., Canada and ________) but are still considered Bulgarians by ethnic origin or descent.

9 Bulgarian women from the period of the ________ rule (16th century)

10 Icon of Saint ________ (ca.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Sofia, New Mexico, was founded in 1911 as the first Bulgarian agricultural colony in the United States, and was named after the Bulgarian capital Sofia?
  • a song about Bulgarian rebel leader Delyo was sent into space in 1977 as part of the Voyager Golden Record?
  • south Bulgarian builders, bricklayers, and masons once spoke Meshterski, a secret language that includes many loanwords and metaphors?
  • the 1994 French–Romanian film An Unforgettable Summer depicts the persecution of Bulgarians by Romanian Army personnel, in a metaphor of the Yugoslav wars?
  • Parteniy Pavlovich from Silistra, an 18th-century Bulgarian cleric and writer, is regarded as the author of the first autobiography in South Slavic literature?
  • ispolini, ancient giants of Bulgarian mythology, perceived blackberry bushes as a great danger and offered sacrifices to them?
  • Bulgarian physician and politician Georgi Stranski, best man to national poet Hristo Botev, was the only Commissar of South Bulgaria?
  • Bulgarian–Italian Futurist painter Nikolay Diulgheroff, an honorary citizen of Turin, studied at the original Bauhaus in Weimar?
  • Czech–Bulgarian architect Josef Schnitter, chief architect of Plovdiv from 1878 to 1914, is credited with shaping that city's modern appearance?
  • Pirot-born Krastyo Krastev, the first professional Bulgarian literary critic, was a shorthand writer for the National Assembly of Bulgaria while still a schoolboy?
  • Bulgarian Dobri Zhelyazkov founded the first textile factory in the Ottoman Empire?
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