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rode 1st June 2005 |
To levi asher - Bulgaria was never part of the former USSR. |
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Shaman 7th June 2005 |
Well, several EU officials have said yes, but whether it comes to happen is a different story. |
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Pavel 17th August 2005 |
Some of the postings on here are utmostly moronic. Go to a library or look up an online entry in an encyclopedia to get the facts. Bulgaria has never been part of the USSR or ny Russian State. It was under a Communist regime from 1945-1989. However, Bulgaria is also the oldest Slavic state, founded in the 7th century. It did not invent but was the first to adopt the Cyrillic alphabet, from where it spread to other Slavic countries. The Bulgarian people are primarily Slavic, but they also carry Old Bulgar genetic and cultural heritage. The theory that some or many Bulgarians also have some Thracian genetic origins has not been supported well. |
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Bulgarian 7th September 2005 |
Hi cc and all other, It is not always necessary smoller countries to accept the culture of bigger ones. Using the same logic as yours we could say that in the past Britain was part of the USA and British accepted the language and alphabet by the Americans. |
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dionisis 25th September 2005 |
The Cyrillic alphabet was invented by the brothers Cyrill and Methodius following orders from the Roman Emperor (Byzantine emperor) to preach christianity to the Slavic population of Eastern Europe. The two brothers travelled as far as Moldova. and the alphabet was used gradually from every slavonic speaker who is an orthodox. The catholic slavonic nations use the latin alphabet. So it is not a case of which country took the alphabet from another country. St. Cyrill and St. Methodius were from Thessaloniki and the case of their origin (slavic or greek) is something that is not determined for sure. As for the thracian origin of the Bulgarians I have my doubts. Bulgarians came to the Balkans before the Slavs maybe they have a Mongolian ancestry maybe not. But through the years they were mixed with the remnants of thracian tribes and with the Slavs, but keeping their own indentity of course. As for Homer's Iliad it is nowhere in the text stated that the Mirmidones (and of course Achilles) were Thracians. They were Thessalians. If they were Thracians they would be allies of the Trojans like all the thracian tribes according to Homer. Instead Achilles was fightning with the Acheans against the Trojans. Even if Achilles was Thracian and the Bulgarians are descendants of Taracians that doesn't mean that Achilles was Bulgarian. That is like saying that because gorillas and humans have a same ancestors therefore humans are gorillas. |
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