Bozhidar Dimitrov (Bulgarian: Божидар Димитров) (born 3 December 1945) is a well-known Bulgarian historian working in the sphere of Medieval Bulgarian history, the Ottoman rule of Bulgaria and the Macedonian Question. He is the director of the National Historical Museum and a Bulgarian Socialist Party politician. December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... First Bulgarian Empire Second Bulgarian Empire This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... // Early centuries of Ottoman rule Organisation of Ottoman Bulgaria The Ottomans reorganised the Bulgarian territories as the Beyerlik of Rumili, ruled by a Beylerbey at Sofia. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... The National Historical Museum (Национален исторически музей, Natsionalen istoricheski muzey) in Sofia is Bulgarias largest museum. ... The Bulgarian Socialist Party (Bulgarian: Bălgarska Socialističeska Partija or Българска социалистическа партия) (BSP or БСП) is a political party in Bulgaria and successor to the Bulgarian Communist Party. ...

Born in Sozopol to a family of Bulgarian refugees from Eastern Thrace (now part of Turkey), he was given access to the Vatican Secret Archives in the 1980s, regarded as a great achievement considered the political situation of the time. As the director of the National Historical Museum, he had a conflict with then-President Petar Stoyanov regarding whether to return the Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya rough copy to the Zograf Monastery or leave it in Bulgaria. Sozopol (Bulgarian: Созопол, Greek: Σωζοπολης) is a small, ancient town located 30 km south of Burgas, Bulgaria. ... Thrace (Bulgarian: , Greek: , Latin: , Turkish: ) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ... The Vatican Secret Archives (Archivio Segreto Vaticano), located in Vatican City, contain the central repository of all the acts that have been promulgated by the Roman Catholic Churchs Papal See, as well as diplomatic materials and correspondence of the Papal See and other documents that have accumulated over the... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Petar Stefanov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: ) (born May 25, 1952) was President of Bulgaria from 1997 until 2002. ... A page from the book Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya (Cyrillic: История славяноболгарская; История славянобългарска in modern Bulgarian, translated as Slavonic-Bulgarian History) is a book by Bulgarian scholar and clergyman Saint Paisius of Hilendar. ... The St George the Zograf or Zograf Monastery (Bulgarian: Зографски манастир, Zografski manastir; Greek: Μονή Ζωγράφου) is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. ...

Being a member of the Supreme Party Council of BSP, he declared himself openly against the party in 2005 by not supporting BSP Mayor of Sofia candidate Tatyana Doncheva and instead favouring the independent Boyko Borisov. Because of this he was taken down from the post of BSP municipal councillors leader in Sofia. This is a chronological list of mayors of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, since that post was established after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. ... Boyko Metodiev Borisov (Бойко Методиев Борисов) (born June 13, 1959) is the current mayor of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Area    - City 1,310 km²  - Land (?) km²  - Water (?) km² Elevation 550 m Population    - City (15 September 2006) 1,246,791  - Density 907/km²  - Metro 1,377,761 Time zone EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC+3) Website...

Dimitrov is the author of 30 treatises and over 250 articles and papers in the sphere of his research, as well as several books (including The Ten Lies of Macedonism and Twelve Myths in Bulgarian History). He has specialized in paleography in Paris and also hosts the patrotic history-related Pamet Balgarska (Bulgarian Memory) show on Kanal 1. The Ten Lies of Macedonism (Macedonian: Десетте лаги на македонизмот, Bulgarian: Десетте лъжи на македонизма) is a book authored by Bulgarian historian and director of the Bulgarian National Historical Museum Dr. Bozhidar Dimitrov in 2003. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Bulgarian National Television. ...

Bozhidar Dimitrov's historical theories have been a subject of considerable controversy specifically in the Republic of Macedonia, since he is well-known for asserting the view of the Macedonians' Bulgarian origin and history. This has boosted the sales of his first book, The Ten Lies of Macedonism, to reputedly reach bestseller status with 18,000 copies being sold in the Republic of Macedonia (as compared to 10,000 in Bulgaria and also noting the much larger book market of the latter). Anthem: Transliteration: English: Capital (and largest city) Skopje Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Branko Crvenkovski  - Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski Independence from Yugoslavia   - Declared September 8, 1991  Area  - Total 25,333 km² (148th) 9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ...

Dimitrov openly describes himself as a nationalist and believes that the Bulgars played a more important role in the formation of the Bulgarians as a people than the Slavs, himself claiming to be of possible Bulgar ancestry. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. ...

References

• Georgieva, Kapka (31 December 2002). Bulgaria won't perish as long as there's even a single Bulgarian alive (Bulgarian). Pravoslavieto.com. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.
• Parvanova, Lyudmila (21 September 2003). Bozhidar Dimitrov — A Bulgarian Reborn (Bulgarian). Standart News. Retrieved on 2006-06-26.