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The day before the crash – Bulgarian‑Soviet relations in the nineteen eighties

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Baeva I.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

2012

vol. 47

This article is devoted to changes in Bulgarian-Soviet relations in the last decade of the twentieth century. Throughout the whole postwar period the relations between Bulgaria and the Soviet Union were exceptionally close. The connections were rather one-way - the USSR gave Bulgaria economic aid and thanks to that the country became more industrialized and almost until the end of the system could count on Soviet loans and raw materials. Bulgaria in turn repaid the political obedience and the demonstration of particularly close relations binding itself with the USSR, which gave foreign and domestic analysts the bases to name Bulgaria „the most loyal Soviet satellite.” However, along with the end of the Cold War there has been a fundamental geopolitical change. „Special” relations between Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, of which Bulgaria was proud and which were used, were transformed into a barrier and a cause of problems in the Bulgarian transition to market economy. The path, which Bulgaria had to undergo, proved to be longer than in the case of other the Eastern Bloc countries preserving a greater distance of the Soviet Union. Even before the overthrow of Zhivkov, a new trend could be seen - the reorientation of Bulgarian foreign policy from East to West. During the autumn session of the General Assembly of the UN in New York, Petar Mladenov spoke with US Secretary of State, James Baker, and almost openly promised him an immediate implementation of changes in Bulgaria. This indicates that the political forces after Zhivkov in Bulgarian Communist Party were prepared not only to follow Gorbachev, but also to reorient foreign policy of Bulgaria - something that was made by other politicians in the last decade of the twentieth century.

Bulgarians and Bulgaria in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century in Jan Grzegorzewski’s Publications (Internal Policy, Foreign Policy)

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Rubacha J.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

2017

vol. 52

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Bulgarians and Bulgaria in the Last Quarter of the 19th Century in Jan Grzegorzewski’s Publications (Internal Policy, Foreign Policy)The period of five-century “Turkish yoke” of the Bulgarian lands brought up many deep and multifaceted changes in almost all areas of social life. The Bulgarian population, pushed aside on the margin of social life and deprived of almost all public rights, were unable to reconstruct their elites, destroyed physically and ideologically during the Turkish invasion of the Balkans. And it was for this reason that on the threshold of independence the Bulgarians had only a handful of people prepared to lead the nation and to perform a public service both on a local and national scale. The issue became especially important after Bulgaria regained its statehood in 1878, and social and economic problems of the young state were aggravated by the rivalry of the great powers fighting for influence in this part of Europe, which effectively attracted the attention of developing political milieux. This caused never-ending disputes within the Bulgarian political circles between supporters of a rapprochement with the West and advocates of closer relations with Russia, which, in turn, led not only to numerous political crises, but also implied changes in the highest levels of the government. Only the utmost determination did make it possible for the Bulgarians to overcome internal political problems and to make Bulgaria the leader of other Balkan countries already in the early 19th century. Those complex processes were observed, described and commented upon by Jan Grzegorzewski, and his texts are a perfect source of knowledge both for historians, and other scholars. Болгары и Болгария в последней четверти XIX в. в публикациях Яна Гжегожевского (внутренняя и внешняя политика)Период пятисотлетнего турецкого ига болгарских земель вызвало глубокие и многоаспектные перемены почти во всех сферах тамошней общественной жизни. Болгары, столкнутые на обочину и лишенные почти всех публичных прав, были не в состоянии предпринять действия по восстановлению своей элиты, которая была физически или идеологически уничтожена еще во время вторжения турок на Балканы. Из-за чего на пороге обретения независимости болгарский народ имел в распоряжении лишь горстку людей, подготовленных к лидерству и несении государственной службы, как в местном, так и в общегосударственном масштабе. Эта проблема приобрела особенное значение после реактивации болгарской государственности в 1878 г., когда на трудности общественного и экономического характера, скопившиеся перед молодым государством, наложилось тогдашнее соперничество держав за сферы влияний в этой части Европы, которое эффективно поглощало внимание только что создававшихся политических сред. Такое положение вещей приводило в Болгарии к бесконечным спорам между сторонниками сближения с Западом и сторонниками укрепления отношений с Россией, что обернулось не только многочисленными политическими кризисами, но и повлекло за собой изменения в высших эшелонах власти. Лишь необычная решительность в стремлении к национальным целям позволила болгарам не только одолеть внутренние политические проблемы, но и уже в начале XX в. сделать свою страну лидером среди других балканских государств. За этими сложными процессами наблюдал, описывал и комментировал Ян Гжегожевский, а его работы являются отличным источником знаний, как для историков, так и для представителей других научных дисциплин.

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The day before the crash – Bulgarian‑Soviet relations in the nineteen eighties

Bulgarians and Bulgaria in the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century in Jan Grzegorzewski’s Publications (Internal Policy, Foreign Policy)