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Bulgaria celebrates 141 years of liberation from Ottoman slavery
Bulgaria celebrates the 141st anniversary of the liberation from Turkish slavery. Numerous events, ceremonies and holidays will be held throughout the country today. March 3 is the day of the signing of the peace treaty at San Stefano in 1878. From 1396 to 1878 Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire.
As a result of Russia’s victory in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878, the country gained independence. On the Russian side, the agreement was signed by Count N. Ignatiev. Thanks to the Treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria becomes the largest country in the Balkans. Its borders include South Thrace (to the Aegean Sea), the entire territory of Macedonia in the southwest and Dobruja in the northeast.
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The western part of the country included the eastern part of present-day Serbia. Citizens lay wreaths and flowers at the monument to Russian, Finnish and Romanian soldiers who died for the liberation of Bulgaria. The restoration of Bulgarian statehood is https://hata.co.ke/mombasa/42-room-and-parlour confirmed by the Berlin Treaty.
In the summer of 1878 in Berlin, at the congress of the great powers of Europe, at the insistence of Austria-Hungary and England, the San Stefano Peace Treaty was amended, and Bulgaria’s borders were significantly reduced. Several million Bulgarians remain outside the independent state.
The main celebrations will be in the capital, and there will be celebrations in all cities of the country. Museums will open their doors wide and announce free admission to all visitors during the holidays. On Mount Shipka, where the most famous monument to the fallen heroes is located, they will pay tribute to their feat and mark the 141st anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria.
The celebration, in the presence of the Chairman of the National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, will begin at 11.00 with a memorial service conducted by Metropolitan Grigory Veliko Tyrnovsky. Karayancheva will perform and receive a guard of honor.
The State Flag Raising Ceremony will take place in front of the monument to the Unknown Soldier in Sofia. At 12.00 a solemn change of the guard of honor will take place in front of the official entrance to the building of the Presidential Administration.
The culmination of the celebration will be in Sofia, where a solemn dawn will take place on the People’s Assembly Square. President Rumen Radev will receive honorary representatives of the Bulgarian army units. From 19.30 in the Concert Hall of the Central Military Club, the traditional reception of the head of state dedicated to