Bulgaria is a very ancient country and it is very beautiful now. There are written legends about the life of the Bulgarian tribes dated more than 35 000 years ago when they were fighting against devilish human-like creatures (maybe Neandertals). Scientists from the whole world support that one of the listed 28 human civilizations on our planet is the Bulgarian one. Francois Mitterand said that the Bulgarians were in the foundations of human civilization. The Bulgarian calendar, that the Chinese borrowed to create their calendar thousands of years later, is recognized by UNESCO as the most ancient one (5505 years BC) and the most accurate one created by the human kind ever. The history of the Bulgarian people is very cryptic, yet not well known and deliberatelyforged; the historical sources have been destroyed by some big or neighboring states. Nevertheless, our history is very interesting and instructive. The Bulgarians have established numerous large and well known in ancient times states (some historitians state a number of about 20) from Asia to Europe. Even nowadays, they are remembered at all places they have been. Asian and European folklore keep some Bulgarian traces. At some places there are still sayings as "Beautiful like a Bulgarian woman” or "Diligent like a Bulgarian”or "Sacred as the Bulgarians”, etc. Many articles and tools are known under their Bulgarian names and a number of high-quality goods are also called "Bulgarian”. The Bulgarians have left their name everywhere they have passed through. Today many places in Asia and Europe, rivers, mountains, places, settlements, generic names have their Bulgarian origin. In the Middle Agesin Europe there were two large and strong Bulgarian states that were honored and respected by the other countries and their enemies were afraid of them. Twice Volga Bulgaria saved Russia from death from hunger. It has stopped the Mongols for a long time without support and in spite of the Russians hostility.Later, being annihilated by the same Russians, saved by the Bulgarians from hunger and attacking Mongol troops, Bulgaria formed the first Russian nobility. The Russian scientists have listed 500 Bulgarian families from which originated some of the greatest Russian Tsars, writers, military specialists, scientists.

The other great Bulgaria state that we generate from, has also saved Europe many times. Bulgaria gave the alphabet to Russia, the whole Slavonic community and even to the Mongols. Today, due to the 500-year Turkish yoke that we experienced also because of Europe’s guilt, the Bulgarian merits are forgotten. But, for example, the Catholic church recognized as a saint the Bulgarian ruler Khan Tervel (Khan is a Bulgarian title at that time, equivalent to King, Tsar, Basileus, having spoken with sound "K", not with an "H", as in some other nations) who, without being asked by the Bysantine Emperor went and defeated the Arab troops that had surrounded Constantinopolis. Thus he saved not only Bysantia (that later, for almost 200 years enslaved the Bulgarians), but  all Europe too. The later battle, known to modern Europeans, and they are very proud with it, compared to the victory over the then powerful Arab army looks like a small battle with unprofessional, unprepared warriors. Today Western Europe does have good words about the Bulgarians because of the attitude of the Catholic church that unfairly advised the public against the Bulgarian bogomils. The Bogomil doctrine later, disseminated through Europe, was the basis of the Renaissance. But, in our days Pope John Paul II declared the Bulgarians St. St Cyril and Methodius  co-patrons of Europe.

With this site I would like to introduce to the world a great civilization, undeservingly forgotten nowadays. Even now, as an EU member state Bulgaria – one of the three great empires in Medieval Europe – is ignored and deliberately not spoken of, and, if whenever addressed, the public opinion is tuned againstthe Bulgarians even compiling false stories.Even big European media do this frequently. It is not a secret that the current Great Countries have plans to reinstate the influence of Muslim religion in Europe and particularly on the Balkans. After Kosovo, now comes the turn of FYR of Macedonia (detached from Bulgaria again following the interests of the Great Forces after the World War II) and Bulgaria.

It is not accidental that the Bulgarian President Mr. Georgi Parvanov stated some time ago that there was a global complot against Bulgaria.

Thus, let this site be an appeal to all freedom-loving people all over the world not to allow again the shearing of current Bulgaria, that is possibly the only country in the world bordering  only with its territories – geographic and ethnic.Let the country that has never in its history allowed slavery on its land and people from neighboring countries have attempted to settle in Bulgaria because of the order, wealth and legal rights for everyone, and which, after the liberation from the 5-centuryTurkish yoke has written in its Constitution that "Any slave coming to Bulgarian land, becomes free” be free and let the Bulgarians be masters of their lives. During the last decades the Bulgarian rulers were mainly of non-Bulgarian ethnic origin and maybe that was why they were leading it downwards but, unfortunately the democracy, so much desired by the Bulgarians, considered sacred and good, brought us at least a century back in our development. While during the "bad socialism” Bulgaria, by GDP was ranked 25^th in the world, today, after 20 years of freedom and democracy, after CIA data for 2009 we are at 88-89^th place and are one of the poorest states in Europe.

This is Bulgaria! Get introduced it its history. Become friends with all Bulgarians. Still, all over the world millions of Bulgarians are banned to determine themselves as Bulgarian and let us hope that sometime the justice will win so that they can call themselves free, Bulgarians.

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The bulgarian calendar

It is known that the ancient Bulgarians knew the basic laws of motion of the planets and the Earth around the Sun perfectly, and because of that they possess the most impeccable calendar ever created.
The ancient Bulgarian calendar is based on observations of Jupiter and the Sun and is more precise than the modern Western(Gregorian) calendar we use today.
In the 1970s, non-Bulgarian scientists raised thequestion in UNESCO, whether this calendar should be proclaimed the one for the entire world.

"The ancient Bulgarian calendar proves to be the most accurate calendar system in existence." - UNESCO

5505 years BC

Some facts:

The patron saint of Bulgaria is John of Rila, who remained dedicated towards meditation throughout his life.

John Vincent Atanassoff, the inventor of the first electronic computer, belongs to Bulgaria.

Bulgaria introduced the Cyrillic alphabet in the European Union, when it became a member in January 2007.

Bulgarian Air Force developed the first air-dropped bomb in military history, during the First Balkan War.

Peter Petroff, a Bulgarian, developed the first digital wristwatch of the world.

On 1^st March, every year, Bulgarians give each other 'martenitsas' - small figures made of white and red threads. These figures are believed to be a symbol of the awakening - of spring, health and happiness.

Soccer is the most popular sport in Bulgaria.

When Bulgarians waggle their heads left-right, it means yes and when they nod, it means no.

Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, the bacterium that is responsible for giving Bulgarian yoghurt its unique flavour and consistency, can be found only in Bulgarian air.

There is only one volcano in Bulgaria - Kozhukh, which has been extinct since long (281m above sea level). It is not far from the southwestern town of Petrich.

One of the most famous opera bass singers (Boris Christov, Nickolai Gyaurov, Nicola Gyuzelev) and the beautiful soprano Raina Kabaivanska and  Anna Tomova-Sintova, Christina Angelakova, Vesselina Katsarova, Yulia Wiener,  Gena Dimitrova and many others, are Bulgarians.

The Voyager spacecraft, launched in the 1970s on a voyage to meet and communicate with other planets, carried a laser disc of ten songs believed to be representative of Earth. One of these songs was the Bulgarian tune Izlel e Deliu Haidutin from the Rhodopes region.

The famous Bulgarian rose-oil, produced in the region of Kazanlak, is a component of French and of other world-famous perfumes.

The longest river running across Bulgarian territory alone is the Iskar (368km).

The highest waterfall is Raiskoto Praskalo (Paradise Sprayer) at 124m. It is not far away from the Botev peak in the Balkan range.

The longest mountain range is Stara Planina, known also as the Balkan Mountain (530km). The whole peninsula is named after it. The highest are the Rila mountains; the peak Moussala rises to an altitude of 2,925 m above sea level. This is the highest point in the Balkans. The first written evidence of the peak being climbed refers to King Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great.

The mightiest karst spring is Glava Panega in the vicinity of the town of Lovech. Its average capacity is 4,178 litres per second.

The hottest mineral water is found in the village of Separeva Banya, near the town of Dupnitza - its temperature is 103.8 degrees centigrade. According to some sources, this is the hottest spring in Europe.

The greatest number of mineral springs is to be found in the town of Velingrad (more than 70).

The longest cave is close to the village of Bosnek, in the Vitosha Mountains near Sofia (over 15km). Six underground rivers have cut labyrinths in its galleries. As many as 4,000 caves have been investigated and mapped in Bulgaria.

The oldest tree is an oak growing in the village of Granit in the vicinity of Stara Zagora. Its age is estimated at about 1,650 years. The crown of this oak tree covers 1,017 square metres; the circumference of its trunk is 7.45m and its height 23.40m.The tallest tree is the 62-metre Baikusheva Mura (white fir) in the Pirin Mountains. Its age is about 360 years.

The largest lowland in this country, and in the Balkans, is Upper Thrace. Plovdiv is the metropolis of the region. It is about 180km long and 50km wide. Its overall area is 6,032 square km.

The lowest temperature, measured in an inhabited locality, was registered in the winter of 1947 in the town of Tran, west of Sofia (minus 38.3 degrees centigrade). The highest temperature was measured in the summer of 1916 in Sadovo, near by Plovdiv (45.2 degrees centigrade).

The most rain was recorded on 21 August 1951 in the neighbourhood of the port of Varna, where in only 24 hours there was rainfall of 342mm. By way of comparison: the average annual precipitation for the country is 650mm.

The tallest cactus grows in the botanical garden of the town of Balchik, at the Black Sea coast. The height of this 'hedgehog' is 7 metres.

The last lion in Bulgarian lands was killed during the campaign of the Persian king Xerxes (as evidenced by Xenophon).The last lynx was shot in 1941, in the Rila Mountains.The largest bear in Europe fell victim to man in 1936, in the neighbourhood of Brevets, a resort in the Rila Mountains. This record was recognised at an international hunting exhibition in Berlin.

Bison in Bulgarian lands disappeared as early as the Middle Ages. In 1961 the reserve near the town of Razgrad acquired two pairs of bison, and settled them in the Voden forest. Nowadays there are several dozen bison in different Bulgarian preserves.

The largest amphibian is a turtle, which was caught and then set free near the town of Krumovgrad in 1987. It weighed 5kg, was 35cm long, of the same height, 29cm wide and 100-120 years old - i.e., at the age limit of European fauna. Another turtle of similar dimensions was caught some 80 years ago in the neighbourhood of Kotel, a town in Central Bulgaria.

The farthest migration is that of the eels, which live in Bulgarian rivers, but spawn as far away as the Sargasso Sea, east of Florida, U.S.A.

The largest bay is the Bourgas bay at the Black Sea coast. It stretches 31km into the land. At its widest, it measures 41km, and its deepest point is 25m.

Elias Canetti was born in Bulgaria. 1981 Nobel Laureate in Literature for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power. 1905-1994. Place of Birth: Rouse, Bulgaria.

The Rila Cross, a wooden cross with 140 microscopic scenes from the Bible featuring more than 1,500 figurines, the largest of them no bigger than a grain of rice, was carved by a monk over a period of 12 years.