History of Bulgaria

Question 1

First confederation of Bulgars, ruled by Kubrat

Answer 1

Old Great Bulgaria

Question 2

‘Great’ King of the First Bulgarian Empire, as he acceded to the throne, the capital moved to Preslav

Answer 2

Simeon the Great

Question 3

Great Battle in which Samuel of Bulgaria was defeated by Basil ‘The Bulgar Slayer’ II of the Byzantines

Answer 3

Battle of Kleidon

Question 4

British PM who during his Midlothian campaign against Disraeli denounced Disraeli’s failure to respond to the Ottoman suppression of the April Uprising, known as “The Bulgarian Horrors”.

Answer 4

William Gladstone

Question 5

Treaty in which Alexander Stamboliyiski agreed to suppress IMRO (Macedonian national movement in Yugoslavia). The treaty was followed by the assassination of Stamboliyiski by IMRO, which also cut off his hand.

Answer 5

Treaty of Nis

Question 6

Powerful party that was the only one of its kind to ever win a majority. Led by Alexander Stamboliyiski

Answer 6

Bulgarian Agrarian National Union

Question 7

Tsar of Bulgaria who rescued his country’s Jews, all 50,000 of them, from being deported to Treblinka by Hitler. Soon after his meeting with Hitler, he mysteriously died.

Answer 7

Boris III

Question 8

Treaty which ended the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 and created an independent Bulgaria.

Answer 8

Treaty of San Stefano

Question 9

Peasant and swineherd who became Tsar of Bulgaria after defeating the Golden Horde

Answer 9

Ivaylo (Ivailo)

Question 10

Communist leader for more than 30 years in Bulgaria who exiled Turks.

Answer 10

Todor Zhivkov

Question 11

Dynasty that ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire. This was the dynasty interrupted by Ivaylo’s reign.

Answer 11

Asen Dynasty