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Thenpeople of Bulgaria were bummed with the Treaty of Berlin (1878),nbecause it assigned land Bulgarians considered part of their nationnto other countries. Some Bulgarians began to explore peaceful ways ofngetting their land back.
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nOnenswath of land was called Northern Thrace, but the Treaty of Berlinngave it a new, artificial name: Eastern Rumelia. Most people livingnthere wanted to be part of Bulgaria. And that is a huge reason whynBulgaria was able to take back Eastern Rumelia in a bloodlessnrevolution on this date in 1885. Bulgaria and the former EasternnRumelia declared their unification!
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nGosh,nI love a bloodless revolution! Peace instead of war, diplomacyninstead of death.
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nBut…mostnEuropean nations didn’t recognize the unified Bulgaria. In Novembernof the same year, diplomacy failed and war broke out. A neighboringncountry, Serbia, attacked Bulgaria on some pretext, and a 14-day warnwas fought by soldiers of the two nations. Bulgaria won, and as thenresult of this short war, all the other nations of Europe acceptednBulgaria’s unification.
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nLearnnabout Bulgaria…
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Innthe 2011 World Championships for Rhythmic Gymnastics, the Bulgariannteam won a gold medal. I hoped they would do well during thisnyear’s Olympics, but they didn’t medal at all in this artistic sport.
Innthe 2011 World Championships for Rhythmic Gymnastics, the Bulgariannteam won a gold medal. I hoped they would do well during thisnyear’s Olympics, but they didn’t medal at all in this artistic sport.n
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nGlimpsena small sample of the beauties of Bulgaria.
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nTonlearn more about Bulgaria, check out this earlier post.
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