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30 flashcards on the geography, history, government and culture of Bulgaria. Study material written for practice, not an official test.

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Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia, at the foot of Mount Vitosha.
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Form of government
A parliamentary republic. The President is elected directly for five years.
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National Assembly
The Bulgarian parliament has 240 members in one chamber.
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Bulgaria and the EU
Bulgaria joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, together with Romania.
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Bulgaria and NATO
Bulgaria joined NATO in 2004.
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National Day
3 March, the Day of Liberation from Ottoman rule in 1878.
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Unification and Independence
Unification on 6 September 1885. Independence on 22 September 1908.
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Bulgarian flag
Three horizontal stripes: white, green and red from top to bottom.
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Bulgarian anthem
'Mila Rodino' (Dear Motherland).
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Founding of the state
Khan Asparuh founded the First Bulgarian Empire in 681.
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Christianity
Boris I converted Bulgaria to Christianity in 864.
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Golden Age
Under Tsar Simeon the Great (893-927) Bulgarian culture flourished at Preslav.
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Second Bulgarian Empire
From 1185 to 1393, with the capital at Tarnovo.
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Vasil Levski
The 'Apostle of Freedom', hanged in Sofia in 1873.
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Hristo Botev
Poet and revolutionary, fell in 1876.
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Ivan Vazov
Author of 'Under the Yoke', called the patriarch of Bulgarian literature.
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Highest peak
Musala in the Rila mountains, about 2,925 metres, the highest on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Longest river inside Bulgaria
The Iskar. The Danube forms the border with Romania.
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Mountains
Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina), Rila, Pirin, Rhodopes and Vitosha.
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Black Sea coast
In the east, with Varna and Burgas as main cities.
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Second largest city
Plovdiv, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe.
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UNESCO sites
Rila Monastery, Boyana Church, Madara Rider, Kazanlak Tomb, Nessebar and Srebarna among others.
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Rose Valley
Near Kazanlak, famous for rose oil.
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Cyrillic alphabet
Developed by disciples of Cyril and Methodius. The Bulgarian alphabet has 30 letters.
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24 May
Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and of the Slavonic Literature.
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Martenitsa
A red and white thread given on 1 March to welcome spring.
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Bulgarian yoghurt
Stamen Grigorov isolated Lactobacillus bulgaricus in 1905.
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Elias Canetti
Born in Ruse. Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.
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Christo
Born in Gabrovo. Wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin.
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First Bulgarian cosmonaut
Georgi Ivanov, on Soyuz 33 in 1979.

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