Chapter 26 most orthodox balkan country

Bulgaria is the last of the Slavic countries (these small countries are all products of the Slavic invasion of Europe 2000 years ago).If Bulgaria had not mistakenly been on the loser's side in the world war, it would be much larger and more populous today.However, even in the most orderly country, such things are inevitable.Hopefully Bulgaria will be a little luckier next time.In the Balkans, if "next time" means war, that means six or 12 years from now.By saying this, we still somewhat despise those aggressive and untamed Balkans.However, do we really know what kind of tradition an ordinary Serbian or Bulgarian boy inherited at the beginning of his life? Vendetta? Cruelty? Slavery? Robbery? Fighting? Rape? Arson?

We know nothing about the earliest inhabitants of Bulgaria.Their skulls were discovered, but the skulls couldn't speak.Are they related by blood to the mysterious Albanians, the Illyrians in Greek history, and the compatriots of the troubled Odysseus (it is said that Odysseus belonged to a mysterious people whose language It is very unique. Throughout history, they have lived for generations in the Dinaric Alps on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Now, they have established their own country. New clothes were delivered, and he sat on the throne impatiently in his new capital—Tirana, where 98% of the population was illiterate)? Also, is Bulgaria the homeland of the Gypsies? What? These gypsies, known as "Wlachs", wandered all over Europe.Regions named after them include Wales in England and Wallonia in Belgium.For this question, we have to admit that we are unable to answer it, and leave it to philosophers.

When human beings stepped into the era of chronicles, there were endless aggression, crusades and deaths everywhere! In Bulgaria, as mentioned above, there are two traffic arteries in the canyon between the Ural Mountains and the Caspian Sea.One main road crosses the Carpathian Mountains to the north and enters the dense forests of the Nordic Plain; the other main road runs along the Danube and passes through the Brenner Pass, leading the hungry barbarians into the hinterland of Italy.The ancient Romans saw this clearly, and made the Balkans the first line of defense of Italy against the "foreign scum," as they liked to call those lowly savages, while their Everything was eventually destroyed by these savages.Due to the shortage of soldiers, the Italians had to gradually retreat to the Italian peninsula, leaving the Balkans and letting them go.The great immigration has finally come to an end, but the ancestors of the Bulgarians have left no trace.They were assimilated so thoroughly by the Slavs that not a single Old Bulgarian word survives in the Slavic dialect spoken by modern "Bulgarians".

Of course, these new conquerors were often on shaky ground and their positions were shaky.In the south, they had to watch out for the Byzantines (although the Byzantines were the survivors of the ancient Roman Empire in the east, they were in Rome and their hearts were in Greece), and in the north and west, they were constantly threatened by Hungarian and Albanian raids .In addition, there are crusader knights, a group of saints gathered together to form the devil's teacher, these children of no inheritance from various European countries, they cross the country and border, always waiting for an opportunity to use the same cruel and barbaric methods to attack Turkey or any other country. A Slavic state ransacked.At last, the Turks' gold and iron horses came up, and their momentum was unstoppable. At this time, the Bulgarians fell into despair, and had to ask for emergency help from Europe, asking them to work together to defend the Christian land from evil spirits. blasphemy.On the Bosporus, to defile the holiest sanctuary of the Greeks, those demons set their hooves on the steps of the Hagia Sophia.After listening to the blood and tears of the Bosphorus refugees, the whole of Bulgaria suddenly fell into a dead silence, followed by extreme panic.The raging fire rose from the burned village, continuously dyeing the sky with blood. The Turkish army was marching westward along the Maritza River, and the entire river valley was flowing with blood.Thus began the 400-year brutal rule of the Turks over the Bulgarians.It was not until the beginning of the last century that a faint ray of hope emerged.A pig herder in Serbia starts a revolution and ends up as king.Greece and the Turks then launched a desperate last fight, and Europe also sacrificed a British poet (referring to the British Romantic poet Byron, 1788-1824, represented as "Don Juan"). In April 1823, he was appointed as the London Hellenic Council agent, aiding independent Greeks against Turkey——Translator's Note), in the epidemic-ridden village of Mesolonghi, he staggered and kissed death.In the end, the Bulgarians fought bitterly, and after 100 years of arduous struggle, they finally won their freedom.In the tragedy of human beings martyred for their beliefs, Balkan friends have always played the leading role. Let us pity them with a bodhisattva heart!

Bulgaria is the most important of the modern Balkan states.It has two fertile lands, suitable for the growth of various crops, one is the northern plain, between the Balkan Mountains and the Danube; the other is the Philippolis Plain, between the Rhodope Mountains and the Balkan Mountains between.Under the protection of two mountains, the Philippolis Plain enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate. Its crops are transported abroad through the Port of Burgas, and the grains produced in the Northern Plains are exported from the Port of Varna. ,corn. Bulgaria is basically an agricultural country, so there are not many big cities.The capital Sofia is located in the center of the commercial roads extending in all directions. This city once served as the base camp of the Turkish rulers.For 400 years, from his fortified palace on the banks of the Struma River, the Turkish rulers ruled over all of the Balkans except Bosnia and Greece.

Europe saw at last that their fellow-citizens were being ravaged by the Muslim invaders, that they were being slaughtered, but were struggling.The atrocities that occurred in Bulgaria were discussed many times in the Parliament of Prime Minister Gladstone (19th century British politician, 1809-1898. Leader of the Liberal Party, who served as Prime Minister for four terms——Translator’s Note), but Russia It was the first country to take action.The Russian army crossed the Balkan Mountains twice and marched southward. The Battle of Shipka Pass and the Battle of Pleven Fortress in the past have been well-known in the annals of history. On the way forward, war is inevitable.

The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, the last battle of the Slav expeditionary force, finally rescued Bulgaria from the yoke of the Turks.Why are Bulgarian schools the best among the Balkan countries today?At that time, Bulgaria became an independent small principality, but the ruling power was in the hands of a German.This means that these Bulgarian peasants will learn the way of thinking of the Teutonic people, and the Bulgarians will be more organized and logical than clever and honest.All the big landowners were wiped out by the war, and the Bulgarian peasants, like the Danish and French peasants, were able to own their own land.Everyone is actively working and studying, and illiteracy is drastically reduced.This small principality composed of farmers and timber transport ships has accumulated inexhaustible tenacity and energy. Like Serbia, it may never compete with those industrial countries in Western Europe. However, when other countries disappear, Bulgaria can still stand. .