Kingdom of Bulgaria
Appearance
Tsardom of Bulgaria | |||||||||||
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| 1908–1946 | |||||||||||
| Motto: Съединението прави силата Saedinenieto pravi silata ("Unity makes strength") | |||||||||||
| Anthem: Шуми Марица Shumi Maritsa (1886-1944) ("Maritsa Rushes") Royal anthem: Химн на Негово Величество Царя Himn na Negovo Velichestvo Tsarya ("Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar") | |||||||||||
Bulgaria in 1942 | |||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Sofia | ||||||||||
| Official languages | Bulgarian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity (established religion) | ||||||||||
| Government |
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| Tsar (King) | |||||||||||
• 1908–1918 | Ferdinand | ||||||||||
• 1918–1943 | Boris III | ||||||||||
• 1943–1946 | Simeon II | ||||||||||
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | |||||||||||
• 1908–1911 (first) | Aleksandar Malinov | ||||||||||
• 1944–1946 (last) | Kimon Georgiev | ||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 5 October 1908 | |||||||||||
| 1912–1913 | |||||||||||
| 10 August 1913 | |||||||||||
| 1915–1918 | |||||||||||
| 27 November 1919 | |||||||||||
| 9 June 1923 | |||||||||||
| 19 May 1934 | |||||||||||
| 1935 | |||||||||||
| 7 September 1940 | |||||||||||
| 9 September 1944 | |||||||||||
| 15 September 1946 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1915 | 122,134 km2 (47,156 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1915[1] | 4,580,000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | lev | ||||||||||
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The Tsardom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Царство България, romanized: Tsarstvo Balgariya), also called the Third Bulgarian Tsardom (Bulgarian: Трето Българско Царство, romanized: Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo), sometimes translated in English as Kingdom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Крáлство България, romanized: Kralstvo Balgariya), was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe. It was established on 5 October (O.S. 22 September) 1908, when the Bulgarian state became a Tsardom.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Central Powers Page 4 – Kingdom of Bulgaria". Retrieved 14 Jan 2022.
- ↑ "Bulgaria at the end of the 19th-century". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-07-01.