During an event marking the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising, the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Evelina Slavcheva, asserted that the 1876 uprising represents the definitive start of the Bulgarian national revolution and should be recognized as such in global historiography. Speaking at the All-Bulgarian Solemn Assembly, the BAS President emphasized the Academy’s duty, as the oldest modern Bulgarian institution, to preserve national memory. She stated that the Academy committed itself to uniting scientific, civic, and state efforts for this purpose.
Slavcheva framed the 1876 events as the pivotal beginning of the Bulgarian national revolution, referencing historian Prof. Nikolay Genchev’s interpretation that viewed the uprising as a radical act of state-building. She further noted that the subsequent Russo-Turkish War was perceived in Europe not solely as an imperial struggle but as a reaction to the massacres of April 1876, leading to the reappearance of the Bulgarian state on the European map.
The President highlighted the deep connection between the BAS and the uprising’s legacy. She mentioned that members of the Bulgarian Literary Society, the BAS’s predecessor, were direct participants in the preparations and execution of the revolt. Slavcheva pointed to chroniclers within the Society, such as Stoyan Zaimov and Zahari Stoyanov, who played a key role in documenting the events, illustrating that the path
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