A ceremonial academic session commemorating the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising of 1876 is scheduled for Sofia on Monday. St Kliment Ohridski Sofia University stated that the April Uprising was a purely Bulgarian endeavor whose outcome significantly advanced the consolidation of the Bulgarian nation’s struggle for freedom. To mark this important moment in Bulgarian history, several institutions are collaborating on the event.
Organizers include Sofia University, the State Archives Agency, the G.S. Rakovski National Defence College, the St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Turnovo, the St Cyril and St Methodius National Library, and the Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The day’s proceedings will commence at 11 am with a ceremony at the National Defence College.
This will be followed by the opening of the academic session at 1 pm in the Rectorate of Sofia University, where historians will participate in discussions across two panels. A poster exhibition focusing on the April Uprising will open at 1:45 pm in the foyer on the second floor of the Rectorate. This exhibition is curated by Asst.
Prof. Vladimir Terziev. Later, at 5 pm, the National Library and the State Archives Agency will jointly open the exhibition titled “For the Freedom of a Nation” at the National Library.
The comprehensive academic gathering underscores the historical significance of the April Uprising within Sofia.
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