A ceremonial academic session commemorating the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising of 1876 is scheduled to take place in Sofia on Monday. St Kliment Ohridski Sofia University stated that the April Uprising was a purely Bulgarian endeavor whose outcome was instrumental in the irreversible consolidation of the Bulgarian nation’s struggle for freedom. To mark this significant historical milestone, several institutions are collaborating on the academic session.
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 commemoration will begin at 11 am with a ceremony at the National Defence College, followed by the official opening of the academic session at 1 pm in the Rectorate of Sofia University.
Historians are set to lead discussions across two panels focusing on the landmark anniversary. Further events include the opening of the exhibition, “For the Freedom of a Nation,” at the National Library and the State Archives Agency at 5 pm. Additionally, a poster exhibition dedicated to the April Uprising will open at 1:45 pm in the foyer on the second floor of the Sofia University Rectorate, authored by Asst.
Prof. Vladimir Terziev.
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