On 29 October Bessarabian Bulgarians mark their day. But more important than the day itself is the idea of popularizing the fact that there are such Bulgarians living in other countries. The first Bulgarians to have settled in the lands of the historical geographic region of Bessarabia in 1773 were invited to leave the village of Alfatar near Silistra by General Pyotr Rumyantsev, a military commander of the Russian army during the 1768-1774 Russo-Turkish war. “After that, every time the …read more
Source:: Radio Bulgaria
