Saturday, February 13, 2016

The History Of Bulgaria Flag For The Future

By Adam Bright


Bulgarian history really starts with the Thracians. The Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribes that lived throughout the Balkan Peninsula from about 1000 BC. They lived simply in small-fortified hilltop villages but had an advanced cultural life. Much elaborate gold and silver treasures have been found in Bulgaria.

In April 1877, Russia declared war on Turkey. In January 1878 the Russians captured Sofia. Then on 3 March the Treaty of Stefano ended the war. The treaty created an independent Bulgaria. However the British and Austro-Hungarians were afraid that this new Bulgaria might be a powerful ally for Russia and they insisted the treaty be revised. By the treaty of Berlin, July 1878 Bulgaria was split in two. The northern half was not allowed to be totally independent. Instead, Bulgaria was to be a vassal state of Turkey called a principality.

In the 14th century the coat of arms of Tsar Ivan Shishman, the most powerful Bulgarian ruler, was a lion represented in gold on a red shield. This design was incorporated in some early Bulgarian revolutionary flags raised against the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.

In any case, the national banner was gotten from an alternate source the ethnic relationship of Bulgarians with their Slavic relatives the Russians. The Russian Horizontal tricolor of white-blue-red was changed in the Bulgarian banner by the substitution of green for blue.

From the time of its official recognition (April 16, 1879) until the end of the monarchy following World War II, the national flag was simply the white-green-red tricolor, although the naval flag added a red canton with a yellow lion. When the communists came to power, their coat of arms, with its red star and other socialist symbols, was added in the upper hoist corner of the flag; four variations of that design existed between 1948 and 1990.

After the destruction of the socialist government, the old plain tricolor was restored on November 27, 1990. The white of the banner is said to remain for peace, adoration, and opportunity while green underlines the agricultural wealth of Bulgaria. Red is for the freedom battle and military fearlessness. Flag Company Inc decided to assist with the history development of Bulgarian Flag by providing special decals and banners to make it easy to build a bit of history right at home.




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