 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Bulgarian National Revival" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(February 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Part ofa series on the |
|---|
| History ofBulgaria |
 |
|
Main category Bulgaria portal |
TheBulgarian Revival (Bulgarian:Българско възраждане,Balgarsko vazrazhdane or simply: Възраждане,Vazrazhdane, andTurkish:Bulgar ulus canlanması), sometimes called theBulgarian National Revival, was a period of socio-economic development and national integration amongBulgarian people underOttoman rule. It is commonly accepted to have started with the historical book,Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya,[1] written in 1762 byPaisius, a Bulgarian monk of theHilandar monastery atMount Athos, leading to theNational awakening of Bulgaria and themodern Bulgarian nationalism, and lasting until the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 as a result of theRusso-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
The period is remarkable for its characteristic architecture which can still be observed in old Bulgarian towns such asTryavna,Koprivshtitsa andVeliko Tarnovo, the rich literary heritage of authors likeIvan Vazov andHristo Botev that inspired the Bulgarian struggle for independence and an autonomous church, and theApril Uprising of 1876, a significant event of armed opposition to Ottoman rule, which ultimately led tothe Russo-Turkish Liberation War of 1877–1878.The significant changes in the Bulgarian society, the freedom of economic initiative and religious choice led to the formation of the Bulgarian nation in its ethnic borders and common territory embracing the lands ofMoesia (includingDobruja),Thrace andMacedonia.
The BulgarianNational Revival is traditionally divided into three periods, the first from the 18th until the beginning of the 19th century (Bulgarian National Awakening), the second from the Ottoman reforms of the 1820s to the 1850s until theCrimean War, and the third from the Crimean War until theLiberation of Bulgaria in 1878.
The beginning of the Bulgarian National Revival has been a topic of intensified discussion in the past. According to contemporaries of the period, it began in the 1820s. LaterMarin Drinov suggested the actual beginning was marked by the writing ofIstoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya by Paisius of Hilendar. According to an even later assumption byHristo Gandev, the period began in the beginning of the 17th century after the end of theKöprülü era and the beginning of theTulip period and therule of the Phanariots. The prevailing opinion in contemporaryhistoriography is that the Bulgarian National Revival's beginning is marked by the first clear processes of decomposition in the Ottoman Empire. TheApril Uprising led to the liberation and the end of the Revival.
The Bulgarian National Revival ended with the Liberation of Bulgaria. This is meant only to include thePrincipality of Bulgaria, as revival processes continued until later inEastern Rumelia and Macedonia.
