1940s in Bulgaria
| Decades in Bulgaria |
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| 1940s |
The1940sin theKingdom of Bulgaria(until 1946) and thePeople's Republic of Bulgaria(from 1946).
Incumbents
[edit]Kingdom of Bulgaria
[edit]- Tsar of Bulgaria:
- Regent:
- Kiril, Prince of Preslav(1943–1944)
- Bogdan Filov(1943–1944)
- Nikola Mihov(1943–1944)
- Todor Pavlov(1944–1946)
- Venelin Ganev(1944–1946)
- Tsvetko Boboshevski(1944–1946)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Georgi Kyoseivanov(1935–1940)
- Bogdan Filiov (1940–1943)
- Petar Gabrovski(acting, 1943)
- Dobri Bozhilov(1943–1944)
- Ivan Bagrianov(1944)
- Konstantin Muraviev(1944)
- Kimon Georgiev(1944–1946)
People's Republic of Bulgaria
[edit]- General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party:
- Georgi Dimitrov(1948–1949)
- Valko Chervenkov(1949–1954)
- Chairman of the Provisional Presidency:Vasil Kolarov(1946–1947)
- Chairman of the Presidium:Mincho Neychev(1947–1950)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Kimon Georgiev (1946)
- Georgi Dimitrov (1946–1949)
- Vasil Kolarov (1949–1950)
Events
[edit]1940
[edit]- 7 September – Bulgaria regained control ofSouthern Dobrujaunder theTreaty of Craiova.[1]
- 14 December – Shipwreck of the Salvador, a ship carrying Jewish refugees toPalestine,in theSea of Marmara.230 of the 326 passengers died in the wreck.[2]
- 24 December – TheLaw for the Protection of the Nation,ananti-Jewish racial lawwhich included banning Jews from having Bulgarian citizenship, was ratified.[2]
1941
[edit]1942
[edit]- June 5 – The United States declared war onBulgariafollowing the latter's joined of theAxisbloc the previous year.[4]
1943
[edit]1944
[edit]- August 26 –Bulgariaofficially withdraws fromWorld War II.[6]
- September 8 -Soviet forcescross the border. They occupy the north-eastern part of Bulgaria along with the key port cities ofVarnaandBurgasby the next day. By order of the government, the Bulgarian Army offers no resistance.[7][8][9]
1945
[edit]- 18 November –Parliamentary electionswere held inBulgaria.[10]
- 21 July – TheUniversity of Rusewas founded.[citation needed]
1946
[edit]- 8 September –A referendumwas held inBulgariaon whether to become a republic. The result were unanimously in favour of the change, with 95.6% supporting and with 91.7% voter turnout.[11][12][13]
- 31 December – The1946 Bulgarian census.[14]
1947
[edit]- Bulgaria's second constitution,theDimitrov Constitution,came into effect. It was later replaced by theZhivkov Constitutionin 1971.[15][16]
1948
[edit]- 6 January –Balkantourist(the oldest still runningBulgariantour operator) is established.[17][18]
1949
[edit]- 18 December –Parliamentary electionswere held inBulgaria.[19]
Births
[edit]- 1940
- 2 July –Georgi Ivan Ivanov,first Bulgarian in space.[20]
- 8 December –Alexander Yossifov,composer and conductor.[21]
Deaths
[edit]- 1940
- 23 March –Dimitar Stanchov,15thPrime Minister of Bulgaria(b. 1863)[22]
- 10 September –Nikola Ivanov,Bulgarian general (b. 1861)[23]
- 23 December –Mariyka Popova,actress (b. 1866).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"World War II – The Balkan campaigns | Britannica".britannica.Retrieved2023-02-22.
- ^ab"Contrasting Destinies: The Plight of Bulgarian Jews and the Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Greek and Yugoslav Territories during World War Two | Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance – Research Network".sciencespo.fr.2017-03-19.Retrieved2023-02-22.
- ^"Timeline Bulgaria".timelines.ws.Retrieved2020-07-08.
- ^"Timeline Bulgaria".timelines.ws.Retrieved2020-07-08.
- ^"Timeline Bulgaria".timelines.ws.Retrieved2020-07-08.
- ^"Timeline Bulgaria".timelines.ws.Retrieved2020-07-08.
- ^R. J. Crampton.A Concise History of Bulgaria.Cambridge University Press, 1997. p. 181
- ^Marietta Stankova.Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 1943–1949.Anthem Press, 2015. pp. 63-64
- ^Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries.The Balkans: A Post-Communist History.Routledge, 2007. p. 84
- ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,pp368-369ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p368ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^Nohlen & Stöver, p375
- ^Nohlen & Stöver, p355
- ^""Population by place of residence, sex and ethnic group"".
- ^"CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION IN BULGARIA".2016-04-01. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-04-01.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"Bulgaria – The early communist era".Encyclopedia Britannica.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"MyHoliday.bg – Портал за ваканция и свободно време".myholiday.bg.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^"Юбилей – Плащаме борч с чехкини на плажа – Стандарт".2009-03-07. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-03-07.Retrieved2020-07-07.
- ^Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010)Elections in Europe: A data handbook,p368ISBN978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^"Timeline Bulgaria".timelines.ws.Retrieved2020-07-08.
- ^"Yossifov Alexander".Union of Bulgarian Composers.2018-03-19.Retrieved2023-02-22.
- ^Mari Agop Firkatian,Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History,University Press of America, 2008, pp. 13–14
- ^Hall, R.C. (2002).The Balkan Wars 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War.Warfare and History. Taylor & Francis.ISBN978-1-134-58363-8.
