Bulgarian Historical Review

Contents

Bulgaria in the Balkans and the World in Modern and Contemporary Times

Aleka Strezova - Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Bulgaria and Romania and First Bulgarian Diplomatic Agents in Bucarest (1879-1886)3

Dimităr Petkov - Did Stalin Wish a Federation in the Balkans? The End of the Federal Idea in Bulgarian-Yugoslav Relations23

Irina Grigorova - Spécificité des relations algéro-bulgares (1962-1965)66

Evgeniy Kandilarov, Kim Soyoung, Gwon Jin Choi - Bulgaria and the Rapprochement between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Soviet Bloc in the Face of the Geopolitical Shift in East Asia during the 1970s88

Simona Samuilova - Establishment and Spread of the US Cultural and Information Spaces109

Articles and Scientific Communications

Stefka Părveva - L'idée de la richesse et de la pauvreté que se faisaient les paysans non musulmans, sujets du Sultan, reflétée dans la Chronique de Papasynadinos de la première moitié du 17e siècle122

Recep Cigdem - Appointment and Dismissal of Muftis between 1718-1869 in the light of the Ottoman Law-Court Registers (bulgarian Archives)143

Лариса Корольова - Русско-турецкая война 1877-1878 гг. и российское общество (по материалам Пензенского региона)171

İskender Tunaboylu - 1893 Chicago Exposition and Ottoman Navy184

Reviews of Books

Rumjana Parvanova - Бисер Георгиев. Парламентарната опозиция и вътрешната политика на българските правителства (август 1887 - януари 1908). Университетско издателство "Епископ Константин Преславски", Шумен, 2014, 607 с. [Biser Georgiev. Die parlamentarische Opposition und die Innenpolitik der bulgarischen Regierungen (August 1887 - Januar 1908). Universitätsverlag "Bischof Konstantin Preslavski", Schumen, 2014, 607 S.]197

Valentin S. Vasilev - Officers and Cadets from the Third Bulgarian Kingdom - Followers of European Maritime Attainments202

Nikolaj Poppetrov - Arnold Suppan. Hitler - Benes - Tito. Konflikt, Krieg und Völkermord in Ostmittel und Südosteuropa. Teil 1-3, Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014, 2047 S. + Fotos, 13 Karten207

Wim van Meurs - Stefan Rohdewald. Götter der Nation. Religiöse Erinnerungen in Serbien, Bulgarien und Makedonien bis 1944 [Gods of the Nations. Religious Figures and Memory in Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia prior to 1944]. Cologne, Böhlau, 2014, 905 pp.217

Scientific Activities

Penka Peykovska - Ten Years of the Bulgarian-Hungarian History Commission. Anniversary International Conference: "Hungary and Bulgaria - Connected Histories in Central and Southeast Europe, 17th - 21st Centuries"220