Bulgarian literature in the Soviet Union for 20 years

In the Soviet Union, there has long been a lively interest in Bulgarian literature. The works of Bulgarian writers are published and widely distributed throughout the vast Soviet land. First place here is occupied by translations into Russian. By 1944, several dozen books with works by Vazov, Karavelov, Botev, Smirnensky, Geo Milev, M. Marchevsky, L. Stoyanov, etc. were published in Russian. The Russian reader became acquainted with the merits of our native literature, loved it, and began to seek it out. However, relations at that time with bourgeois Bulgaria did not contribute to the widespread translation and distribution of Bulgarian literature. The victory of the people's power on September 9 opened a new page in the relations of our homeland with the USSR. Having embarked on a new path, Bulgaria established the closest fraternal relations with the great Soviet country. Our lively cultural ties favored the distribution of Bulgarian literature in the Soviet Union. The number of translations there grew rapidly. Today, translations into Russian hold first place among all other languages. Over the past twenty years, 217 separate books of works by Bulgarian writers have been published in Russian in the USSR. A significant part of the works of our masters of the literary word are already known to the Russian reader.