N. Yakushin

The question of Russian-Bulgarian cultural ties has always deeply concerned both Bulgarian and Russian historians and literary scholars. In recent years, many new works have appeared in Bulgaria and the Soviet Union that shed light on this problem. Among them can be mentioned the studies of the Soviet scientists N. S. Derzhavin "History of Bulgaria" (I-IV t., M.-L., 1945-48), "Hristo Botev - poet-revolutionary" (M. - L., 1948), "Ivan Vazov. Life and work" (M. L., 1948), etc., by L. Erikhonov "Russian revolutionaries" democrats and public thought of the southern Slavs in the 60s and 70s of the XIX century" (M., 1950), the collective work of Soviet historians "History of Bulgaria" (vol. I, M. - L., 1953), the book "Iz istorii russko-bulgarskih otsenshih. Collection of articles" (M., 1958) as well as individual articles by many authors. At the same time, Bulgarian scholars published several serious studies, among which we should note P. Zarev's work "Bulgarian Literature" (S., 1950), G. Tsanev's "Pages from the History of Bulgarian Literature in the 19th Century" (S., 1958), V. Velchev's "The Impact of Russian Classical Literature on the Formation and Development of Bulgarian Literature in the 19th Century" (S., 1958) and other works.