Katya Baklova

The Bulgarian periodical press is the characteristic manifestation of the Revival. More than two centuries late to Europe, it is widely developed and covers (especially after the Liberation) the entire socio-political, economic and cultural life of the country. To a significant extent, the work of ardent patriots, the Bulgarian press takes an active part in the problems of its time. It is impossible to present the struggles of the Revival without the feverish journalistic activity of Karavelov, Slaveykov, Botev; the work of the party - without the support of "Novo Vreme", "Rabotnicheski Vestnik". By collecting within itself the creations of the greatest Bulgarian minds, expressing their ideological searches, aspirations, disputes, struggles, the Bulgarian periodical press is also the most reliable witness to our past. If taken entirely as a completed work, it gives a broad, complete and detailed picture of public life in Bulgaria. It goes without saying that the press is a lasting source for scientific research of all kinds. The scientist, having looked to the past, even with the aim of speaking about the present or the future, approaches the periodicals of the past years as a reliable assistant.

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