УЧАСТИЕ БОЛГАРИИ В ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЕ: БОЛГАРСКАЯ ИСТОРИОГРАФИЯ ВОПРОСА

Abstract

Over a hundred years after the end of the First World War, it is still not a popular topic in Bulgarian historiography, despite the serious impact of that conflict on the political, socio-economic, and ideological development of Bulgaria. In the article, the author analyzes how the foreign policy context influenced the study of the First World War in Bulgaria. Three stages in the development of Bulgarian historiography were singled out. In the interwar period (1919–1939), the focus was on studying the fighting of the Bulgarian army and identifying those involved in the defeat of Bulgaria in the First World War. Under the communist regime (1944–1989), the writing of history was put under the control of the state. The most important achievements of the stage were the separation of the interests of the Bulgarian elite from the interests of the people, the study of the life of the working class in Bulgaria and anti-war protests. In modern Bulgarian historiography (1989–2022) there has been an expansion of the range of research topics. However, Bulgaria’s participation in the First World War is still a marginal topic due to the dominance of national discourse.