The
people of Bulgaria were bummed with the Treaty of Berlin (1878),
because it assigned land Bulgarians considered part of their nation
to other countries. Some Bulgarians began to explore peaceful ways of
getting their land back.
One
swath of land was called Northern Thrace, but the Treaty of Berlin
gave it a new, artificial name: Eastern Rumelia. Most people living
there wanted to be part of Bulgaria. And that is a huge reason why
Bulgaria was able to take back Eastern Rumelia in a bloodless
revolution on this date in 1885. Bulgaria and the former Eastern
Rumelia declared their unification!
Gosh,
I love a bloodless revolution! Peace instead of war, diplomacy
instead of death.
But...most
European nations didn't recognize the unified Bulgaria. In November
of the same year, diplomacy failed and war broke out. A neighboring
country, Serbia, attacked Bulgaria on some pretext, and a 14-day war
was fought by soldiers of the two nations. Bulgaria won, and as the
result of this short war, all the other nations of Europe accepted
Bulgaria's unification.
Learn
about Bulgaria...
In
the 2011 World Championships for Rhythmic Gymnastics, the Bulgarian
team won a gold medal. I hoped they would do well during this
year's Olympics, but they didn't medal at all in this artistic sport.
To
learn more about Bulgaria, check out this earlier post.
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