@@nikolatirol Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! At the time when John Atanasov invented the world's first digital computer, the population of the United States was more than 200 million, but it was John Atanasov who invented the computer.
Atanasov and much later Christof are great persons with bulgarian origin, but what is the point. They both did what they did without Bulgaria involved. It is funny to mention it, because as the guy above stated they would made compotes if they stayed in the country. Fun fact of the day: first computer actually is made with von Neumann, and Clifford Berry and Atanasov just made buffed up calculator, which is no doubt a big step for its time in the way of computer's producing.
@@benyopanev4622 Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! John Atanasov created the world's first digital computer without any help or interference from the United States, and besides the computer Atanasov created many other things. There are many other Bulgarians who make new discoveries in science, but ignorant people have not heard of them.
A lot of information in such a short video, kudos for that. Few things were a bit off, but I will mention only one. When we invite guests, we don't expect them to bring a gift of some soft or some type of food or a bottle to add to the table. Its more like a tradition for us to bring something when we visit just as a "thank you" for the invitation. So, if you don't bring anything, its totally fine. 😁
Very good video, fun fact: fire walking or fire dancing (Nestinarstvo) and kukeri festivals are also two very interesting traditions worth observing :)
Bulgarian calendar is the most accurate in the world and is recognised by unesco,but nobody knows that,cause we have a lot of enemies that hate us and dont want us to be glorified or to dissapear at all if possible
Mark Zuckerberg is not of Bulgarian origin, but John Atnasov is one of the inventors of the computer, and three Bulgarians participated in the Apollo 11 program, as well as in Elon Musk's space program. Nina Dobreff, Christo Javacheff, Ralitsa Vassileva are Bulgarians as well :)) The oldest still living city in Europe is Plovdiv, it is over 8000 years old. The inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet were Bulgarians, but they are not known, probably disciples of Cyril, but it is not yet clear. But still very nice video for Bulgaria, thank you very much for it!
@@fotis1964 No, of course the inhabitants were not Bulgarians, the Bulgarian Sarmatians appeared on the historical scene under their name Bulgarians much later in the 2nd century AD in the Caspian steppes and came to today's Bulgarian lands a little bit later, first as allies of the Roman Empire, a few centuries later they moved their lands to today's Bulgaria because of the attacks of their cousins the Khazars. The first inhabitants of Plovdiv were Neolithic farmers who settled first in Europe 8000 year BC, comming from Anatolia and began to found later organized villages and even the first cities. On the territory of Bulgaria there are many of them such as this in Plovdiv - Sofia, Varna, where the first gold, mined and processed by man was found, but the oldest settelment of these farmers in Bulgaria is located around Stara Zagora, and the oldest sity with fortress walls was this in Provadia - a salt mine where first salt (the ancient gold) in Europe was produced. Due to the lack of written sources and history writings from that time, we do not know how they called themselfs. Some people today call them Thracians, but it is not correct, because the Thracians came much later as well, around 1500-2000 years BC in the territory of today's Bulgaria.
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All of joghurt brands shown here are not Bulgarian. In many places around the world varieties of joghurt is sold as Bulgarian. But in fact lacks the local bacteria, which makes it soo good!!!!
AMAZING VIDEO!! This is the first (mostly) accurate description of how the Bulgarian alphabet was made that i have seen on youtube ever Btw the Lev is a tribute to someone who was commonly called Levski (means lion-like), who is regarded as a hero Also rakiya is 40% only if you buy it from a shop. If soemone offers you homemade rakiya it could be a lot more so be careful 😂
Grandma March welcomes the Spring. We put not only bracelets, but the 2 red and white little guys shown on 2:29. You take of your Martenitza when you see a flowering plant or a stork(which means Spring has already come).
You have forgotten one of the most important thing that the Bulgarian John Atnasov now the world is developing electronic technology He created the computer as much as Danivi likes Americans but it's the truth He An American of Bulgarian origin But thank you for making this look about Bulgaria made me love Bulgaria some more Everybody who watches my home country
Many people find it really odd how we have the head shake and nod opposite to everyone. This has its roots in the 500 of the Ottoman ruling, which here is called "ottoman slavery". Back then when the ottomans were forcing the locals to convert to Islam, they were going from village to village asking people if they accept Islam as their religion and whoever refused was brutally executed publicly as an example. People starting nodding as this was well accepting sign of agreement, but they actually meant no. This eventually became an unwritten rule and when you have this going for 500 in your society, it becomes the norm.
Was the Alexandur Nevski Orthodox Memorial Church in Sofia mentioned in this video? If it was I sure don't remember seeing it. And nothing about the Ottoman Turks who occupied Bulgaria for almost 500 years and tried to wipe it off the map, if it wasn't for the Russians who kicked them out in 1877-78.
I'm sure you did a lot of research, which is amazing, but I just had to write a comment after the wedding invitation part. What most people would call tradition is actually partly folklore and partly tradition and yes, while it's very very rare, there is a chance you might see a couple splitting a loaf of bread (or pitka as we say) above their heads, but even my 70 year old grandparents didn't participate in the wedding rituals. Maybe, just maybe, my grand grandparents did, all of the traditions were basically forgotten after the ottoman rule as the country wanted to be more like western Europe. People always assume that when we say a superstition we believe in it- we don't. Just a few things are off, but of course it's impossible to know unless you live here.
3:40 Ciryl didn't use the Greek letters as a base. Glagolitic isn't created by him. It evolves over time. There are many who he adapted the letters from. St Jerome created one version in Dalmatia, (Bosnia, Croatia), while on the other side of the Balkans we have Aethicus Ister's alphabet from the Dobrugae region(Bulgaria/Romania). But they aren't the creators of the "Glagolitic" either. These letters can be found from Neolithic times on the Balkans (4,000-5,000BC) when Thracians and Pelasgians inhabited the whole of central Eurasia. There are in total 35 matches in the form of the letter between Thracian Linear A+B and Cyril's alphabet whilst only ~20 with Greek alphabet meaning Cyril's version of Glagolitic was based on the Thracian linears from Crete and Minoan area from 4,000-5,000BC. The big misconception that these are Greek letters comes because historians confuse Greek for succesors of the Thracians when ancient Greek writers like Homer, Sophocles, Strabo in their work call the Thracians - barbarians, meaning "not Greek". Linear A, alphabet of the neolitic and Chalcolitic Thracians from Cretes, according to the studies of Arthur Evans is the base of the proto-Phoenicians (people living in the Levant before 1500BC). The same letters from Linear A are found in Scythian and Sarmatian runes and as we know Scythians lived in the region of the Cimerean Thracians while Sarmatians are a part of the Getae Thracian family. Unfortunately there are no written books in Sarmatian, nor Scythian from 6 century BC to 1 century AD because as Herodotus states that the word for paper is skin and as we know skin falls apart over time. The father of history adds that "during his time 5century BC people outside Greece used goat and sheep skin for paper instead of papirus". Anyway thanks for making the effort to interpret Bulgarian history. It's good to see that foreigners show interest in the topic. 😊
Thanks for sharing this detailed clarification, its appreciated! More than welcome. To be honest, this was one of the most interesting countries for me in terms of history. :)
@@vasil.kamdzhalovwell he is right about these letters existing way before glaholithic was supposedly invented. And cyrillic itself existed ahead of 9th century
If it was truly legit it would be the official history and more global and known ( I look a lot in history or did when I was younger and in those years I didnt hear nothing legit coming as what is said here, some stuff more or less feels right but what it tries to prove is... meh ), right now at best its a theory. Too much information is on the Internet and nothing would prove it as legit. The sad part is, if it is about ancient history theories go wild and most of them arent true or a blatanly wrong but people like them or belive in them because they have personal affection to what that would mean to them or their countrymen. In my country there are plenty similar but for now they are a mere bullshit and I dont intent to sugercoat it.@@thatisme3thatisme38
The city is sOfia, not sofiA.... come on... also when you pronounce other language city names and words try to hear them first like horO, not hOro, those are not hard words to pronounce after all. Other than that good job but some parts are not quite accurate.
according to wikipaedia - Zackerberg's grandparents are quoted as being from Poland, Austria, Germany. nothing is mentioned about Bulgaria which is a beatiful country
Yes, good work, but I heard nothing about the world-famous ski resorts, about the boza, about the banitza-pie, about the modern achievements of the Bulgarian children at world championships, sports life in general, about Bulgarian hospitality. Bulgaria is not only ancient history.
I don't know how it is now but i went to Bulgaria and i remember that I never saw anyone laughing or even smiling. I hope that has changed and that the food is better than those days. But hey, it was 1989
I didn’t see the the babe featured in the title of the video. Lol I get it click bait. Don’t RUclips content creators think their vids will get any attention based on their own merits? Do they have to sell it with the promise of seeing a beautiful seductive euro babe when the video is a comprised with interesting facts about a nation? Really.
No one dresses like that, this is simply when they dance, dont lie to people! Why didnt you talk about Baba Vanga The info about the wedding is a lie too, this if still might be done in villages You forgot to say one of the most important facts, Bulgarian women are one of the most beautiful women in Europe or may be the world! Just like the woman you have on the thumbnail!!
Calling rakia strong liquor is a national crime and the balkans are ready to fight also grape rakia is separated from the rest as higher quality product. It is fine craftsmanship like brewing whisky but the rakia already has the aroma and taste from the fruit
The video does not reflect reality! In 2023, Bulgaria is the poorest, most oppressed, most corrupt and racist country not only in the EU, but in the whole of Europe. In reality, Bulgaria is only a geographical territory. The truth is that it continues to be Zadunayskaya governorate governed by a governor-general who performs tasks set by the Kremlin and is the most faithful satellite of Moscow!. The state structure of Zadunaya Gubernia is an exact copy of the oligarchic-criminal structure of Russia. With the help of Sofia, through the illegal sale of petroleum products, Russia receives over 1 billion euros to wage war in Ukraine. According to the minds of Boyko Borisov (whom you see in the photo with Stoltenberg), every organized crime group involves at least one policeman. I leave it up to you to judge how strong the legality is.
Kaзал Митров (+ски), сервоманче-отрод, бивше българче миксирано с албанци, татари, сърби, власи, роми, турци, аромани, евреи, гърци, египкяни и пр. в общо 2 милиона души, от които 40% албанци и 2 официални езика, т.е. двоязична северина 😂😂😂
I've resided in Bulgaria for nearly 20 years. It's never been, nor will it be, a poor country because its economy revolves around land ownership-real estate, to be exact. It's perhaps the smartest foundational currency I've ever witnessed, even superior to gold. Every Bulgarian owns at least one and up to four properties, outright, without mortgages. Coming from California, known for its affluent landscape, I consider Bulgarians comparable to the top 10% of Californians. Why? Because their real estate holds tremendous value. So, when you hear somebody call Bulgarian the poorest country in the EU and use disparaging remarks about how the villages are falling apart, just be aware, there's an underlying vein of gold running underneath the entire country...
Nice video :) Still missed so many things and facts... The Roman stadium and the ancient theatre in Plovdiv from 1st century AD. Plovdiv was crowned for European Capital of Culture in 2019. The highest peak on the Balkans is Musala in Rila mountain. After Iceland, Bulgaria is 2nd in Europe for source of natural mineral water with more than 500 springs.
Furthermore the theater was created, and Plovdiv got it's name from, Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, hence why the city before was named Philipopolis.
The girl showed in 10:16 is actually the Queen of the roses in Karlovo! Both Karlovo and Kazanlak are located in the rose valley and have 2 separate festival of roses, usually not the same time to attract tourist. Thank you for the beautiful video
Really nice presentation of Bulgaria! The explanation about the colors of the Bulgarian flag are some what naivе. The (pra)Bulgarians that came to the Balkans and made the Bulgarian state 1300 years ago uniting the Slavs, the Thracians and the Macedonians were from Indoaryan, Iranoaryan and Scythian origin. In the ancient Vedic/Avestan times, some 3500 years ago, the society was divided into three layers. The priests/man of God/diviners are the upper white dressed layer. The peasаnts are the middle green part of the society and the warriors are the defenders, the red colour layer at the bottom. In peaceful days the flag is with white colour at the top, followed by green in the middle and red at the bottom. So the wise and the spiritual man must lead the nation in peaceful times and during war days the warriors must be at the top to defend the state. That is why the Bulgarian flag in days of war changes the upper color from white to red. Thank you again for your work!
@@all-about-europeim bulgarian too and i did not see any inaccuracies ... i think you did a great job researching those intresting facts about Bulgaria
40c alchohol is the official degrees. Most people drink 40-65C. There is 75C too but its used for desinfection for ex. (ofc. some also drink it). thats in the country side.
Number 7 fact you used photos for tradition called Vine Pruning, which is on the 14th of February. It marks the day of St Trifon (Trifon Zarezan-the day of wine).
The Cyrillic alphabet was created by the student of Cyril and Methodius, Saint Kliment Ohridski, who, by order of the Bulgarian prince Boris the First, built a school in Ohrid, where he improved and adapted the Glagolitic alphabet created by Cyril and Methodius for the needs of the Bulgarian language..! In honor of his teachers, he called the new script "Cyrillic"! Second omission, Bulgaria is not one of the poorest countries in Europe, but in the European Union..! There is a big difference between the two definitions..! Third omission, Bulgaria has never lost a battle flag in battle! Fourth omission. The first use of the airplane for military purposes was the work of a Bulgarian pilot who threw hand grenades during the Balkan War! There are more, but I won't have enough time to describe them all...!
A little-known fact is that Bogomilism arose in Bulgaria during the Early Middle Ages, which is the progenitor of all "heretical" currents in Christianity! Through Bulgarian soldiers who served in the Italian provinces of the Byzantine Empire, this religion spread first in Italy under the name of Catharism, and from there in France and all of Western Europe..! Also, at the beginning of the 20th century, Master Petar Dunov created the White Brotherhood, which preaches Perfection and Merging with nature under the auspices of the Lord Jesus Christ, which manifests itself in music, dances and physical behavior in harmony with the vibrations of Nature..! The most famous ritual is Paneurhythmia, which is a dance with special movements to the music of a violin, people are dressed entirely in white..!In your video there is a shot of this dance, when you explain what "horo" is !!! This teaching is very popular in France, where Master Petar Dunov is called Beinsa Duno..!
Very good video! But if you want bulgarians to appreciate it - you must talk about 444444 facts 😊. Today we don't have nothing to be proud with except incredible nature and ancient culture and traditions, some of them historians found more than 2500 years ago. For example bulgarian calendar is the base of modern zodiac and chinese moon calendar.. A lot of material if you have enough time for Bulgaria 😅.
Just a heads-up, you've also mispronounced every other city you've mentioned. HINT: If you're using a text-to-speech application, it might have Western pronunciation tendencies, which don't align with the Bulgarian language.
My grandpa came over age the age of ten from Pleven. It’s on my bucket list and the clock is ticking.. Thank you for your videos. I didn’t know any of the tech history or female aviator. My grandpa talked about the beautiful mountains and the sea. These pictures are beyond my wildest dreams.❤
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Many countries rely on diverse economic pillars like gold, work ethic, and natural resources. In contrast, Bulgaria's economy is predominantly centered on real estate, which has prospered since the end of communism. Despite misconceptions about Bulgaria's wealth, it ranks among the wealthiest European nations per capita, though this wealth isn't always visible in infrastructure. It's important to note that corruption is deeply ingrained in government, business, and culture here, making it nearly impossible to navigate successfully. The best approach is to avoid doing business in Bulgaria due to its pervasive corruption.
Yes, thats because we dont want foreighners to buy land or property here. We dont want to be like Greece or like London or like New York. We like Visitors, tourists - sure. But not people who want to buy land or property. Corruption is a WESTERN Thing and its a side effect of Democracy. Democracy produces corruption. Thats why it was removed 2 4000 years ago, only after 2 years of experiments on only 2 ancient towns. Restored by British Empire, to keep corrupted, low , divided other lands, so they can drain them out. Thats the short-cut version.
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I am stunned you didn't pronounce even one name right! And a lot of images are not from the country, the map in 16 is in Alaska (USA). The fire extinguisher is not IN us, it is IN THE CAR!
There is a wrong suggestion in the begining when the author says "Bulgaria was the poorest in Europe" he is referring to several online rankings, but this is a mistake because these rankings are for countries in the European Union and it says "one of the poorest in the European Union", not in Europe. We are way better than several other countries in Europe...
People from the capital are extreme snobs with mental issues related to people coming from provinces considering the fact that many of the so called native sofians are from villages.
As a Bulgarian, just a small edit to the last one. Not freezing but FROZEN river waters we jump in for the cross in ALL major cities including jumping in Black sea in cities like Burgas and Varna.
The world's first digital computer was created by John Atanasov, an American of Bulgarian origin
If Atanasov had stayed in Bulgaria, he would have been making compotes, not computers.
@@nikolatirol Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! At the time when John Atanasov invented the world's first digital computer, the population of the United States was more than 200 million, but it was John Atanasov who invented the computer.
Atanasov and much later Christof are great persons with bulgarian origin, but what is the point. They both did what they did without Bulgaria involved. It is funny to mention it, because as the guy above stated they would made compotes if they stayed in the country.
Fun fact of the day: first computer actually is made with von Neumann, and Clifford Berry and Atanasov just made buffed up calculator, which is no doubt a big step for its time in the way of computer's producing.
@@benyopanev4622 Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! John Atanasov created the world's first digital computer without any help or interference from the United States, and besides the computer Atanasov created many other things. There are many other Bulgarians who make new discoveries in science, but ignorant people have not heard of them.
@@benyopanev4622 Никога не забравяй че Българите са първите хора на земята и от нас започва живота и ние сме ви дали абсолютно всичко!!!
A lot of information in such a short video, kudos for that. Few things were a bit off, but I will mention only one. When we invite guests, we don't expect them to bring a gift of some soft or some type of food or a bottle to add to the table. Its more like a tradition for us to bring something when we visit just as a "thank you" for the invitation. So, if you don't bring anything, its totally fine. 😁
thanks for letting us know!
Very good video, fun fact: fire walking or fire dancing (Nestinarstvo) and kukeri festivals are also two very interesting traditions worth observing :)
Thanks for the info!
Благодаря за клипа, страхотна работа и поздрави от България.
Thanks for the video, great work and best regards form Bulgaria.
thanks!!
As a Bulgarian I can say that homemade Rakya is not 40% alchohol in it. Its a lot more :D
Yup! Because you control the process, you could make it up to 80%! Moreover there is 2-fold and 3-fold distilling...
Само слабаците пият 40 градусова ракия😂
Bulgarian calendar is the most accurate in the world and is recognised by unesco,but nobody knows that,cause we have a lot of enemies that hate us and dont want us to be glorified or to dissapear at all if possible
John Atanasov who invented the computer is also Bulgarian.
And Plovdiv is the most ancient living city in Europe and ninth in the world.
Bulgarians not only swim into ice but also walk into fire. John Atanasov invented the first computer.
Interesting fact, thanks!
@@all-about-europe He was the Son of a Bulgarian Emigrant That Changed The World
@@technixbul and that makes it even more interesting. thanks for adding it!
yes, check it by google this "нестинарство" @@all-about-europe
First DIGITAL computer
Mark Zuckerberg is not of Bulgarian origin, but John Atnasov is one of the inventors of the computer, and three Bulgarians participated in the Apollo 11 program, as well as in Elon Musk's space program. Nina Dobreff, Christo Javacheff, Ralitsa Vassileva are Bulgarians as well :)) The oldest still living city in Europe is Plovdiv, it is over 8000 years old. The inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet were Bulgarians, but they are not known, probably disciples of Cyril, but it is not yet clear. But still very nice video for Bulgaria, thank you very much for it!
Thanks for your corrections and the compliments!
8.000 years old? It is before Bulgarians arrived in Europe. Who were the residents?
@@fotis1964 No, of course the inhabitants were not Bulgarians, the Bulgarian Sarmatians appeared on the historical scene under their name Bulgarians much later in the 2nd century AD in the Caspian steppes and came to today's Bulgarian lands a little bit later, first as allies of the Roman Empire, a few centuries later they moved their lands to today's Bulgaria because of the attacks of their cousins the Khazars.
The first inhabitants of Plovdiv were Neolithic farmers who settled first in Europe 8000 year BC, comming from Anatolia and began to found later organized villages and even the first cities. On the territory of Bulgaria there are many of them such as this in Plovdiv - Sofia, Varna, where the first gold, mined and processed by man was found, but the oldest settelment of these farmers in Bulgaria is located around Stara Zagora, and the oldest sity with fortress walls was this in Provadia - a salt mine where first salt (the ancient gold) in Europe was produced. Due to the lack of written sources and history writings from that time, we do not know how they called themselfs. Some people today call them Thracians, but it is not correct, because the Thracians came much later as well, around 1500-2000 years BC in the territory of today's Bulgaria.
we Bulgarians there on Balkan from 10K years, the Asians that came later, they was few people who name the country, and that's it. @@fotis1964
Mark does have a Bulgarian thread in family history
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All of joghurt brands shown here are not Bulgarian. In many places around the world varieties of joghurt is sold as Bulgarian. But in fact lacks the local bacteria, which makes it soo good!!!!
The oldest monestery in the world is located in Bulgaria!
AMAZING VIDEO!! This is the first (mostly) accurate description of how the Bulgarian alphabet was made that i have seen on youtube ever
Btw the Lev is a tribute to someone who was commonly called Levski (means lion-like), who is regarded as a hero
Also rakiya is 40% only if you buy it from a shop. If soemone offers you homemade rakiya it could be a lot more so be careful 😂
Ooo man, tahnk you very much for this awesome video. I reaaly make me cry :)
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Thanks for appreciation!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you, Bulgarian are reach people by there landscape,by there harts, family and friends,there are owners of there home and not renting. ❤❤❤
Informative video. Love and regards from Pakistan.
Grandma March welcomes the Spring. We put not only bracelets, but the 2 red and white little guys shown on 2:29. You take of your Martenitza when you see a flowering plant or a stork(which means Spring has already come).
You have forgotten one of the most important thing that the Bulgarian John Atnasov now the world is developing electronic technology
He created the computer as much as Danivi likes Americans but it's the truth
He An American of Bulgarian origin
But thank you for making this look
about Bulgaria made me love Bulgaria some more
Everybody who watches my home country
you are welcome!
As a bulgarian myself I never heard of wedding invitations to a dead relatives :) Nevertheless nice video and descend of Mark Zuck truly suprisess me.
The family on the picture on 10:41 This is Hristo, we grew up together as kids. We still chat.
Wow!! Honored to feature them in our video. Please give them a greeting from the team!
@@all-about-europe I will give him the link of the video :)
Many people find it really odd how we have the head shake and nod opposite to everyone. This has its roots in the 500 of the Ottoman ruling, which here is called "ottoman slavery". Back then when the ottomans were forcing the locals to convert to Islam, they were going from village to village asking people if they accept Islam as their religion and whoever refused was brutally executed publicly as an example. People starting nodding as this was well accepting sign of agreement, but they actually meant no. This eventually became an unwritten rule and when you have this going for 500 in your society, it becomes the norm.
Note: Stara Planina mountain = Balkan
Was the Alexandur Nevski Orthodox Memorial Church in Sofia mentioned in this video? If it was I sure don't remember seeing it. And nothing about the Ottoman Turks who occupied Bulgaria for almost 500 years and tried to wipe it off the map, if it wasn't for the Russians who kicked them out in 1877-78.
I'm sure you did a lot of research, which is amazing, but I just had to write a comment after the wedding invitation part. What most people would call tradition is actually partly folklore and partly tradition and yes, while it's very very rare, there is a chance you might see a couple splitting a loaf of bread (or pitka as we say) above their heads, but even my 70 year old grandparents didn't participate in the wedding rituals. Maybe, just maybe, my grand grandparents did, all of the traditions were basically forgotten after the ottoman rule as the country wanted to be more like western Europe. People always assume that when we say a superstition we believe in it- we don't. Just a few things are off, but of course it's impossible to know unless you live here.
In Bulgaria when you have a bad thought you knock on the wood or your head to prevent it from happening.
You missed another festival that holds place in Gabrovo, The Humour and Satire festival where we express ourselves.
3:40 Ciryl didn't use the Greek letters as a base. Glagolitic isn't created by him. It evolves over time. There are many who he adapted the letters from. St Jerome created one version in Dalmatia, (Bosnia, Croatia), while on the other side of the Balkans we have Aethicus Ister's alphabet from the Dobrugae region(Bulgaria/Romania). But they aren't the creators of the "Glagolitic" either. These letters can be found from Neolithic times on the Balkans (4,000-5,000BC) when Thracians and Pelasgians inhabited the whole of central Eurasia. There are in total 35 matches in the form of the letter between Thracian Linear A+B and Cyril's alphabet whilst only ~20 with Greek alphabet meaning Cyril's version of Glagolitic was based on the Thracian linears from Crete and Minoan area from 4,000-5,000BC. The big misconception that these are Greek letters comes because historians confuse Greek for succesors of the Thracians when ancient Greek writers like Homer, Sophocles, Strabo in their work call the Thracians - barbarians, meaning "not Greek". Linear A, alphabet of the neolitic and Chalcolitic Thracians from Cretes, according to the studies of Arthur Evans is the base of the proto-Phoenicians (people living in the Levant before 1500BC).
The same letters from Linear A are found in Scythian and Sarmatian runes and as we know Scythians lived in the region of the Cimerean Thracians while Sarmatians are a part of the Getae Thracian family. Unfortunately there are no written books in Sarmatian, nor Scythian from 6 century BC to 1 century AD because as Herodotus states that the word for paper is skin and as we know skin falls apart over time. The father of history adds that "during his time 5century BC people outside Greece used goat and sheep skin for paper instead of papirus".
Anyway thanks for making the effort to interpret Bulgarian history. It's good to see that foreigners show interest in the topic. 😊
Thanks for sharing this detailed clarification, its appreciated!
More than welcome. To be honest, this was one of the most interesting countries for me in terms of history. :)
What you speak due to lack of sources can be at best a theory. Dont speak of it like its legit when you just believe it to be true.
@@vasil.kamdzhalovwell he is right about these letters existing way before glaholithic was supposedly invented. And cyrillic itself existed ahead of 9th century
If it was truly legit it would be the official history and more global and known ( I look a lot in history or did when I was younger and in those years I didnt hear nothing legit coming as what is said here, some stuff more or less feels right but what it tries to prove is... meh ), right now at best its a theory. Too much information is on the Internet and nothing would prove it as legit. The sad part is, if it is about ancient history theories go wild and most of them arent true or a blatanly wrong but people like them or belive in them because they have personal affection to what that would mean to them or their countrymen. In my country there are plenty similar but for now they are a mere bullshit and I dont intent to sugercoat it.@@thatisme3thatisme38
@@vasil.kamdzhalov I don't deny it's a theory. Everything is a theory as we are not contemporaries to see for ourselves
John Atanasov is also Bulgarian born in US. His father is born in Bulgaria. Thats the guy who invented THE COMPUTER.
U missed to mention it.
Really impressive lovely girls
The women are very beautiful!
Actually the color white on the Bulgarian flag means peace.
really amazing this video! wonderful editing you gave me so much inspiration!
Thank you so much!! Are you going to visit Bulgaria?
@@all-about-europe Not yet but I should go there soon
I'm sure you will like it, enjoy!
The city is sOfia, not sofiA.... come on... also when you pronounce other language city names and words try to hear them first like horO, not hOro, those are not hard words to pronounce after all.
Other than that good job but some parts are not quite accurate.
thanks for the feedback!
All countries can be UAE country development if follow UAE step from dessert country to Luxury country.
In Bulgaria has less car pollution than in UK and many other places.
That's great!
Hello, we need more info about fact 39, as all internet and chatgpt suggest he does not have bulgarian grandfather
Ski in Bansko.
Best thing to do!!
according to wikipaedia - Zackerberg's grandparents are quoted as being from Poland, Austria, Germany. nothing is mentioned about Bulgaria which is a beatiful country
His grandad was a bulgarian jew
Yes, good work, but I heard nothing about the world-famous ski resorts, about the boza, about the banitza-pie, about the modern achievements of the Bulgarian children at world championships, sports life in general, about Bulgarian hospitality. Bulgaria is not only ancient history.
Surprised the video doesn't talk anything about Chalga music
There simply too many facts! There we will make a second video
yeah, positively surprised, not to relate to brainwashing, consuming propelling music of not bulgarian roots, positively surprised, indeed! :)
@@all-about-europe No need, this was enough, thank you! Chalga is not Bulgarian music, it is Turkish, Gypsy music in Bulgarian language.
I don't know how it is now but i went to Bulgaria and i remember that I never saw anyone laughing or even smiling. I hope that has changed and that the food is better than those days. But hey, it was 1989
That sounds sad but it was 1989
Well, in the 1989 we experienced one of our biggest economy crashes, so it makes sense.
@@georgeb5262 I must say I never saw so many beautiful women.. it wasn't all negative
@@all-about-europe During comunizm - thats how it was. Today is different.
Its 2023, its now a normal European country
I didn’t see the the babe featured in the title of the video. Lol I get it click bait. Don’t RUclips content creators think their vids will get any attention based on their own merits? Do they have to sell it with the promise of seeing a beautiful seductive euro babe when the video is a comprised with interesting facts about a nation? Really.
Lol there are some beautiful local females featured in the video tho. You haven't seen them?!
No one dresses like that, this is simply when they dance, dont lie to people!
Why didnt you talk about Baba Vanga
The info about the wedding is a lie too, this if still might be done in villages
You forgot to say one of the most important facts, Bulgarian women are one of the most beautiful women in Europe or may be the world! Just like the woman you have on the thumbnail!!
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The map used after 5:12 is a map of Kelowna, BC. Computerised voicage and infactualities = downvote.
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Calling rakia strong liquor is a national crime and the balkans are ready to fight also grape rakia is separated from the rest as higher quality product. It is fine craftsmanship like brewing whisky but the rakia already has the aroma and taste from the fruit
EU money 🤑
LOL
Bulgarian and Russian seem similar, studied Pycku C/\oBap.
I just hope it will never become a tourist paradise, as tourism destroys everything.
The video does not reflect reality! In 2023, Bulgaria is the poorest, most oppressed, most corrupt and racist country not only in the EU, but in the whole of Europe. In reality, Bulgaria is only a geographical territory. The truth is that it continues to be Zadunayskaya governorate governed by a governor-general who performs tasks set by the Kremlin and is the most faithful satellite of Moscow!. The state structure of Zadunaya Gubernia is an exact copy of the oligarchic-criminal structure of Russia.
With the help of Sofia, through the illegal sale of petroleum products, Russia receives over 1 billion euros to wage war in Ukraine.
According to the minds of Boyko Borisov (whom you see in the photo with Stoltenberg), every organized crime group involves at least one policeman. I leave it up to you to judge how strong the legality is.
Пълни глупости. България е колония на Америка управлявана вече над 30 години и това всеки нормален човек го знае. Най-бедната страна в Европа.
Cry more.
@@Plamen_Kostadinov.абе не сме най-бедната май
Блгарија 😂😂 најмизерна држава на Балкан.
Kaзал Митров (+ски), сервоманче-отрод, бивше българче миксирано с албанци, татари, сърби, власи, роми, турци, аромани, евреи, гърци, египкяни и пр. в общо 2 милиона души, от които 40% албанци и 2 официални езика, т.е. двоязична северина 😂😂😂
Северна Маjмунодониjа да завидува повеке!
@@HeroManNick132 Македонија е Германија за вас бе Татари..Идевте тука гаќи да купувате од што бевте мизерни.Тррба фала да кажеш бе келеш!
Sho e make se e govno. Kosovo e California v sravnenie sas Severna Monkedonya.
Actually Bulgaria is one of the most richest countries, but politicians are stealing over 30 years.
very right and still same as before
Everyone Is Stealing there , People dont Pay their Taxes too ! Just like Greece used to be !
This could be said for many countries :)
It is not politicians......- but why do you let this happen then ?
I've resided in Bulgaria for nearly 20 years. It's never been, nor will it be, a poor country because its economy revolves around land ownership-real estate, to be exact. It's perhaps the smartest foundational currency I've ever witnessed, even superior to gold. Every Bulgarian owns at least one and up to four properties, outright, without mortgages. Coming from California, known for its affluent landscape, I consider Bulgarians comparable to the top 10% of Californians. Why? Because their real estate holds tremendous value. So, when you hear somebody call Bulgarian the poorest country in the EU and use disparaging remarks about how the villages are falling apart, just be aware, there's an underlying vein of gold running underneath the entire country...
This guy has done a lot of work for this video. Congratulations!
Yes I did, thanks a lot!
@@all-about-europe Yes, but totally butchered most of the pronunciations... Sorry! haha
Nice video :) Still missed so many things and facts... The Roman stadium and the ancient theatre in Plovdiv from 1st century AD. Plovdiv was crowned for European Capital of Culture in 2019. The highest peak on the Balkans is Musala in Rila mountain. After Iceland, Bulgaria is 2nd in Europe for source of natural mineral water with more than 500 springs.
Thank you and thank you for sharing these interesting additional facts. We will for sure make a second video about Bulgaria ☺️
Евала Пешо хаахахахахаах
Furthermore the theater was created, and Plovdiv got it's name from, Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, hence why the city before was named Philipopolis.
Bulgarians have big hearts,and we are great hosts.Ty for this video you make me proud with my country, other thing's just doesn't matters ❤️
I lived in Plovdiv fore 3-4 months. I loved his place!
lived ? in the past --- so when was that ?
The girl showed in 10:16 is actually the Queen of the roses in Karlovo! Both Karlovo and Kazanlak are located in the rose valley and have 2 separate festival of roses, usually not the same time to attract tourist.
Thank you for the beautiful video
thanks a lot!
i was going to write the same. i know her. she is my wife 😂
The people of Bulgaria were given a beautiful land.
they were!
Not given.... every meter of this land has Bulgarian blood on it, LITERALLY.
@@goshu7009 Tako je bratko pozdrav iz Srbija.
It was not given, it was taken. We had to fight the Eastern Roman Empire for centuries to keep it.
not given taken by blood
Great video, and another fact:
Our flag has never been captured in any battle or war.
Otherwise congratulations on grinding to find so many facts
thanks!!
Really nice presentation of Bulgaria! The explanation about the colors of the Bulgarian flag are some what naivе. The (pra)Bulgarians that came to the Balkans and made the Bulgarian state 1300 years ago uniting the Slavs, the Thracians and the Macedonians were from Indoaryan, Iranoaryan and Scythian origin. In the ancient Vedic/Avestan times, some 3500 years ago, the society was divided into three layers. The priests/man of God/diviners are the upper white dressed layer. The peasаnts are the middle green part of the society and the warriors are the defenders, the red colour layer at the bottom. In peaceful days the flag is with white colour at the top, followed by green in the middle and red at the bottom. So the wise and the spiritual man must lead the nation in peaceful times and during war days the warriors must be at the top to defend the state. That is why the Bulgarian flag in days of war changes the upper color from white to red.
Thank you again for your work!
thanks for sharing! and thanks for the compliment :)!!
Hi from Bulgaria. To be hones few things were inaccurate but still big thanks for making this video
Thanks for watching, appreciates a lot! And no worries, love to make these videos. Which things were inaccurate?
@@all-about-europeim bulgarian too and i did not see any inaccuracies ... i think you did a great job researching those intresting facts about Bulgaria
thank you!!!
Nah, it's pretty accurate.
Have a nice journey to Bulgaria 😊
thanks!!
A fascinating country.
it truly is!
Amazing video! Great editing 😍
Glad you liked it!! Thanks for the love
40c alchohol is the official degrees. Most people drink 40-65C. There is 75C too but its used for desinfection for ex. (ofc. some also drink it). thats in the country side.
Number 7 fact you used photos for tradition called Vine Pruning, which is on the 14th of February. It marks the day of St Trifon (Trifon Zarezan-the day of wine).
Thanks for letting us know!
The Cyrillic alphabet was created by the student of Cyril and Methodius, Saint Kliment Ohridski, who, by order of the Bulgarian prince Boris the First, built a school in Ohrid, where he improved and adapted the Glagolitic alphabet created by Cyril and Methodius for the needs of the Bulgarian language..! In honor of his teachers, he called the new script "Cyrillic"! Second omission, Bulgaria is not one of the poorest countries in Europe, but in the European Union..! There is a big difference between the two definitions..! Third omission, Bulgaria has never lost a battle flag in battle! Fourth omission. The first use of the airplane for military purposes was the work of a Bulgarian pilot who threw hand grenades during the Balkan War! There are more, but I won't have enough time to describe them all...!
A little-known fact is that Bogomilism arose in Bulgaria during the Early Middle Ages, which is the progenitor of all "heretical" currents in Christianity! Through Bulgarian soldiers who served in the Italian provinces of the Byzantine Empire, this religion spread first in Italy under the name of Catharism, and from there in France and all of Western Europe..! Also, at the beginning of the 20th century, Master Petar Dunov created the White Brotherhood, which preaches Perfection and Merging with nature under the auspices of the Lord Jesus Christ, which manifests itself in music, dances and physical behavior in harmony with the vibrations of Nature..! The most famous ritual is Paneurhythmia, which is a dance with special movements to the music of a violin, people are dressed entirely in white..!In your video there is a shot of this dance, when you explain what "horo" is !!! This teaching is very popular in France, where Master Petar Dunov is called Beinsa Duno..!
Let me correct yourself ,
Bordered with ex Bulgarian TERRITORIES them all.
Very good video! But if you want bulgarians to appreciate it - you must talk about 444444 facts 😊. Today we don't have nothing to be proud with except incredible nature and ancient culture and traditions, some of them historians found more than 2500 years ago. For example bulgarian calendar is the base of modern zodiac and chinese moon calendar.. A lot of material if you have enough time for Bulgaria 😅.
Sòfia is the correct pronunciation
Thank you for the correction ❤️
SòfiYa. BulgariYa.
@@ia3078 Thank you!
Just a heads-up, you've also mispronounced every other city you've mentioned. HINT: If you're using a text-to-speech application, it might have Western pronunciation tendencies, which don't align with the Bulgarian language.
Bigger than Cuba and Island? Our country is bigger than most of the EU countries actually
So many wrong facts in that video
wtf no one notice but at 5:15 he used map of kelowna in canada wtf???
I noticed and wanted to see if anyone else did - here you are!
Very informative. After Romania comes Bulgaria on my trips list. :)
Great but did you have to introduce us as the poorest country in Europe?
It's getting old!
My grandpa came over age the age of ten from Pleven. It’s on my bucket list and the clock is ticking.. Thank you for your videos. I didn’t know any of the tech history or female aviator. My grandpa talked about the beautiful mountains and the sea. These pictures are beyond my wildest dreams.❤
00:30 Bro we still poor :D - But yes, we got nice places.
Great video. We are still waiting for videos for Serbia, Greece, Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina.
Thank you, all of them are coming for you 😁
Baba Marta is few millennium age old
One behavior that's difficult for most Americans to get used to is when Bulgarians shake their heads it means 'Yes' and when they nod, it means 'No.'
If I was a Bulgarian I would not brag about The Zuks bloodline...
Just sayin
This "fact" is completely wrong. Actually it is John Atanasov. We do not have names like Zuckerberg here in Bulgaria.
Do you know footage has copyright?? Contact me within the next 3 business days to discuss payment for the used footage or delete the video. Otherwise legal actions will be taken.
At least 5 cultures were like iranians.
Like nocking the wood
Spelling the water ...
11:50 Well, it didn't work on me as it meant to be! I kept slipping on it over the years. 😂😂
Many countries rely on diverse economic pillars like gold, work ethic, and natural resources. In contrast, Bulgaria's economy is predominantly centered on real estate, which has prospered since the end of communism. Despite misconceptions about Bulgaria's wealth, it ranks among the wealthiest European nations per capita, though this wealth isn't always visible in infrastructure. It's important to note that corruption is deeply ingrained in government, business, and culture here, making it nearly impossible to navigate successfully. The best approach is to avoid doing business in Bulgaria due to its pervasive corruption.
thanks for sharing your knowledge with us
Yes, thats because we dont want foreighners to buy land or property here. We dont want to be like Greece or like London or like New York. We like Visitors, tourists - sure. But not people who want to buy land or property. Corruption is a WESTERN Thing and its a side effect of Democracy.
Democracy produces corruption. Thats why it was removed 2 4000 years ago, only after 2 years of experiments on only 2 ancient towns. Restored by British Empire, to keep corrupted, low , divided other lands, so they can drain them out.
Thats the short-cut version.
Interesting to know about Bulgaria
Hope you liked the video :)
True, I have met a few Bulgarian -Americans.
Why would you want to visit Bulgaria?
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Outstanding work, thank you.
(Благодаря)
Thanks for the compliment!
I am stunned you didn't pronounce even one name right! And a lot of images are not from the country, the map in 16 is in Alaska (USA). The fire extinguisher is not IN us, it is IN THE CAR!
There is a wrong suggestion in the begining when the author says "Bulgaria was the poorest in Europe" he is referring to several online rankings, but this is a mistake because these rankings are for countries in the European Union and it says "one of the poorest in the European Union", not in Europe. We are way better than several other countries in Europe...
You can blame Bulgaria for different thinks, but not for Mark Zukerberg ;) We had nothing to do with him :p
People from the capital are extreme snobs with mental issues related to people coming from provinces considering the fact that many of the so called native sofians are from villages.
I like Bulgaria nature and female character.
0:23 Already incorrect information, it's not one of the poorest in Europe, it's the poorest in EU.
good video but downvoting for butchering the names of everything
"The official language of Bulgaria is 'Buglarian'"
NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, YOU DON'T SAY?
Very nice vid 👍
Thank you!!
Social media work at home live in the philipines
Nice video but these are deffinetly not the best beaches :)
As a Bulgarian, just a small edit to the last one. Not freezing but FROZEN river waters we jump in for the cross in ALL major cities including jumping in Black sea in cities like Burgas and Varna.