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Paintings of Bulgarian artist Anton Mitov (1862 - 1930)

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Paintings of Bulgarian artist Zlatyu Boyadzhiev (1903 - 1976)

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Paintings of Bulgarian artist Ivan Angelov (1864 - 1924)

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"Ahinora"(1922) by Ivan Milev

"I am Ahinora, wife of Asparuh, tzaritsa of Bulgaria.

You don't know of me, for you come from a faraway land and time - where I am dead and my spirit has been called upon with damnable spells to speak to you!

Ahinora is my name, that bears the meaning "scent of violas".

Why have you awakened me?“

In reality the name of Asparuh's wife and the story of her life have been lost in history. She has been given several names - Pagane, Bisera, Ahinora, etc. Under the name Ahinora, she appears in Nikolai Raynov's "Visions of Ancient Bulgaria", published in 1918. The name is made up by Raynov himself. In his story, Ahinora is sacrificed in the name of the people.

"In the early morning, when by the will of the gods, tzaritsa Ahinora was sacrificed in the name of the nation, Asparuh dreamed of and worked for, he dropped his shield as was overcomed with grief."

And when the flames swollowed the young tzaritsa, he turned his head away, so he'd not look upon the sight."

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Paintings depicting Bulgarian history (7th - 10th century) by Bulgarian artist Dimitar Gudzhenov (1891 - 1979)

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Paintings of Bulgarian women in traditional clothing by Iv. Mileva

Top: Elhovo and Pernik

Bottom: Uzunköprü (Turkey) and Ihtiman

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Bulgarian artist Simona Ruscheva

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Medieval fresco in a Bulgarian church in Eastern Serbia

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Portrait of Hristianiya Zografska, circa 1840

Zahari Zograf (1810 - 1853)

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by Nenko Balkanski, Bulgaria

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Slav Nedev (Bulgarian)

There Will Be Peace after All (1993)

oil on canvas

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Dimitar Dobrovich (Bulgarian, 1816-1905)

Spinner

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Banat Bulgarian festive clothing from Стар Бешенов/Stár Bišnov/Dudeștii Vechi in Romania from the personal collection of Lili Getova, photographed by Rositsa Dimitrova

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Banat Bulgarians from Vinga, Romania

(via)

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Banat Bulgarians from Stár Bišnov/Dudeștii Vechi, Romania

(via Bulgarian Archives State Agency)

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Traditional clothing of Banat Bulgarians from Стар Бешенов/Stár Bišnov/Dudeștii Vechi, Romania

via Lyubomir Yurukov

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Traditional clothing from Pleven region, Bulgaria/ Late XIX century

Source: National Museum of History - Bulgaria