Bozhidar Dimitrov

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Bozhidar Dimitrov
Born	(1945-12-03)3 December 1945 Sozopol, Bulgaria
Died	1 July 2018(2018-07-01) (aged 72) Sofia, Bulgaria
Alma mater	Sofia University
Political party	BSP, GERB

Bozhidar Dimitrov Stoyanov (

Biography

Born in

Dimitrov is the author of 30 treatises and over 250 articles and papers in the sphere of his research, as well as several books (including The Ten Lies of Macedonism and Twelve Myths in Bulgarian History). He has specialized in palaeography in Paris and also hosts the patriotic history-related Pamet Balgarska (Bulgarian Memory) show on Kanal 1.

Dimitrov believes that the Bulgars played a more important role in the formation of the contemporary Bulgarians as a people than previously believed.^{[citation needed]}

He was Minister without portfolio responsible for Bulgarians abroad in the GERB government (July 2009 – February 2011).^[1]

Controversy

Although serious researchers maintain that Dimitrov’s views on Bulgarian history are biased and can be partially challenged, they are popular in Bulgaria and he enjoys credibility among nationalist intellectuals.^{[3][4][5][6][when?]} Dimitrov was a collaborator of Bulgaria's communist-era security service.^[7][8]

The Ten Lies of Macedonism

Bozhidar Dimitrov's book, The Ten Lies of Macedonism (2000, 2003 and 2007), is a polemical pamphlet, based on historical documents, and is openly against the ideology of "

• First lie: the notion that contemporary
  ethnic Macedonians are descendants of ancient Macedonians
  .
• Second lie: ethnic Macedonians are "pure
  Slavs" distinct from Bulgarians, who are "Tatars
  ".
• Third lie: medieval figures like
  Saints Cyril and Methodius
  were ethnic Macedonians.
• Fourth lie: Samuel of Bulgaria was an ethnic Macedonian and the First Bulgarian Empire was a "Macedonian" state.
• Fifth lie: the
  Archbishopric of Ohrid
  was a "Macedonian" church.
• Sixth lie: the Bulgarian Exarchate conquered the ethnic Macedonian people.
• Seventh lie: early 20th-century revolutionary movements such as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) worked for a "Macedonian" national goal.
• Eighth lie: that Krste Misirkov is the number 1 ethnic Macedonian of the 20th century.
• Ninth lie: the "
  heroic struggle of the Macedonian people
  against Bulgarian occupiers in 1941–1944".
• Tenth lie: on the rejoicing of the Macedonian people for their
  Macedonians in Bulgaria
  .

Publications

• Bozhidar Dimitrov. The True History of Liberation 1860–1878. Sofia: Standart News Ltd., 2010. 183 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-91652-5-8
  .) (in Bulgarian)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov, co-author.
  ISBN 978-954-92032-2-6
  (Trilingual publication in Bulgarian, Macedonian and English)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. The Ten Lies of Macedonism. Sofia: Kom Foundation, 2007. 107 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-90700-1-9
  .)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. Macedonia – Holy Bulgarian Land: Who Are the Successors of Alexander the Great and Roxana? Sofia: Kom Foundation, 2007. 80 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-8745-06-2
  (in Bulgarian)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. Seven Ancient Civilizations in Bulgaria: With Maps & Color Illustrations. Sofia: Kom Foundation, 2006. 112 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-9464-07-8
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. 12 Myths in Bulgarian History. Sofia, Kom Foundation, 2005. 148 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-91652-1-0
  (in Bulgarian)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. Bulgarians: The First Europeans. Sofia: St. Kliment Ohridsky University Press, 2002. 108 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-07-1758-6
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. Bulgaria and the Vatican. Sofia: Bulgarian Diplomatic Review, 2002. 56 pp. 
  ISBN 978-954-91062-4-4
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. The Bulgars and Alexander of Macedon. Sofia: Tangra Publishers, 2001. 138 pp. 
  ISBN 954-9942-29-5
  (in Bulgarian)
• Bozhidar Dimitrov. Venetian Documents on Bulgarian History During the 16th and 17th Century. Sofia: Borina Ltd., 1994.
  ISBN 978-954-500-036-2
  (in Bulgarian)

Dimitrov Cove in Antarctica is named after Bozhidar Dimitrov.^[10]

References

• Georgieva, Kapka (31 December 2002). "Bulgaria won't perish as long as there's even a single Bulgarian alive" (in Bulgarian). Pravoslavieto.com. Retrieved 2006-06-26.
• Parvanova, Lyudmila (21 September 2003). "Bozhidar Dimitrov — A Bulgarian Reborn" (in Bulgarian). Standart News. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-06-26.

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