Czechs and Slovaks in Bulgaria
but historically, their population has been considerably larger.
History
Following the
Besides urban emigration, the Law for the settlement of the desolated lands of 1880 attracted many ethnic Czech and Slovak colonists, mostly
In Podem (old name Martvitsa or Slovak Mŕtvica), for example, the Slovaks arrived in 1884 from the southern Kingdom of Hungary and numbered 210 by 1910; they lived in a separate Slovak neighbourhood with characteristic Slovak houses (white, elongated and with steep roofs) and built their Evangelical Lutheran church in 1934.[3]
Between 1948 and 1950, over 2,000 Czechs and Slovaks from Sofia and the aforementioned localities responded to the call of the government of Czechoslovakia and returned to their native land to populate areas deserted in World War II. Only around 5% of their peak number, mostly people who had married local Bulgarians, remained.[4]
See also
- Bulgaria–Czech Republic relations
- Bulgaria–Slovakia relations
- Ethnic groups in Bulgaria
- Czech diaspora
- Slovak diaspora
References
- ^ "Етнически малцинствени общности" (in Bulgarian). Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и демографските въпроси. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2007.
- ^ "Безкрайната Царска приказка" (in Bulgarian). Сега. 9 November 2005. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ^ Ценкова, Искра. "Яж билиша, танжувай фришко!". ТЕМА. Retrieved 2 September 2008.
- ^ Botik, Jan (1995). "Словаците в България (Бележки за тяхното историческо и етнокултурно развитие)". Българска Етнология (in Bulgarian) (2). Етнографски институт с музей при БАН.
Sources
- Пенчев, Владимир (2003). "Чешките темели на следосвобожденска България". Европа 2001 (in Bulgarian) (5): 14. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- Пржибил, Мирослав (2003). "110 години чешка и словашка общност в България". Европа 2001 (in Bulgarian) (5): 19. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- Пенчев, Владимир (2001). Паралакс в огледалото или за мигрантските общности в чуждоезична среда (чехи и словаци в България, българи в Чехия) (in Bulgarian). София: Херон Прес. ISBN 978-954-580-110-5.
- Svoboda, Michal. "BULBA 2006" (in Czech). Antropoweb. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- Budilová, Lenka (August 2006). "Dějiny Vojvodova: Vesnice Čechů a Slováků v Bulharsku" (in Czech). Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
- Blanár, Vincent (1997). "Jazyk slovenskej menšiny v Bulharsku zo sociolingvistického hl'adiska". Slovenčina na konci 20. storočia, jej normi a perspektívy (PDF) (in Slovak). Bratislava: Vydatel'stvo slovenskej akadémie vied. ]
External links
- Czech and Slovak Club in Bulgaria (in Bulgarian, Czech, Slovak, and English)