concept
The Bulgarian Question
Bulgarian Question
also: Болгарский вопрос
Bolgarskiy vopros -- the 1885-86 crisis over Bulgaria's union with Eastern Rumelia and the ensuing Serbo-Bulgarian War, a constant subject of Russian newspaper debate and amateur parlor punditry in the period; invoked here as a stock topic for empty 'clever' letter-writing.
Reading notes
- Statistics §9 the Bulgarian Question
Bolgarskiy vopros -- the 1885-86 crisis over Bulgaria's union with Eastern Rumelia and the ensuing Serbo-Bulgarian War, a subject of constant, often amateur, political debate in Russian newspapers and parlors of the day; the letter-writer's pompous opinion on it is offered as a specimen of empty 'clever' talk.