"Unity makes strength"@en . . "Sofia"@en . "Coat of arms of Bulgaria .svg"@en . "1924-01-19"^^ . "Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum"@en . "The Treaty of San Stefano was signed on March 3, 1878 by Russia and the Ottoman Empire and set up an autonomous Bulgarian principality on the territories of the Second Bulgarian Empire. It never went into effect, as the Great Powers immediately rejected the treaty out of fear that such a large country in the Balkans might threaten their interests. It was superseded by the subsequent Treaty of Berlin, signed on July 13, provided for a much smaller state comprising Moesia and the region of Sofia, leaving large populations of Bulgarians outside the new country. This played a significant role in forming Bulgaria's militaristic approach to foreign affairs during the first half of the 20th century."@en . "Unitary parliamentary republic"@en . "National Assembly of Bulgaria"@en . "Orthodox Christianity; Irreligion; Islam"@en . "1908-10-05"^^ . "the Ottoman Empire"@en . . "Lev"@en . . "\u0420\u0435\u043F\u0443\u0431\u043B\u0438\u043A\u0430 \u0411\u044A\u043B\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u044F"@en . . "The Treaty of San Stefano was signed on March 3, 1878 by Russia and the Ottoman Empire and set up an autonomous Bulgarian principality on the territories of the Second Bulgarian Empire. It never went into effect, as the Great Powers immediately rejected the treaty out of fear that such a large country in the Balkans might threaten their interests. It was superseded by the subsequent Treaty of Berlin, signed on July 13, provided for a much smaller state comprising Moesia and the region of Sofia, leaving large populations of Bulgarians outside the new country. This played a significant role in forming Bulgaria's militaristic approach to foreign affairs during the first half of the 20th century. The Bulgarian principality won a war against Serbia and incorporated the semi-autonomous Ottoman territory of Eastern Rumelia in 1885. Bulgaria proclaiming itself an independent state on October 5, 1908. In the years following independence, Bulgaria increasingly militarized and was often referred to as \"the Balkan Prussia\". The following years saw several conflicts with its neighbors, which prompted Bulgaria to align with the German Empire in World War I. Despite fielding more than a quarter of its population in a 1,200,000-strong army and achieving several decisive victories against Serbia and Romania, the country capitulated in 1918. Bulgarian defeat in the war caused revolts arising around the country. Bulgaria was declared a republic on September 27, 1918, causing Aleksandar Stamboliyski, the leader of Agrarian Union, to be arrested despite not authorizes the rebellion itself. Although the rebellion is failed, however, Stamboliyski was able to escape the fate of imprisonment and went into hiding. In September 1918, Tsar Ferdinand abdicated in favour of his son Boris III in order to head off anti-monarchic revolutionary tendencies. Following the 1919 election, Stamboliyski came out of hiding and became the prime minister of new coalition cabinet. Elections in March 1920 gave the Agrarians a large majority, making Stamboliyski able to form Bulgaria's first peasant government. The new government immediately faced pressures from the political left and right, a harsh international occupation force, debt amounting to a \u201Cpreposterous sum\u201D, as well as national problems such as food shortages, general strikes, and a great flu epidemic. In March 1923, Stamboliyski signed an agreement with Serbia recognising the new border and agreeing to suppress Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO), which favored a war to regain Macedonia from Serbia. As result, the VMRO organized a coup against Stamboliyski's government in June 9, 1923. Stamboliyski was able to escape to his native village as the army garrisons under the command of General Damyan Velchev occupied strategic points in Sofia. The Communists then joining the Agrarians in a nation-wide counter-coup against the VMRO. On June 30, 1923, the joint Agrarian-Communist forces entered Sofia and declared a new republican government. Following the declaration, Tsar Boris III fled to Turkey, and then to Britain, where he would live out the rest of his days in exile."@en . "Flag of Bulgaria.svg"@en . . "\u0421\u044A\u0435\u0434\u0438\u043D\u0435\u043D\u0438\u0435\u0442\u043E \u043F\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438 \u0441\u0438\u043B\u0430\u0442\u0430"@en . "Bulgaria (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)"@en . "Bulgarian"@en . "Bulgarian"@en . "Coat of arms"@en . . . . "Republic of Bulgaria"@en .