Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Republic (реулика блгария, Republic of Bulgaria), commonly known as Bulgaria (блгария, Bulgaria) is a country that is in contact with the East Black Sea of ​​the Balkan Peninsula . The capital is Sofia (софия, Sofia).

In 2004, it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) along with the Baltic states , Romania , Slovakia , and Slovenia , and joined the European Union on January 1, 2007, along with Romania. It is a country with a relatively stable political situation in the Balkan Peninsula .

The Bulgarian abbreviated name is България, and the accented spelling is Бълга̀рия. The pronunciation is close to [bɐɫˈɡarijɐ] (balgariya).[9] (unstressed) and [ɤ] (stressed). However, in general, this is regarded as the base form /ɤ/ and is translated as ‘bulgariya’.] In North Korea 's cultural language , the spelling "Bulgaria" has been used since 1965, and before that, "Bolgariya" or "Bulgariya" was used.

The name of the country Bulgaria comes from the Bulgars , the ancestors of modern Bulgarians and a Turkic people . The etymology of the expression bulgar is unclear, but there is a strong theory that it comes from the Proto-Turkic word bulģha, which means 'mix', 'shake', and 'stimulate'.

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Bulgaria is a gateway to Europe (EU), and border customs inspections are tricky because you can go through Bulgaria to any country in Europe.[10]

It is one of the countries that does not have a public holiday in October. The months without public holidays in Bulgaria are February, June, July, August, October and November.

Although there are differences depending on the statistics, the population has been declining for 36 years since it peaked at 8.98 million in 1988. At one point in the 1990s, the birth rate plummeted to the low 1 person range, and with immigration to other countries, the population decreased to the 1950 level in 2014. In 2016, the population decreased to the 1940 level, and in 2019, it fell to less than 7 million. As of 2021, Bulgaria's population is approximately 6.87 million. #

If current trends continue, the number is expected to decline to 5 million in the 2050s. The birth rate, which was in the low 1 range in the late 1990s and early 2000s, recovered to the 1.7 to 1.8 range in the mid-2010s and 2020s, improving to the level of Korea in the early 1990s. However, population outflow is still ongoing and continues to decline. Additionally, the death rate is high like other Eastern European countries.

And the proportion of Turks and Gypsies also decreased. # Low fertility rates are a common problem in Eastern European countries.

As of 2021, the country has already reached a super-aging society (elderly population ratio of 21.3%) and remains in the world's top 10 in terms of elderly population ratio.

Most of the inhabitants are Bulgarians . Besides that, there are also Turks , Romans , and others ( Russians , Greeks , Armenians, etc.).

The origins of the Bulgarian are considered to be the Traccians, Namlav, and the Bulgar, and the Traccians were the people who lived in the B.C.E., but during the 6th and 7th centuries of AD, many slabs were slabed through the mixed race, and the language was used.

The name Bulgaria was derived from the Turkic Bulgars , but the Bulgarians were born through the mixing of the Bulgars with the Thracian Slavs. The people were completely slavicized.

According to the 2019 Korean Overseas Koreans Statistics, the number of Koreans residing in Bulgaria is 230.

Most of the people believed in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church , and the Bulgarian Constitution defined the Orthodox Church as a traditional religion but not a state religion. Boris I was a certified faith in Bulgaria and was recognized, and in 1945, he was recognized for his independence under the name of Constantinople. In 1953, the position was upgraded to the General Assistant Culture Church. The bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church uses the title of Sophia's chief and chief bishop of the Bulgarian Church. The headquarters is located in Sophia, Alexander Nepski, and the Bishop is Bishop Danish , who was elected in 2024 .

catholic[11] , Protestant[12] , Islam[13] , there are some people who believe in Judaism . A Buddhist temple is scheduled to open in Bulgaria in the 2010s . #

The Muslim population grew rapidly from immediately after World War I to the Cold War, increasing from about 600,000 in 1920 to about 1.11 million by the time the communist regime collapsed. However, after the collapse of the communist regime, the number of Muslims decreased rapidly, and the number of Muslims in Bulgaria, which was 1,110,295 in 1992, sharply decreased to 966,978 in 2001 and 577,139 in 2011. In the 2021 survey, there was a slight recovery, with 638,708 people being surveyed as believing in Islam, which amounts to 9.8% of all Bulgarians. In detail, the proportion of Muslims increased to 8% in 2011 and 13.4% in 2019, but decreased again to 9.8% in 2021. On the other hand, Christianity (Orthodox + Catholic + Protestant) increased by 4.7% compared to 60% at the time of the 2011 survey.

According to a 2021 census, 40 of the 266 Bulgarian local governments are found to be a place where many Muslims live. The Muslim population is more than 90%, and the Chernuthe region with 96.4%of Sarnicha and 90.8%Muslim population is generally located in rural areas. #

Although it is politically and socially more stable than neighboring Balkan countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia , which fought wars due to ethnic conflicts , it is difficult to say that security is very good. The Bulgarian mafia is on the rise. However, the mafia only commits a lot of larger-scale crimes, and the security in downtown Sofia, the capital, is very safe, so it is safe to walk around at night.

Bulgarian is the official language. It is very close to Russian and uses the Cyrillic alphabet . It is a direct descendant of Church Slavonic , the language in which the Cyrillic alphabet was first used . Bulgaria is the only country in the European Union that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, and the reason why Euro banknotes have the Cyrillic alphabet is thanks to Bulgaria .

The Rumelia Turkic language, which is close to the Turkic language, is spoken only by the Turks who immigrated to Bulgaria during the Ottoman rule .

In addition, Russian was the main foreign language during the communist regime, but after democratization, English , French , and German are also being used. According to a survey by the European Union in 2005 , Russian is the most widely used language, followed by English , German , and French . Russian is also designated as a major foreign language along with English, and in 2013, Russian language educational institutions, which were few in the 1990s, increased again. And in Bulgaria, interest in the Russian language is growing, and Russian language education is also growing. # (Russian) ## Along with Romania , it is also a member of the Francophonie .

A country that is pretty good at soccer , but the national team was only good for a short time. For information on the national team, see the Bulgaria national football team section. The most famous is Hristo Stoichkov , the 1994 Ballon d'Or winner who played for FC Barcelona . Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov, nicknamed the Bulgarian Count, is well known, Valery Bozinov , who played for Lecce , Juventus , Fiorentina , Manchester City , Parma and Sporting , Martin Petrov , who played for Bolton Wanderers with Lee Chung- yong , and Stiliyan Petrov , the most capped player in international matches and who played for Celtic FC and Aston Villa FC, are also Bulgarian. It's a person. The Bulgarian Parvari is a soccer league .

During the Cold War, the country was at the top of the list of Olympic medal winners thanks to the communist country's unique sports development policy. He was particularly strong in weightlifting and wrestling . Naim Süleymanoğlu (Наим Сюлейманоглу), the 'Pocket Hercules ' who won three consecutive weightlifting titles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics , the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was originally a Bulgarian athlete, but was moved to Türkiye due to Bulgaria's policy of suppressing ethnic minorities. A case of exile. Although the United States did not participate in the 1980 Moscow Olympics , it showed its spirit by ranking third in the overall rankings (hereinafter based on number of gold medals). They did not participate in the 1984 LA Olympics due to the communist boycott, and participated in the 1988 Seoul Olympics despite not having diplomatic relations with South Korea at the time, winning 10 gold medals and ranking 7th overall, maintaining their top ranking. However, with the collapse of the communist bloc and the collapse of sports development policies, it has been sluggish since the 1990s.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics , he did not participate in the weightlifting event at all, and only won 1 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze medals at the event, showing the lowest number of medals at a Summer Olympics in 56 years. At the 2012 London Olympics , they performed even worse, earning only 1 silver and 1 bronze, their lowest performance at a Summer Olympics in 60 years, and their medal ranking fell to 63rd. The dignity of placing 3rd in the Olympics 32 years ago and 7th in the Olympics 24 years ago has completely disappeared. At the 2016 Rio Olympics , it achieved 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, a better performance than in London, but finished in 65th place, two places lower than 4 years ago. However, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics , it won 3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals and rose to 30th place. Former artistic gymnast Jordan Yorchev participated in a total of six Olympic Games from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics to the 2012 London Olympics, earning 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. To date, the person with the most Olympic appearances is Ian Miller, a Canadian equestrian who competed a total of 10 times from the 1972 Munich Olympics to the 2012 London Olympics . The only contestant number 10. Two people were named in the number 9 appearance, but Ian Miller is the only player in the number 10. For detailed information on the most participants in the Olympics, please refer to the link. # Incidentally, Oksana Chusovitina, who has the title of Bulgaria's most participating participant and is somewhat recognized for her naturalization and her son's leukemia problem, participated a total of 7 times from the 1992 Barcelona Olympics to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics . Following him, Jordan Yorchev has the 5th most appearances in history with 6 appearances.

At the Winter Olympics , they only won 1 gold, 2 silver, and 5 bronze medals. One gold medal came from biathlon , and, unusually for a European country, it won two silver medals in short track . Women's short track Evgenia Radanova is a rare European athlete who consistently ranked among the world's top short track skaters in the 2000s . At the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, Radanova won a silver medal in the 500m short track track, and since then there have been no medals, but at the 2026 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, she won two bronze medals for the first time in 20 years.

It is the home country of the Bulgarian bag, an exercise equipment .

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Bulgaria has the lowest price in Europe, so you can eat a full course meal at a high-end restaurant for around 30,000 to 40,000 won per person.

Surprisingly, it is a country in Eastern Europe with delicious food and drinks. In the case of alcohol , Rakiya, a traditional liquor from the Balkan Peninsula made by distilling wine and fruits such as plums and apricots , is famous. Among them, the wine is evaluated as being as good in taste and quality as the wines of European wine powerhouses such as France , Italy , Spain , and Portugal . There are local red varieties such as Mavoorde, Rubin, and Melnik, and white local varieties such as Red Misket and Dimiyat, and various international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, and Chardonnay are grown. Domaine Bessa Valley's Enira (the only Bulgarian wine featured in Drops of God), Shatokopsa's Six and Rouge, and Midalidare's Silver Angel Sauvignon Blanc are well-regarded as international varieties, while Zagreus' Vinica is called Bulgaria's Amarone, made from the Mavurd indigenous variety using appasimento (raisin method), and Dragomir's Rubin Riserva is the best wine of Bulgaria's indigenous varieties.

When it comes to food, as is typical in European countries, bread is the staple food and baked bread called Banitsa is usually eaten for breakfast. Traditional dishes include Tarator (Таратор), a soup dish made with yogurt , Supa Topceta (Супа топчета), Kebabche (Кебапче), finely minced meatballs grilled over a fire, and meat and vegetables grilled on skewers. Shishchetta (Шишчета), a grilled skewer , Kaberma (Кавърма), a Bulgarian stew made by boiling meat, eggs, and vegetables in a sturdy earthenware pot in the oven, cheese pie made with cheese, Banicha (Баница), green pepper, Sirene (Сирене), a traditional Bulgarian cheese made with sheep's milk over cucumbers and tomatoes , Shopska Salata (Шопска салата), a salad made by sprinkling chunks of it, and Patatnik (a potato dish made by mixing grated potatoes with onions and eggs and frying them in oil). Пататник), etc. Among them, Tarator, a cold soup made from yogurt, is said to be very popular in Bulgaria as a summer delicacy, similar to Korean cold noodles . In addition to tarator, the Bulgarian stew dishes Kaberma and Shopska Salata are also very delicious. Perhaps because it is historically and geographically influenced by Turkic and Greek cuisine, there are many similarities with Turkic and Greek cuisine . Among the foods recommended by locals, there is perneni chushki (Пълнени чушки, cooked paprika stuffed with stuffing), which is called stuffed peppers in English.

As for street food, there is something called Mekicha (Мекица, Mekitsa, plural mekichi), which is similar to Korean hotteok.

The famous products have roses , wine , cigarettes , and lactic acid bacteria . If you break the branches of the cornus , put it in the milk and put it in a warm place, the yogurt is completed. In Korea, it is widely known as a ' nation that likes yogurt ' because of the Bulgaris of Namyang Dairy . Foreigners like seaweed , but Koreans are eaten routinely, so they don't boast. There are no yogurt brands that most prefer the majority, and it's just cheap. Among the yogurt brands sold in Korea, домашно means 'Homemade' in Bulgarian. Lee Won -bok 's learning cartoon In the world history, the Bulgarian character also appeared in the world history, which also drips yogurt.[14]

Fried rice dishes are also available. Filet s oris (Пиле с ориз) and svinsko s oris (Свинско с ориз) are those. The recipe for this dish is to stir-fry boiled chicken and pork in oil with a mixture of rice, onions, vegetables, and salt, then stir-fry the vegetables. It is characterized by adding broth and baking it in the oven to complete it.

However, although it is a coastal country bordering the Black Sea, seafood dishes are poor compared to Greece , a country with many seafood dishes. Seafood such as saltwater fish, crab, shrimp, squid, and octopus are eaten only in the Black Sea coastal area, and freshwater fish from freshwater rivers such as carp and trout are eaten rather than seafood. However, as political democratization and market economic reform and opening are achieved, moving away from the communist one-party dictatorship system and becoming a democratic country, Japanese seafood dishes such as fish sushi , sashimi , and shrimp tempura are introduced, and restaurants serving seafood dishes such as sushi are opening one after another in major cities such as Sofia and Plovdiv. Local young people in their 20s and 30s are also eating seafood.

Dara , who gave Bulgaria its first Eurovision Song Contest victory at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, is from Bulgaria.

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Sumo wrestler Gotoshu Katsunori is from this country. Originally a wrestler, he moved to Japan when he was 19 to support his family and made his sumo wrestling debut in 2002. He is said to have won the 'Makunouchi' summer event in 2008, the first European sumo league in Japan.

※ Characters appearing in works of that country are excluded.