MARCH 3rd – BULGARIA’s NATIONAL HOLIDAY - LIBERATION DAY

Today Bulgaria marks the 136th anniversary of its Liberation from the five centuries of Ottoman rule, also referred to as the date of the creation of the Third Bulgarian Tsardom. March 3 is a National Holiday for Bulgaria and it was declared as such in 1978. On this day, in 1878, Russia and the Ottoman empire signed a preliminary peace treaty in San Stefano, a small village near Istanbul.

The Peace Treaty of San Stefano puts an end to the Russian – Turkish war and brings Bulgaria back on the political map. 

Happy Liberation Day!