When scent of perfume permeates the air, think of Bulgaria, for its exports of rose oil supplies major perfume manufacturing firms around the globe. This is only possible because of the famous Valley of the Roses found in Bulgaria's central town - Kazanluk. Likewise, tourists flock to the resorts in the Black Sea and to Rila National Park, Bulgaria's largest.
Located in southeastern Europe, Bulgaria is dominated by rugged mountains, and the Danube lowlands in the north that it borders with Romania. It is a least densely populated country, characterized by rich and flourishing farmland in the Danube Valley; 130 kilometers of sandy beaches on the Black Sea and a population of over 7million of whom 83% are Orthodox Christians and some 12% Muslims.
Bulgarian's partially lean towards the Russians, because of the tradition of gratitude when they (Russians) liberated the country from almost five centuries of the Ottoman Empire. Thus after World War II the communists gained control of the country and thrives solely on the agriculture based economy until the 50's, when the Russians from the USSR helped in the rebuilding process. In so doing, steel mills, chemical plants and machine shops were constructed, which fed the economy until 1989 when communist rule ended and democratic reforms began.
It was only in 1991 that officially the current
Bulgaria National Flag was re-established through the tenets of the Constitution of Bulgaria and was confirmed only in a 1998 law. The
flag is a tricolor composed of three equal sized horizontal bands (starting from the top) of white, green and red.
The flag was first used after the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78), when Bulgaria gained independence, but was later replaced when the communists took over.
by:
The Flagman
