Република България е държава в Югоизточна Европа. Разположена е в източната половина на Балканския полуостров. Граничи с Черно море на изток, с Гърция и Турция на юг, със Сърбия и Република Македония на запад, и с Румъния на север, разделена от река Дунав. Общата дължина на държавната граница е 2245 км, от тях 1181 км са сухоземни, 686 км — речни и 378 км — морски.Официалното име на държавата според конституцията ѝ от 1991 г. е Република България.
The Republic of Bulgaria is a country in Southeastern Europe, and a member state of the European Union. It borders the Black Sea to the east, ► Greece and ► Turkey to the south, ► Serbia and the ► Republic of Macedonia to the west, and ► Romania to the north, mostly along the Danube. Bulgaria also shares a maritime border with Turkey, Romania, ► Ukraine, ► Russia, and ► Georgia. The capital of Bulgaria is Sofia.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Bulgaria, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Bulgaria.
The First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Krum 803–814 (The empire includes the both lands painted in yellow and green)
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The First Bulgarian Empire under Knyaz Boris 852–889 (The empire includes the both lands painted in lighter and darker yellow colours)
The First Bulgarian Empire's greatest territorial extent during the reign of Tsar Simeon (The empire includes the both lands painted in beige and orange)
The First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuil 997–1014
Territorial expansion of the Second Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Tsar Ivan Asen II 1218-1241 (The empire includes the both lands painted in lighter and darker yellow colours)
Fragmenting of the Second Bulgarian Empire into two Bulgarian Tsardoms and many small possessions (in the late 14th century) followed by Ottoman conquering of the state
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Development of the European part of the Ottoman Empire 15th-19th century
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Ethnic map of the Ottoman Empire (1861)
The Spread of Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian-Danubian space (1869)
Proposed restoration of Bulgaria after the Conference of Constantinople, 1876 (rejected proposal by the Ottoman Empire)
Restoration of Bulgarian state (now as Third Bulgarian state) in 1878, but still as client state of the Ottoman Empire
The Third Bulgarian state lost most of its territories in the same 1878
Ethnic map of the Balkan Peninsula (1898)
Bulgarians in 1912
Boundaries on the Balkans before and after the First and the Second Balkan War 1912-1913 (The Third Bulgarian state has been completely independent and not client state since 1908)
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