Today is Bulgaria Liberation Day. The full title of the holiday is the Bulgarian Day of Liberation from the Ottoman Domination. This holiday is Bulgaria’s national day and honors the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the assistance of Russian and Romanian forces, liberated Bulgaria from almost 500 years of Ottoman rule.
The date of March 3rd marks the date of the signing the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878. This peace treaty ended the war and was signed between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which proclaimed Bulgaria as an independent state, albeit a vassal state within the Ottoman Empire.
This holiday is a welcome holiday at the start of spring and is traditionally marked by ceremonies across Bulgaria, particularly in those towns and cities which saw the fiercest fighting in the war. Shipka Pass in the Balkan Mountains is at the center of celebrations marking the key battle that took place there. In Sofia, there will be church services, wreath-laying and a military march to honor those who gave their lives in the war.
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Today is the birthday, in 1944, of Jance Garfat, bassist, with American rock band Dr Hook who had the 1970s hits ‘The Cover of Rolling Stone’, ‘A Little Bit More’, ‘When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman’ and ‘Sylvia’s Mother’. Garfat died on 6 November 2006, in a motorcycle accident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuvfIePDbgY
