Ivan Sratsimir or Ivan Stratsimir was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria in Vidin from 1356 to 1396. He was born in 1324 or 1325, and he died in or after 1397. Despite being the eldest surviving son of Ivan Alexander, Ivan Sratsimir was disinherited in favour of his half-brother Ivan Shishman and proclaimed himself emperor in Vidin. When the Hungarians attacked and occupied his domains, he received assistance from his father and the invaders were driven away.
The National Assembly is the unicameral parliament and legislative body of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Saint Euthymius of Tarnovo was Patriarch of Bulgaria between 1375 and 1393. Regarded as one of the most important figures of medieval Bulgaria, Euthymius was the last head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in the Second Bulgarian Empire. Arguably the best esteemed of all Bulgarian patriarchs, Euthymius was a supporter of hesychasm and an authoritative figure in the Eastern Orthodox world of the time.
The Tarnovo Constitution was the first constitution of Bulgaria.
Marin Stoyanov Drinov was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life. He was one of the originators of Bulgarian historiography. Drinov was a founding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, as well as its first chairman.
The Bulgarian–Ottoman wars were fought between the kingdoms remaining from the disintegrating Second Bulgarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, in the second half of the 14th century. The wars resulted with the collapse and subordination of the Bulgarian Empire, and effectively came to an end with the Ottoman conquest of Tarnovo in July 1393, although other Bulgarian states held out slightly longer, such as the Tsardom of Vidin until 1396 and the Despotate of Dobruja until 1411. As a result of the wars the Ottoman Empire greatly expanded its territory on the Balkan peninsula, stretching from the Danube to the Aegean Sea.
Capital punishment in Bulgaria was abolished on December 12, 1998 with the last execution, that of attempted saboteur Georgi Alinski, having been carried out on November 4, 1989. The Parliament of Bulgaria had introduced a moratorium on July 7, 1990 and protocol number six of the European Convention on Human Rights came into force on October 1, 1999.
The painting of the Tarnovo Artistic School was the mainstream of the Bulgarian fine arts between 13th and 14th centuries named after the capital and the main cultural center of the Second Bulgarian Empire, Tarnovo.
Ivan Fichev was a Bulgarian general, Minister of Defense, military historian and academician.
The Church of St Petka is a late Medieval Bulgarian church in the village of Vukovo, Kyustendil Province.
Nikola Ivanov was a Bulgarian general and a minister of defence of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Stefan Karagiosov was an industrialist and philanthropist from Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
Hadji Nikoli (1826-1892), was a famous merchant, Bulgarian patriot, participant in the Bulgarian Independent Orthodox Church Fight.
Neno Kolev Nenovsky was a Bulgarian jurist, scientist and was a former judge of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria, where he served from. He was born in the village of Balvan in Veliko Tarnovo Municipality.
Ilhan Kyuchyuk is a politician from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF). and Co-President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). He is a Member of the European Parliament for a second term from the Renew Europe group.
The Veliko Tarnovo Province Football League is a Bulgarian league for men's association football clubs in Veliko Tarnovo Province.
The Library of Veliko Tarnovo is the third largest library in Bulgaria.
Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 4 April 2021 at the end of the term of National Assembly members elected in 2017. Parties in the governing coalition led by Boyko Borisov lost seats and no party leader was able to form a coalition government within the time limit. This triggered the July 2021 Bulgarian parliamentary election.
Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is also known as Turnovo, Tsarevgrad or Turnov, and is a city with over 7000 years of history.
Veliko Tarnovo is a town with a historical architectural heritage. Many of the landmark buildings and bridges were destroyed by the 1913 earthquake. The town has developed architecture from four historic periods.
