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    The Tarnovo Constitution (Bulgarian: Търновска конституция) was the first constitution of Bulgaria. It was adopted on 16 April 1879 (O.S.) by the Constituent...
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    Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Велико Търново, romanized: Veliko Tarnovo, pronounced [vɛˈliko ˈtɤrnovo]; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria...
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    Bulgaria. The first National Assembly was established in 1879 with the Tarnovo Constitution. During the communist period between 1946 and 1989, the National...
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    laid in the base of the new state coat of arms, described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows: Art. 21. The Bulgarian state coat of arms is...
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    fourth constitution of Bulgaria, the first being the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879. It was immediately preceded by the two Socialist-era constitutions–the...
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    unconstitutional according to the Tarnovo Constitution still in force at the time. Under the Tarnovo Constitution, the state system could not be changed...
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    following the Russo-Turkish War in 1878, the flag was described in the Tarnovo Constitution of 1879 as follows: Art. 23. The Bulgarian people's flag is three-coloured...
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    ending 68 years of monarchy. This referendum actually violated the Tarnovo Constitution, which held that any change in the form of the state could only be...
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    Bulgaria. In the Constituent Assembly in 1879, which adopted the Tarnovo Constitution, the question of language was put to a vote and a majority decision...
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    Ferdinand and his successors were called "kings" outside Bulgaria. The Tarnovo Constitution was retained, with the word "tsar" replacing the word "prince" or...
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    by ordinance-laws signed by the tsar, invoking Article 47 of the Tarnovo Constitution. On 14 June political parties and trade unions were banned and their...
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    Eastern Rumelia, Macedonia and the Adrianople Vilayet. In 1895, the Tarnovo Constitution formally established the Bulgarian Orthodox Church as the national...
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  • state and government formally suspended provisions of their state's constitution while in office. Constitutionalism Constitutional economics Rule according...
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    Soviet model). The Tarnovo Constitution was overthrown and replaced in 1947 by the new pro-communist republican Dimitrov Constitution after the successful...
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    финансите) of Bulgaria was established in 1879 in accordance with the Tarnovo Constitution. The Ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing the...
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    between the Struma and Maritsa Rivers. According to Article 17 of the Tarnovo Constitution, treaties had to be ratified by the National Assembly. In the case...
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    the Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture. It was created by the Tarnovo Constitution. The history of today's Ministry of Agriculture and Foods starts...
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    Forty Martyrs Church in Tarnovo, and was recognized by the Ottoman Empire and the other European powers. The Tarnovo Constitution was retained, with the...
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    is also recorded to have used this extended imperial title. The Tarnovo Constitution of the modern Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908) stipulated that...
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    Bulgaria after the war ended and helping pen the Tarnovo Constitution, the first Bulgarian constitution. He ended his long and illustrious career as the...
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  • Bulgaria left Ottoman rule in 1878. Although the first adopted constitution, the Tarnovo Constitution (1879), gave women equal election rights, in fact women...
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    Liberation War, formed the Bulgarian Armed Forces. According to the Tarnovo Constitution, all men between 21 and 40 years of age were eligible for military...
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    warship conveyed him to Varna where he took an oath to the Tarnovo Constitution at Veliko Tarnovo (8 July 1879) and then proceeded to Sofia. People everywhere...
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  • unable to oppose it effectively. The new government abolished the Tarnovo Constitution, dissolved the National Assembly and banned all political parties...
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    council of Bulgarian noblemen was to draft a constitution (also Article 7). (They produced the Tarnovo Constitution.) Ottoman troops were to withdraw from Bulgaria...
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  • who dismissed the government of Petko Karavelov and suspended the Tarnovo Constitution. August 9, 1886: An attempted dethroning of Knyaz Alexander of Battenberg...
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    Liberation war, formed the Bulgarian Armed Forces. According to the Tarnovo Constitution, all men between 21 and 40 years of age were eligible for military...
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    Eastern Rumelia, Macedonia and the Adrianople Vilayet. In 1879, the Tarnovo Constitution formally established the Bulgarian Orthodox Church as the national...
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    Grand National Assembly of Bulgaria (category History of Veliko Tarnovo)
    assembly passed the Tarnovo Constitution. The sixth assembly convened in 1946 with chairman Vasil Kolarov. It passed the first constitution of the People's...
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    February, and convened in Veliko Tarnovo to ratify the country's first constitution, known as the Tarnovo Constitution, on 16 April. The parliament was...
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