Monument of Vladimir Dimitrov

The St Sofia Statue is 20 meters tall. It is a symbol of the city since St. Sofia is the patron saint of the city. If you chance to be passing through Sofia, you will undoubtedly see the Statue of Saint Sofia standing on a column in the midst of a busy crossing. Her golden face gazes out into

Marin Stoyanov Drinov was a Bulgarian National Revival historian and philologist who lived and worked in Russia for the most of his life. He was a forerunner of Bulgarian historiography. Drinov was a founder member and the first head of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (formerly the Bulgarian

Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko, commonly known as Kobzar Taras or simply Kobzar (in Ukrainian culture, kobzars are bards), was a Ukrainian poet, writer, artist, public and political personality, folklorist, and ethnographer. His literary legacy is considered as the cornerstone of modern Ukrainian

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