Bulgarian Award Ceremony 2014
On 11 October 2014, the award ceremony of this year’s Bulgarian edition of the history competition took place in the National History Museum in Sofia.
The topic of the competition was "Protests in History: Discontent, Confrontation, Rebelliousness." A total of 127 pupils handed in 87 research works. Many of the entries dealt with the antifascist resistance in Bulgaria in the 1940s, but the more recent communist past was also subject to research.
Many prizewinners travelled from all over Bulgaria together with their families to attend the ceremony. Special guest and speaker was the Minister of Education and Science, Rumyana Kolareva. She also handed over the awards.
The 1st prize was awarded to Milotin Barakov from the city of Ruse. He worked about underground opposition against the totalitarian regime in Ruse region during the period 1949-1952 and won the first prize for the second successive time.
The two 2nd prizes were given to a group from Tervel about the rebellion of people against the collectivisation in Bulgaria, and to Liumbomir Spasov from Troyan about revolutions in his hometown.
The award for the most successful school was given by the Minister of Education and Science to the English Language School “Geo Millev” from Ruse.
Additional prizes were given by Bank DSK, The Bulgarian Teachers’ Syndicate, Bulgarian Antifascist Union, several publishing houses and the state archives.
The Eighth National History Competition was organised by the Values Foundation and the Ministry of Education.
Watch a report in TV Evropa (in Bulgarian only).