1940s in Bulgaria

none 1940 Bulgaria The 1940s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (until 1946) and the People's Republic of Bulgaria (from 1946). Incumbents Kingdom of Bulgaria Tsar of Bulgaria: Boris III (1918–1943) Simeon II (1943–1946) Regent: Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1943–1944) Bogdan Filov (1943–1944) Nikola Mihov (1943–1944) Todor Pavlov (1944–1946) Venelin Ganev (1944–1946) Tsvetko Boboshevski (1944–1946) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Georgi Kyoseivanov (1935–1940) Bogdan Filiov (1940–1943) Petar Gabrovski (acting, 1943) Dobri Bozhilov (1943–1944) Ivan Bagrianov (1944) Konstantin Muraviev (1944) Kimon Georgiev (1944–1946) People's Republic of Bulgaria General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party: Georgi Dimitrov (1948–1949) Valko Chervenkov (1949–1954) Chairman of the Provisional Presidency: Vasil Kolarov (1946–1947) Chairman of the Presidium: Mincho Neychev (1947–1950) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Kimon Georgiev (1946) Georgi Dimitrov (1946–1949) Vasil Kolarov (1949–1950) Events 1940 7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova.World War II – The Balkan campaigns Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Central-Europe-and-the-Balkans-1940-41 2023-02-22 www.britannica.com en 14 December – Shipwreck of the Salvador, a ship carrying Jewish refugees to Palestine, in the Sea of Marmara. 230 of the 326 passengers died in the wreck.2017-03-19 Contrasting Destinies : The Plight of Bulgarian Jews and the Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Greek and Yugoslav Territories during World War Two Sciences Po Mass Violence and Resistance – Research Network https://www.sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-war-massacre-resistance/en/document/contrasting-destinies-plight-bulgarian-jews-and-jews-bulgarian-occupied-greek-and-yugoslav-.html 2023-02-22 www.sciencespo.fr en 24 December – The Law for the Protection of the Nation, an anti-Jewish racial law which included banning Jews from having Bulgarian citizenship, was ratified. 1941 March 1 – Bulgaria joined the Axis.Timeline Bulgaria https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML 2020-07-08 www.timelines.ws 2020-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102256/https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML dead 1942 June 5 – The United States declared war on Bulgaria following the latter's joined of the Axis bloc the previous year.Timeline Bulgaria https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML 2020-07-08 www.timelines.ws 2020-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102256/https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML dead 1943 December 10 – The allies conduct bombing raids over Sofia.Timeline Bulgaria https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML 2020-07-08 www.timelines.ws 2020-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102256/https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML dead 1944 August 26 – Bulgaria officially withdraws from World War II.Timeline Bulgaria https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML 2020-07-08 www.timelines.ws 2020-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102256/https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML dead September 8 - Soviet forces cross the border. They occupy the north-eastern part of Bulgaria along with the key port cities of Varna and Burgas by the next day. By order of the government, the Bulgarian Army offers no resistance.R. J. Crampton. A Concise History of Bulgaria. Cambridge University Press, 1997. p. 181Marietta Stankova. Bulgaria in British Foreign Policy, 1943–1949. Anthem Press, 2015. pp. 63-64Robert Bideleux, Ian Jeffries. The Balkans: A Post-Communist History. Routledge, 2007. p. 84 1945 18 November – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp368-369 978-3-8329-5609-7 21 July – The University of Ruse was founded.July 2020 1946 8 September – A referendum was held in Bulgaria on whether to become a republic. The result were unanimously in favour of the change, with 95.6% supporting and with 91.7% voter turnout.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7Nohlen & Stöver, p375Nohlen & Stöver, p355 31 December – The 1946 Bulgarian census."Population by place of residence, sex and ethnic group" https://censusresults.nsi.bg/Census/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/Census/Reports/1/2/R7.aspx 1947 Bulgaria's second constitution, the Dimitrov Constitution, came into effect. It was later replaced by the Zhivkov Constitution in 1971.2016-04-01 CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION IN BULGARIA http://www.cecl.gr/RigasNetwork/databank/REPORTS/r1/Bu_R1_konstantinov.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160401040356/http://www.cecl.gr/RigasNetwork/databank/REPORTS/r1/Bu_R1_konstantinov.htm 2016-04-01 2020-07-07Bulgaria – The early communist era https://www.britannica.com/place/Bulgaria 2020-07-07 Encyclopedia Britannica en 1948 6 January – Balkantourist (the oldest still running Bulgarian tour operator) is established.MyHoliday.bg – Портал за ваканция и свободно време http://www.myholiday.bg/travel/news/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8/%E2%80%9C%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%E2%80%9D-%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-22-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7-2008-%D0%B3./2204/index.html 2020-07-07 www.myholiday.bg 2021-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20210414044024/http://www.myholiday.bg/travel/news/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8/%E2%80%9C%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%E2%80%9D-%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-22-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5-%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7-2008-%D0%B3./2204/index.html dead 2009-03-07 Юбилей – Плащаме борч с чехкини на плажа – Стандарт http://paper.standartnews.com/bg/article.php?d=2008-01-08&article=217125 https://web.archive.org/web/20090307154253/http://paper.standartnews.com/bg/article.php?d=2008-01-08&article=217125 2009-03-07 2020-07-07 1949 18 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 Births 1940 2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space.Timeline Bulgaria https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML 2020-07-08 www.timelines.ws 2020-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20200622102256/https://www.timelines.ws/countries/BULGARIA.HTML dead 8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor.2018-03-19 Yossifov Alexander https://ubc-bg.com/en/yossifov-alexander/ 2023-02-22 Union of Bulgarian Composers en-US Deaths 1940 23 March – Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863)Mari Agop Firkatian, Diplomats and Dreamers: The Stancioff Family in Bulgarian History, University Press of America, 2008, pp. 13–14 10 September – Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861)Hall R.C. https://books.google.com/books?id=IuWAAgAAQBAJ The Balkan Wars 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War Taylor & Francis 2002 978-1-134-58363-8 Warfare and History 23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress (b. 1866). 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