Word: bulgaria
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Dr. Mincho Neichev, 69, Bulgaria's foreign minister since 1950, who, as education minister, helped set up the "Peoples' Republic'' proclaimed...
...with the United States of America. Let them contrast your strength and security with the fate of small nations who were not united with us in mutual alliances. You are independent. But are Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania independent? Is there any freedom in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Albania...
...extensive series of wash drawings done in Bulgaria make up a large part of the current exhibit. They indicate one way Gropper has accommodated his social consciousness to a new era. These drawings capture the very different mood of these people, wine growers and shepherds. A few simple lines delineate their oriental features and the plodding routine of their life. The artist is also sensitive to the different background of this country, the tall mountains and peculiar lighting...
...satellite leader tried harder to please his Soviet masters than Bulgaria's Premier Vulko ("Wolf") Chervenkov. When Stalin denounced Tito, Moscow-trained Chervenkov denounced Tito. He personally directed the trial of Traicho Kostov, who was hanged in 1949 as a "Titoist spy." Chervenkov made Bulgaria into the most docile of Soviet satellites, had himself referred to as "the most faithful pupil of Stalin," plastered the country with his own picture labeled "Our Beloved Leader...
...Music of Bulgaria (Ensemble of the Bulgarian Republic conducted by Philippe Koutev; Angel). Untamed and even frightening music, only occasionally tempered by sweetness. The instruments are twangy strings, bagpipes, flutes, drums. Recorded during the troupe's visit to Paris last year, this is a fascinating record...