Word: zhivkov
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When former leader Todor Zhivkov was ousted Nov. 10, he was succeeded by Petar Mladenov who promised to steer Bulgaria out of its Stalinist past and into a democratic future...
Opposition leaders and Western diplomats say the deep mistrust between nationalist Slavs and ethnic Turks has been fanned since the mid-1980s by Zhivkov's assimilation policy and by anti-Turkish propaganda...
Demonstrations in Bulgaria -- yes, Bulgaria -- began tentatively at the end of September and then picked up momentum. Todor Zhivkov, the country's dictator for 35 years, was replaced on Nov. 10 by Petar Mladenov, who purged the Stalinist leadership, promising to legalize opposition parties and hold free elections by the end of May. That move was something of a surprise, since Bulgaria most closely identifies with the Soviet Union and was not expected to take reforms further than Gorbachev himself has done. And Gorbachev draws the line at the formation of rival parties...