Inna Manasieva

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Inna Manasieva

e-mail: manasieva(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1063-6200

1. MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH

Modern and Contemporary History of Bulgaria
Modern and Contemporary History of Ukraine
Historical Demography

2. ACADEMIC COMPETENCIES AND CAREER

Education

2000–2003 – Full-time PhD student at the Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)

1999 – Master’s Degree in History, Shumen University „Episkop Konstantin Preslavski,” Faculty of Bulgarian Philology, History and Theology

POSITIONS HELD

Since 2025 Chief of Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times”

2023 (continued) Associate Professor, Section „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times,” Institute for Historical Studies, BAS (ongoing)

2010 – Chief Assistant Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, BAS

2005 – Research Associate, 2nd Degree, Institute of History, BAS

DEGREE AND ACADEMIC RANK

2023 – Associate Professor, Institute for Historical Studies, BAS

2010 – Chief Assistant Professor

2004 – PhD in History after a dissertation defense on the topic: „The Ukrainian People’s Republic and Bulgaria, 1918–1920,“ supervised by Senior Research Associate II Degree, DSc Luiza Revyakina

PARTICIPATION IN JOINT PROJECTS

2025–2026 – Collective scientific project „Collective volume in honor of Prof. Dr. Luiza Revyakina“, organized by the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (participant).

2023–2026 – Diaspora in Motion: Cultural, Socio-Economic and Return Migration Interactions and Attitudes of Bulgarians in Bessarabia towards Bulgaria from the 19th to the Beginning of the 21st Century, funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund, Contract No. КП-06-Н70/6, 13.12.2022, PI: Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Hristov

2023–2025 – Minorities and Minority Groups – Challenges and Adaptation within the International System (20th–21st Century), Institute for Historical Studies project with international participation, PI: T. Gotovska-Hentze

2018–2021 – The Daily Lives of Empires: Middle Ages–20th Century, Institute for Historical Studies project with international participation, PI: Prof. DSc T. Stoilova

2011–2020 – Historical Demography of Bulgarian Communities in Macedonia and Ukraine (Late 19th – Mid 20th Century), funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund, Contract DMU/03/53, PI: Chief Assistant Prof. Dr. S. Stoycheva

2018–2020 – Bulgaria and China: Historical Parallels in Modernization Attempts from the End of WWII to the Beginning of the 21st Century, joint project with the Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

2015–2018 – External Migrations in Bulgaria, 19th–21st Century: Historical-Demographic, Socio-Anthropological and Ethno-Cultural Aspects, international research project

2015–2017 – Modern Nations and the Role of Elites in Their Formation and Development, Institute for Historical Studies project with international participation

2014–2016 – Bulgaria’s Transition at the End of the 20th and Beginning of the 21st Century as Part of the Eastern European Transition: Bulgarian and Chinese Perspectives, joint project with the Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

2012–2014 – Bulgaria and Russia: Dialogue in the Historical and Cultural Space of Southeastern Europe, 18th–21st Century, joint project with the Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

LANGUAGES

Russian, Ukrainian, English

3. PUBLICATIONS

Monograph

  • The Ukrainian Question in Bulgaria during World War I. Sofia: „Prof. Marin Drinov” Publishing House of BAS, 2023. ISBN: 978-619-245-308-4, 204 pp.

Collective Monograph

  • Manasieva, Inna; Matyash, Iryna; Tertychnaya, Anna. Ukrainian-Bulgarian Relations: Official and Cultural Diplomacy (1918–1944). Kyiv–Sofia: Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2021. ISBN: 978-5-7576-0219-8, 371 pp.

Papers

  • Bulgarian intellectuals defended the Ukrainian question during and after the First World War. – In: Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 39, Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), 2025, ISSN: 2367-5187, pp. 364–374.
  • The Ukrainian question in the Bulgarian press during the First World War. – In: Drinovsky Zbornik, Vol. XVI, Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS, 2023, ISSN: 2218-0567, DOI:10.7546/DS.2023.16, pp. 191–197.
  • Aspects of the demographic profile of Bulgarians in Bessarabia in the 1930s. – In: Bulgarian Ethnology, Vol. XLIX, No. 4, 2023, ISSN: 1310-5213, pp. 393–402.
  • Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula in Ukrainian general history textbooks. – In: Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. XXXVIII. Studying World History and Bulgarian Historical Science, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the „World History and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times“ section at the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS. Materials from the international conference held on October 5–6, 2021, Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS, 2022, ISSN: 2367-5187, pp. 279–290.
  • The daily life of the Bulgarian colonist in the Russian Empire in the 19th century. – In: Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 36, Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS, 2021, ISSN: 2367-5187, pp. 334–352.
  • Demographic characteristics of the Bulgarian population in the USSR after the collapse of the Russian Empire (based on the 1926 General Census of the USSR). – In: Migrations, Communities, and Cultural-Historical Heritage. Materials from a National Research Project of the Institute for Historical Studies – BAS, Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS, 2021, ISBN (print): 978-619-245-131-8, ISBN (online): 978-619-245-173-8, pp. 377–394.
  • The educational policy of the Russian Empire towards colonists and its impact on Bulgarian literacy in the late 19th century. – In: Population, Issue 5/2019, Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, Sofia, 2020, ISSN: 0205-0617, pp. 807–823.
  • The Macedonian question in the publications of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine during the First World War. – In: Macedonian Review, No. 1, Macedonian Scientific Institute, 2020, ISSN: 0861-2277, pp. 135–144.
  • Bulgarian Topics in the Publications of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine during the First World War. – In: Papers of BAS, Vol. 7, No. 1, Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, Sofia, 2020, ISSN: 2367-6248, pp. 3–13.
  • The Ukrainian question in Bulgaria at the end of the First World War (1917–1918). – In: Ukraine and Bulgaria in the History of Europe, Kyiv–Sofia, 2019, ISBN: 978-966-02-8813-3 / 978-954-2903-34-5, pp. 234–243.
  • Migrations of Bulgarians to the Russian Empire in the 19th century – historical and demographic aspects. – In: External Migrations in Bulgaria, 19th–21st Century. Historical-Demographic, Socio-Anthropological and Ethno-Cultural Aspects. Proceedings of the International Conference, Sofia, June 1, 2016; Publications of the Bulgarian–Hungarian History Commission, Vol. 4, eds. Penka Peykovska, Gábor Demeter, Paradigma Publishing, 2018, ISBN: 978-954-326-369-1, pp. 32–53.
  • The influence of Hegel’s theory of „historical” and „non-historical” peoples on the Ukrainian national movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. – In: The Role of Elites in the Consolidation of Nations and Nation-Building. Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. XXXIV], Sofia, 2017, pp. 135–149.
  • The image of Serbia in the anti-Russian propaganda of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria at the beginning of the First World War. – In: The First World War in the Balkans and Bulgaria’s Entry into It (1914–1915). Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference, October 13–16, 2015, Sofia, 2017, pp. 406–412.
  • Bulgaria and the Idea of Ukrainian Independence During the First World War. – In: The First World War a Century Later, Sofia, St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2016, pp. 264–270.
  • The Image of Poland and the „Ukrainian Question” in Bulgaria on the Eve of the First World War. – Journal of Russian and East European Historical Studies, No. 1(7), 2016, pp. 80–93, ISSN: 2409-1413.
  • A Book on Bulgarian Naval Officers Training in the Russian Empire and Western Europe. – Bylye Gody. Russian Historical Journal, No. 41(3), 2016, pp. 839–842.
  • The Image of Poland in the Pro-War Propaganda of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria on the Eve of Its Entry into the First World War. – In: Empires, Nations and Societies of Eastern and Central Europe on the Eve of the First World War, Warsaw, 2016, pp. 549–571.
  • Bulgarian Humanities in the Context of European Scientific Inquiry. Interdisciplinary International Conference, Sofia, October 31 – November 1, 2013 – Drinovsky Zbornik (Kharkiv–Sofia), Vol. 7 (2014), pp. 418–422, ISBN: 978-954-322-812-6.
  • Aspects of the demographic characteristics of Bulgarian communities in Novorossiya in the late 19th century. – In: The Demographic Situation and Development of Bulgaria, Sofia, Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, 2014, pp. 625–635.
  • The Slavic Idea as an Element of Anti-Russian Agitation by the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria at the Beginning of the First World War. – In: The Balkans in European Political Projects of the 19th–21st Centuries, Moscow, 2014, pp. 117–132.
  • Intellectuals or Politicians: Historians and Ukrainian Statehood in the 19th–20th Centuries. – Historical Future, 2013, Issues 1–2, pp. 26–36.
  • Humanities in the Context of European Scientific Exploration. Interdisciplinary International Scientific Conference, Sofia, October 31 – November 1, 2013 – Bulgarian Historical Review, 2013, Nos. 1–2, pp. 179–182.
  • Literacy of Bulgarians in the Russian Empire Based on the First General Census of 1897. – In: Regions, Borders, Societies, Identities in Central and Southeast Europe, 17th–21st Centuries. Collected Studies, eds. P. Peykovska, G. Demeter, Sofia–Budapest, 2013, pp. 96–102.
  • Literacy of Bulgarians in the Russian Empire Based on the First General Census of 1897. – In: Slavic World in the Third Millennium. On the 1150th Anniversary of Slavic Literacy, Vol. I, Moscow, 2013, pp. 249–257.
  • Aspects of the demographic profile of the Bulgarian population in Taurida Governorate in the late 19th century. – In: „Bulgarians of the Northern Black Sea Region”: History, Language and Culture, Vol. IV. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference (IV Pryazovia Bulgarian Seminar), Melitopol–Veliko Tarnovo, 2012, pp. 73–79.
  • Review: Halyna Dokashenko. The Bulgarian School in the Postwar Period: Historical Aspect. Horlivka, 2008, 287 pp. – In: Historical Review, 2012, Nos. 5–6, pp. 232–237.
  • Anti-Russian propaganda of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria and the Balkan states at the beginning of the First World War. – In: Bulgaria and the Balkans in the Sphere of European Influence, 19th–21st Centuries, eds. R. Mishev et al., Veliko Tarnovo, Ivis, 2012, pp. 191–201.
  • Ivan Shishmanov – Plenipotentiary Minister of the Kingdom of Bulgaria to the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Ukrainian State (1918–1919). – In: Vocation and Devotion. In Honor of Prof. Vitka Toshkova’s 70th Anniversary and 40 Years of Academic Work, Sofia, Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, 2011, pp. 51–60.
  • Ivan Shishmanov and the Bulgarians of Ukraine. – In: The Individual in History, Proceedings from the National Scientific Conference dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Exarch, Zachary Knyazheski, and Atanas Ivanov [= Proceedings of the Stara Zagora Historical Museum, Vol. IV], Stara Zagora, 2011, pp. 430–436.
  • Bulgaria and the Ukrainian People’s Republic at the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference: Defending National Interests. – Drinovsky Zbornik (Kharkiv–Sofia), Vol. IV (2011), pp. 230–238.
  • Bulgarian–Soviet relations at the end of 1917–1918 in the context of the „Ukrainian question.” – In: Russia–Bulgaria: Vectors of Understanding, 18th–21st Centuries, Russian–Bulgarian Academic Discussions, Moscow, 2010, pp. 389–404.
  • The Ukrainian People’s Republic and Bulgaria (Diplomatic Aspects), 1918–1920. – In: 30 Years of the „World History and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times” Section, Sofia, 2010, pp. 198–209.
  • The principles of national policy in independent Ukraine and their impact on the Bulgarian community there. – In: The Bulgarians of Moldova and Ukraine – Language, Literature, History, Culture and Education, Sofia, 2009, pp. 125–130.
  • The Modest Charm of the Kyiv Bourgeoisie: Bulgarian–Soviet Relations and the Ukrainian Question (1917–1918). – Rodina, 2009, No. 6, pp. 60–63.
  • The Ukrainian aspect of the foreign policy of Germany and Austria–Hungary before and during the First World War. – In: Essays in Honor of Acad. Konstantin Kosev’s 70th Anniversary, Sofia, 2009, pp. 173–185.
  • Warsaw or Moscow. Socio-political concepts of Ukraine’s choice between East and West. – Historical Future, 2008–2009, Nos. 1–2, pp. 154–163.
  • Mykhailo Drahomanov – Federalist or Autonomist (Historiographical Review). – In: Proceedings of the Bulgarian Historical Society, Vol. 40 (2008), pp. 227–237.
  • The Ukrainian national idea – Models and Concepts (19th – early 20th century). – In: Scientific Contributions (Language, Literature, History). Proceedings of the First National Conference „Slavic Peoples: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, April 14–15, 2006, Sofia, 2006, pp. 226–230.
  • Trade relations between the Ukrainian People’s Republic and Bulgaria (1918–1919): Opportunities and Problems. – Istoriya (History), 2005, Nos. 2–3, pp. 72–90.
  • The Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Great Powers (1917–1920). – In: The East–West Problem. A Historical Perspective, Sofia, 2003, pp. 518–525.

4. PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC FORUMS

  • International Scientific Conference „The Other Face of War”, 16–17 November 2025, Sofia.
  • The Bulgarian Population in the USSR after the Collapse of the Russian Empire: Literate and/or Assimilated (Based on the 1926 USSR Census) – Minorities and Minority Groups: Challenges and Adaptation within the International System, June 18–19, 2025, Sofia.
  • The Politicians of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Ukrainian Question after the End of World War I – Ukraine and Its Neighbors: Problems of Ethnogenesis, Nation-Building, and International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe (from the Middle Ages to the Age of Globalization): 11th Drinov Readings, November 14–15, 2024, Sofia.
  • Independent Ukraine – For or Against? (The Bulgarian Intellectuals and the Ukrainian Question after World War I) – Bulgaria, Europe and the World: Traditions and Transformations, April 24–25, 2024, Sofia.
  • Union for the Liberation of Ukraine: Work of Emissaries in Sofia (1914–1918) – Ambassadors Prof. Ivan Shishmanov and Oleksandr Shulhyn: The Beginning of Diplomatic Relations between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Ukrainian People’s Republic, on the Occasion of the 105th Anniversary of the Establishment of Bulgarian-Ukrainian Diplomatic Relations, December 20, 2023, Sofia.
  • The Question of Autonomy of the Ukrainian Church in the Relations between the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Ukrainian State in 1918 – East–West: Religions, Centers, and Peripheries, October 19–20, 2023, Sofia.
  • Bulgarian–Ukrainian Relations – Historical Retrospective: The Bulgarian Diplomatic Mission in Ukraine (1918–1919) – Bulgarian–Ukrainian Relations: Retrospective and Prospects, December 14, 2021, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula in Ukrainian General History Textbooks – The Study of World History and Bulgarian Historical Scholarship, October 5–6, 2021, Sofia.
  • The Ukrainian Question in Bulgarian Newspapers during World War I – 10th Drinov Readings: „The Balkans in International Relations: From Late Antiquity to the Era of Globalization“, March 30–31, 2021, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  • Demographic Characteristics of the Bulgarian Population in the USSR after the Collapse of the Russian Empire (Based on the 1926 USSR Census) – Migration and Cultural-Historical Heritage, September 15, 2020, Sofia.
  • Everyday Life of the Bulgarian Colonist in the Russian Empire in the 19th Century – The Everyday Life of Empires: Middle Ages – 20th Century, November 27–28, 2019, Sofia.
  • The Ukrainian Question in Bulgaria at the End of World War I (1917–1918) – Ukraine and Bulgaria: Scientific Cooperation for Mutual Understanding, June 19, 2019, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • The Russian Empire’s Educational Policy toward Colonists and Its Effect on Bulgarian Literacy at the End of the 19th Century – Demographic Challenges and Policies, November 14–15, 2018, Sofia.
  • The Ukrainian Question in Bulgaria at the End of World War I (1917–1918) – Bulgaria and Ukraine in European History. International Scientific Conference on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Bulgaria and Ukraine, June 18–19, 2018, Sofia.
  • The Danube River – An Ancient Thoroughfare of Influences and Exchange – International Colloquium of Historians: XXIIIrd International Congress of Historical Sciences, „Poznan 2020 – Chances and Challenges for East-Central Europe“, September 23–24, 2016, Naleczow, Poland.
  • Migrations of Bulgarians to the Russian Empire during the 19th Century: Historical-Demographic Aspects – External Migrations in Bulgaria, 19th–21st Century: Historical-Demographic, Socio-Anthropological, and Ethnocultural Aspects. International Scientific Conference, June 1, 2016, Sofia.
  • Ukraine between Moscow and Washington: Economic Aspects (Early 1990s) – The Transition in Bulgaria: Bulgarian and Chinese Points of View, Institute for Historical Studies, BAS, November 18, 2015, Sofia.
  • The Image of Serbia in Anti-Russian Propaganda by the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria at the Beginning of World War I – International Scientific Conference: „World War I in the Balkans and Bulgaria’s Entry into the War (1914–1915)“, October 13–16, 2015, Sofia.
  • Bulgaria and the Idea of Ukrainian Independence during World War I – Scientific Conference „World War I a Century Later: Crises, Conflicts and Diplomacy in the Great War“, Sofia University, October 17, 2014, Sofia.
  • Aspects of the Demographic Characteristics of Bulgarian Communities in Novorossiya in the Late 19th Century – Demographic Forum „Demographic Situation and the Development of Bulgaria“, February 26–27, 2014, Sofia.
  • World War II: Transforming Visions (A New Project of Bulgarian Scholars) – International Scientific Conference „The Liberating Cannons of the 44th: The Jassy–Kishinev Operation and the Collapse of Nazi Rule in Europe (Military, Political, and Cultural-Historical Dimensions)“, August 31 – September 2, 2014, Tiraspol–Chișinău (co-authored with P. Dimitrova).
  • Sources Allowing the Study of the Demographic State of Bulgarian Communities in the Russian Empire in the Late 19th – Early 20th Century – Interdisciplinary International Conference Dedicated to the 175th Anniversary of Prof. M. Drinov: „Bulgarian Humanities in the European Scientific Quest“, October 31 – November 1, 2013, Sofia.
  • The Impact of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) on the Demographic State of Bulgarian Communities in the Russian Empire – 135 Years Later: Bulgaria–Russia–Eurasia, February 27 – March 1, 2013, Sofia.
  • The Slavic Idea as an Element of Anti-Russian Agitation by the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria at the Start of World War I – International Scientific Conference „The Balkans in European Political Projects of the 19th–21st Centuries“, April 23–24, 2013, Moscow.
  • Literacy among Bulgarians in the Russian Empire According to the First General Census of 1897 – Regions, Borders, Societies and Identities in Central and South-East Europe. Hungarian–Bulgarian History Conference, May 16–17, 2012, Sofia.
  • Aspects of the Demographic Characteristics of the Bulgarian Population of the Taurida Governorate in the Late 19th Century – „Bulgarians of the Northern Black Sea Region: History, Language and Culture. International Scientific Conference (4th Pryazov Bulgarian Studies Seminar)“, November 16–17, 2012, Melitopol.
  • Anti-Russian Propaganda by the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine in Bulgaria and the Balkan States at the Beginning of World War I – International Scientific Conference „Bulgaria and the Balkans in the Sphere of European Influence during the 19th–21st Centuries“, St. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, November 11–13, 2011, Veliko Tarnovo.
  • Past and Present: Historians in the Building of Ukrainian Statehood – Scientific Conference with International Participation „Intellectuals and/in Politics“, New Bulgarian University, April 29–30, 2011, Sofia.
  • Ukrainian Sich Riflemen during World War I (1914–1916) – 17th International Scientific Conference on Military History: „Military Traditions and National Identity of European Armies in the 19th and 20th Centuries“, October 26–27, 2010, Sofia.
  • Ivan Shishmanov and the Bulgarians of Ukraine – National Scientific Conference „The Individual in History“, April 22–23, 2010, Stara Zagora.
  • Bulgaria and the Ukrainian People’s Republic at the Brest-Litovsk Peace Conference: Defending National Interests – International Scientific Conference „6th Drinov Readings“, April 8–9, 2010, Karazin Kharkiv National University.
  • Bulgarian–Soviet Relations in Late 1917–1918 in the Context of the Ukrainian Question – International Scientific Conference „Russia–Bulgaria: Vectors of Mutual Understanding. 18th–21st Centuries“, April 27–28, 2009, Moscow.
  • Principles of National Policy in Independent Ukraine and Their Impact on the Bulgarian Community – International Scientific-Practical Conference „Bulgarians of Moldova and Ukraine – Language, Literature, History, Culture and Education“, September 26–27, 2008, DIUU, Sofia.
  • Mykhailo Drahomanov – Federalist or Autonomist? (Historiographical Overview) – National Scientific Conference „Historical Science and the Birth of Heroes“, December 14–15, 2006, Sofia.
  • The Ukrainian National Idea – Models and Concepts (19th – Early 20th Century) – First National Conference „The Slavic Peoples: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow“, April 14–15, 2006, Sofia.