Petya B. Dimitrova

Assoc. Professor PETYA B. DIMITROVA, PhD

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2493-154X
Web of Science Researcher ID N-4514-2014

hfuture(at)abv(dot)bg

MAIN FIELDS OF RESEARCH

Russian history, 20th century Russian foreign policy, 20th century international relations, World War II, Russia and Eastern Europe, Eurasianism, memory, historical politics

ACADEMIC COMPETENCIES AND CAREER

Education

1983‒1987 – Institute of USSR History ‒ Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, Moscow full-time postgraduate student

1976‒1981 – History Faculty, Sofia University: Master of History, second specialisation – Bulgarian philology

Positions held

Since 2016 – Scientific Secretary of „Bulgarian Historical Review”

Since 2016 ‒ Chief of Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times”

Since 2014 – Associate Professor, Institute of History, Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1997-2014 ‒ Research Associate 1st degree/ Chief Assistant Professor, Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1987-1997 – Research Associate 2nd degree, Institute of History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Degree and academic rank

2014 – Associate Professor at the Institute for Historical Studies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Habilitation Work: „Successor” Reports? The Reports of the Bulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary in the Soviet Union Ivan Stamenov (1940–1944). Vol. 1. Monograph; Vol. 2. Documentary collection. Sofia: Gutenberg Publ. House, 2010. ISBN 978-954-617-106-1 (Vol. 1); ISBN 978-954-617-107-8 (Vol. 2)

1987-2014 ‒ Research Associate / Assistant Professor, Institute of History / Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

1987 – Candidate of Historical Sciences / Doctor (PhD) after defending a thesis on: „Cultural co-operation between the USSR and the European countries of the People’s Democracy (1945–1960)“, scientific supervisor acad. M.P. Kim

Membership in academic organizations and associations

Since 2016 – Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Historical Studies (ongoing)

Since 1996 – chairman of the Clio Association

Membership in editorial and publishing boards

1997-2020 ‒ Historical Future – Journal (Director)

2003-2006 ‒ The East-West Problem Series

2004-2008 ‒ Research and Documents Series

2015-2025 ‒ Proceedings of the Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 32-39

2016 ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review (Scientific Secretary) (ongoing)

Specializations

2016 – Institute of World History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

1989 – Institute of Slavic Studies, Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Participation in projects

2025‒2026: Collection of Research Papers in Honor of Professor Luiza Revyakina, DSc. Collective Project of the Department „History of the World and International Relations in New and Recent Times” ‒ Institute for Historical Studies ‒BAS.

2023‒2025: Minorities and Minority Groups – Challenges and Adaptation within the International System (XX-XXI centuries). Research project of Institute for Historical Studies ‒ BAS. Head of the Project: Prof. T. Gotovska-Henze.

2023‒2024: About Professionalism in Historical Science. Collection of Research Papers in Honor of Professor Tamara Stoilova, DSc. Collective Project of the Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times” ‒ Institute for Historical Studies ‒BAS. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. P. Dimitrova.

2019–2021: The Problems of General History and Bulgarian Historical Research. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Department „World History and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times”. Scientific project of Institute for Historical Studies ‒ BAS, with international participation. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. P. Dimitrova.

2019‒2020: Organization of a student conference on the theme „100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine” ‒ Project of Institute for Historical Studies ‒ BAS in cooperation with the Regional Department of Education ‒ Sofia-City. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. P. Dimitrova.

2018‒2021: The Everyday Life of Empires. Middle Ages – Twentieth Century. Research project of Institute for Historical Studies ‒ BAS. Head of the Project: Prof. Tamara Stoilova.

2018‒2021: Bulgaria and China: Historical Parallels at the Attempts of Modernisation from the End of World War II to the Beginning of XXI Century. A joint research project of the Institute of Historical Studies and the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Head of the Project from the Bulgarian side: Prof. Iliyana Marcheva.

2018‒2020: Russia. Bulgaria. The Balkans. Problems of War and Peace. 18th – 21st centuries (myths and reality). Project for bilateral co-operation, financed by the Foundation for Scientific Research. Head from Bulgarian side: Prof. Iliyana Marcheva.

2015‒2017: The Role of the Elites in the Processes of National Consolidation and National Construction. Project of the Institute for Historical Studies ‒ BAS with international participation. Head of the Project: Prof. Tamara Stoilova.

2014‒2016: The Bulgarian transition of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries as part of the East European transition: the Bulgarian and Chinese perspectives. Problems of sources and interpretations. A joint research project of the Institute of Historical Studies and the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Head of the Project: Prof. Iliya Todev.

2010‒2014: Russia between the West and the East. Policy and Diplomacy. 18th–21st centuries. Joint Research Project between Institute for Historical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences. Heads of the Project: Assoc. Prof. Tamara Stoilova, Prof. Faina Novik.

2009–2010: An anniversary collection in honour of prof. Vitka Toshkova. Project of the Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times” with the participation of scholars from other institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, various universities in the country, other scientific institutions, from Russia. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. Tamara Stoilova.

2007–2009: An anniversary collection in honour of Acad. Konstantin Kossev. Project of the Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times” with the participation of scholars from the Institute of History and other units of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, universities and other scientific units from the country and abroad. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. Tamara Stoilova.

2006‒2009: Russia between the West and the East. 18th ‒ early 21st century. Pages from history. International project with the Institute of Russian History at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Head of the Project: Prof. Luiza Revyakina.

2004: Project for financing a scientific journal – „Historical Future”. A project of Clio Association, financed by Ministry of Education and Science. Head of the Project: P. Dimitrova.

2002-2005: The necessary East. A project financed by the Scientific Research Fund – Ministry of Education and Science. Head of the Project: Assoc. Prof. Tamara Stoilova.

2002: A project for scientific periodicals: the journal Historical Future. Project of the Clio Association, funded by the Soros Centre for the Arts. Head of the Project: P. Dimitrova.

2001‒2002: East-West: interaction and contradictions. A project of the Department Department „History of the World and International Relations in Modern and Contemporary Times” of the Institute of History. Head of the Project: Tamara Stoilova.

2001: A project for scientific periodicals: the journal Historical Future. A project of the Clio Association, funded by the Soros Centre for the Arts. Head of the Project: P. Dimitrova.

1998: A project for the publication of the journal „Historical Future“. Project of the Clio Association funded by the Open Society Foundation. Head of the Project: P. Dimitrova.

1996: A project to publish a new scientific journal – Historical Future. Project of Clio Association financed by Open Society Foundation. Head of the Project: P. Dimitrova.

Languages

Russian, English

PUBLICATIONS

Books

  • „Successor” Reports? The Reports of the Bulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary in the Soviet Union Ivan Stamenov (1940–1944). Volume 1. Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House, 2010. 268 p. (In Bulgarian)
  • „Successor” Reports? The Reports of the Bulgarian Minister Plenipotentiary in the Soviet Union Ivan Stamenov (1940–1944). Volume 2 (Documents). Sofia: Gutenberg Publishing House, 2010. 428 p. (In Bulgarian). (co-author M. Vekov).

Papers

  • A Theory and Practice of a New Type of International Relations. – World Economy and International Relations, 1990, No. 9, p. 68-78 (co-authored). DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-1990-9-68-78. (In Russian)
  • Lenin’s Views on the Intelligentsia and their Refraction in the Cultural Policy of the Soviet State. ‒ Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Georgia. Series of History, Ethnography and History of Art. 1. 1991, p. 53-66 (In Russian).
  • Russia and Slavdom. Eurasian Challenges to the Slavic Idea. ‒ Historical Future, 1997, No. 1, p. 118-131 (In Bulgarian).
  • Russian Culture through the Eyes of the Eurasians. – Bulgarian Historical Review, 1997, No. 2-3, p. 205-223 (In Russian).
  • The Known and the Unknown Bitsilli. ‒ Historical Future, I, 1997, No. 2, p. 182-184 (In Bulgarian).
  • Georgi Florovski and the „Eurasian Temptation”. ‒ Istoricheski pregled, 1998, No. 2, p. 61-76. ISSN 0323-9748 (In Bulgarian).
  • Russia: the Long Way to Europe. ‒ Historical Future, 1999, III, No. 1-2, p. 76-109. (In Bulgarian)
  • The Russian émigré in Bulgaria ‒ first manifestations of Eurasianism. ‒ In: The White émigré in Bulgaria. Sofia, 2001, pp. 79-87 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 9549943208
  • East-West in Geopolitical Retrospection. ‒ In: The East-West Problem. A Historical Perspective. Sofia: Paradigma, 2003, p. 376-390 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 954-9536-87-4
  • How the International Conflicts are Resolved in the Modern World (on the example of the Yugoslav crisis of the 1990s). – In: Conflicts and Compromises in World History. Proceedings of the All-Russian Scientific Conference; 3-4 June 2004. Yaroslavl: Yaroslavl State University, 2004, pp. 54-57 (In Russian). ISBN 5-8397-0310-9
  • The Russia-EU dialogue: between European identity and Europeanisation. ‒ In: East-West Issues. Contemporary Dimensions. Sofia: Association Clio-96, 2004, pp. 83-94 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 954-905552-6-4
  • Russia between the East and the West (Discussion: The East-West Issue in Modern and Contemporary Times. Reflection and practice). ‒ In: East-West Issues. Modern and Contemporary History Transformations. Sofia: Academic Publishing House „Prof. М. Drinov”, 2005, pp. 21-28 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 9789544309918
  • Russia between the East and the West: Foreign Policy Strategies at the Threshold of the 21st Century. ‒ In: East-West Issues. Modern and Contemporary History Transformations. Sofia: Academic Publishing House „Prof. М. Drinov”, 2005, pp. 21-28 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 9789544309918
  • Russia and Post-Yugoslavia: between „Slavic Solidarity” and Pragmatism (1990s). ‒ In: Bulgaria and Russia: Between Gratitude and Pragmatism. Sofia: Institute of history; Bulgaria-Russia Forum, 2009, p. 752-764 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-92392-1-8
  • A Chronicle of a Pacification: Kosovo, 1990-1999. ‒ In: Proceedings in Honour of the 70th Anniversary of Acad. К. Kosev. Sofia: Academic Publishing House „Prof. М. Drinov”, 2009, pp. 91-105 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-322-277-3
  • Europe and the End of the Second Yugoslavia. ‒ In: 30 years of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History of the World and International Relations. Sofia: Institute of history ‒ Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2919, p. 126-146 (In Bulgarian). ISВN 978-954-92267-9-9
  • Ivan Stamenov ‒ Bulgarian envoy and/or Soviet agent. ‒ In: Russia-Bulgaria: vectors of mutual understanding. 18th – 21st centuries. Russian-Bulgarian scientific discussions. Materials of the International Scientific Conference. Moscow, 27-28 April 2009. Moscow: Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2010, pp. 443-456 (In Russian). ISBN 978-5-7576-0219-8
  • The Issue of Soviet and German Prisoners of War in the Reports of the Bulgarian Envoy to the USSR Ivan Stamenov (1940-1944). ‒ In: What the Archives Will Tell Us… Russian-Bulgarian Relations and Connections. Moscow: Thesaurus, 2011, pp. 249-264 (In Russian). ISBN 978-5-7576-0234-9
  • P. Dimitrova. Chronicle of an (Un)Foretold Death, or How the USSR Ceased to Exist as a „Subject of International Law and Geopolitical Reality”. – In: Russia between the West and the East. 18th – the Early 21st Century. Sofia: Academic Publishing House „Prof. М. Drinov”, 2011, pp. 335-363 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-322-438-8
  • P. Dimitrova. The Bulgarian Legation in the USSR (1940-1944) – a View from the Inside. – In: Vocation and Dedication. In Honour of the 70th Birthday and the 40th Anniversary of the Research Work of Prof. DSc Vitka Toshkova. Sofia: Academic Publishing House „Prof. М. Drinov”, 2011, pp. 229-241 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-322-455-5
  • P. Dimitrova. Reflections on an Anniversary (Victory Day ‒ History and Present) – In: Bulgaria, the Balkans and Russia 18th-21st Century. Bulgarian-Russian Scientific Discussions. Sofia: Institute for Historical Studies, 2011, pp. 141-175 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-2903-06-2
  • P. Dimitrova. The National Question in Russia in the Light of the ‘Upcoming Former’ President Vladimir Putin’s Election Campaign 2012. – Historical Future, XVI, 2012, 1–2, p. 41-66 (In Bulgarian). ISSN 1311-0144
  • P. Dimitrova. Pre-election. Putin on the National Question in Russia. – In: Presidential Elections in Russia’2012. QUO VADIS… Sofia: University Publishing House “Sv. Kliment Ohridski”, 2012, p. 121-130 (In Bulgarian). ISSN (online) 1314-6645; (print) 1314-6580
  • P. Dimitrova. Victory Day and its contemporary interpretations. ‒ In: Lessons from the Victory over Fascism and European Security (Proceedings of a Scientific Conference). Sofia: Bulgarian Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Development, 2013, p. 132‒138 (In Bulgarian). ISBN 978-954-92998-6-1
  • P. Dimitrova. Reports of Ivan Stamenov, envoy of the Kingdom of Bulgaria to the USSR, as a source on the life of the diplomatic corps in Kuibyshev (1941-1943). – In: Problems of studying military history. Collection of articles of the Third All-Russian Scientific Conference with International Participation. Samara, 2015, p. 310-318. (In Russian) ISBN: 978-5-98229-266-7
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. The Memory of the Second World War: between the Past and the Present. – Bulgarian Historical Review, 2015, 1-2, p. 203-211. (In Russian)
  • Petya Dimitrova. Security or Sovietization, Local Conflict or an Episode of the Great War? (Soviet-Finnish War 1939–1940 through the Eyes of Two Bulgarian Diplomats). – In: Russia between the West and the East. Politics and diplomacy [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 33]. Sofia, 2016, p. 128-156.
  • Petya Dimitrova. Transformations in the Narrative of the Second World War after 1989 and Bulgarian Historical Science. –In: The Great Powers, the Balkans and Bulgaria in the Second World War. Sofia: Institute for Historical Studies, Rakovski National Defence College, 2016, p. 542-555. (In Bulgarian) ISBN 978-954-2903-26-0
  • Petya Dimitrova. „Historical Future” Journal – Twenty Years Anniversary. – Historical Future, XX, 2016, 1-2, p. 5-24. (In Bulgarian)
  • Petya Dimitrova. The Red Army – „a Liberation Army” or Occupier: a View of Twenty-First Century.– Istoricheski Pregled, LXXII, 2016, 5-6, p. 132-153. (In Bulgarian).
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. The Unrealized Generals – Boris Chilingirov’s Case. (A Touch to the Crushing of the Bulgarian Military Elite after September 9th 1944. – In: The Role of the Elites in the Processes of National Consolidation and National Construction. Research Project Papers [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 34]. Sofia: Institute for Historical Studies ‒ Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2017, p. 365-392. (In Bulgarian) ISSN: 2367-5187.
  • P. Dimitrova. Evidence of an Era. Boris Chilingirov and His Story about the Entering of the Bulgarian Troops in Macedonia in the Spring of 1941 – In: The Historian ‒ Researcher and Popularizer. A Collection in Honour of the 70th Anniversary of Academician Georgi Markov. Н. Poppetrov (Ed.). Sofia, 2017, p. 261-281. (In Bulgarian) ISBN 978-954-09-1108-3
  • P. Dimitrova. Eastern Europe’s Role in the Process of Transformation of the Narrative of World War II After 1989 (The Cases of Poland and Bulgaria). – In: Independence Gained – Polish and Bulgarian Perspectives [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 35]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2020, pp. 205-229. (In Bulgarian)
  • I. Marcheva, P. Dimitrova. Analysis of Social Transformation in Bulgaria ‒ from the Perspective of Reforms of Agriculture and State-owned Enterprises. ‒ Academic Journal of Russian Studies (Beijing), 2019, No. 3, pp. 101-117. (In Chinese) ISSN 2095-1094
  • Petya Dimitrova, Nikolay Poppetrov. Past Continuous: The Second World War and the Changes of the Narratives About It (the Bulgarian Example). ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review, 2018, 3-4, p. 122‒159.
  • Petya Dimitrova. Eastern Europe and the Perception of World War II: from „Vast Country” to „Bloodlands”. – В: Ukraine and Bulgaria in the History of Europe. Collection of scientific works. Kiev-Sofia, 2019, p. 488-502. (In Bulgarian) ISBN 978-966-02-8813-3; ISBN 978-954-2903-34-5.
  • Petya Dimitrova. Between „double liberation” and occupation: Bulgarian society on the outcome of the Second World War. – In: S.I. Danchenko (ed.). Slavs and Russia: Problems of Statehood in the Balkans (late 18th ‒ 21st centuries). Moscow: Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020, p. 410-433. (In Russian) ISBN: 2618-8570, DOI:10.31168/2618-8570.2020.22.
  • Dimitrova, P. Bulgarian-Soviet relations during the Second World War – from Unconditional Friendship to Soviet Occupation. ‒ In: Bulgaria – Russia. 140 Years of Diplomatic Relations: History, Status, Prospects. Materials of the Anniversary Bulgarian-Russian Conference (5-6 July 2019). Moscow, 2020, pp. 118-127. (In Bulgarian) ISВN 978-5-6045420-0-2
  • Dimitrova, P. „What the Internet Will Tell…” Truths and Myths about WWII in Cyberspace. ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review, 49, 2021, 1-2, p. 194-225. (In German) ISSN 0204-8906
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. Weekdays and Holidays during War Time: from the Life of the Diplomatic Corps in the USSR during the Second World War. ‒ In: The Everyday Life of Empires. Middle Ages – Twentieth Century [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 36]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2021, с. 594-631. (In Bulgarian)
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. The Story of World War II as a Factor for the European (Dis)Integration). ‒ In: Attempts at Modernisation during the Second Half of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 37]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2022, с. 229-246. (In Bulgarian)
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. Ancestral Memory: General Spas Chilingirov and the Wars for the National Unification of the Bulgarians. – In: Svilengrad – 110 years of freedom. Svilengrad, 2022, с. 290-313. (In Bulgarian) ISBN: 978-619-92248-1-6
  • Petya B. Dimitrova, Violina Atanasova. Four Decades of Research in General History. ‒ In: The Problems of General History and Bulgarian Historical Research [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 38]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, с. 9-20 (съавтор В. Атанасова). (In Bulgarian)
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. The Holocaust in Western Historiography. ‒ In: The Problems of General History and Bulgarian Historical Research [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 38]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2022, с. 248–276. (In Bulgarian)
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. The Ordeal of a Document, or the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in the Politics Embrace. ‒ In: About Professionalism in Historical Science. Collection of Research Papers in Honor of Professor Tamara Stoilova, DSc. [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 39]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025, pp. 452‒487. (In Bulgarian) ISSN: 2367-5187 DOI: 10.71069/III39.25.PD18
  • Petya B. Dimitrova. „If you want an easy life, do not become a historian”. ‒ In: About Professionalism in Historical Science. Collection of Research Papers in Honor of Professor Tamara Stoilova, DSc. [= Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 39]. Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2025, pp. 9-17. (In Bulgarian)

Book reviews, Scientific information

  • Международна научна конференция „Русия – интегриращ и дезинтегриращ фактор на славянството“. – Исторически преглед, 1994-1995, № 4, с. 174-181.
  • Международна научна конференция „България и Русия през ХХ век“. – Исторически преглед, 1996, № 3, с. 145-158.
  • Кръгла маса „Съветският фактор в развитието на България след 9.IX.1944 г.“, „Коминтернът, Коминформбюро и България“. – Исторически преглед, 1998, № 3-4, с. 237-251.
  • Встреча болгарских историков. – Bulgarian Historical Review, 1998, № 1-2, p. 258-265.
  • Кочанков, Н. България и Независимата хърватска държава (1941-1944). Политически и дипломатически отношения. С., 2000. ‒ Историческо бъдеще, 2000, 1-2, с. 258–261.
  • Кочанков, Н. От надежда към покруса: Западна Македония в българската външна политика (1941–1944). С., 2007. ‒ Историческо бъдеще, 2007/1–2, с. 272–279.
  • Веков, М. Метричната система в България. Метрични реформи и метрологична дейност XVIII–XX век. С., 2007. ‒ Историческо бъдеще, 2007/1–2, с. 279–285.
  • Н. Кочанков. От надежда към покруса: Западна Македония в българската външна политика (1941–1944). – Etudes Balkaniques, 2008, № 3, p. 186-191.
  • The image of India – poetized and sublime [Виолина Атанасова. Българското огледало. Образът на Индия в България (краят на XIX – краят на XX век). С., Акад. изд. „Марин Дринов“, 2014. 306 с.] – Istoricheski Pregled, 2014, № 5-6, с. 266-271. (In Bulgarian)
  • А. Кожухаров. Обучение болгарских морских офицеров за границей (1882–1944). – Новая и новейшая история, 2016, № 2, с. 212-214.
  • Дарина Григорова. Империя феникс: между съветското минало и евразийското бъдеще. София, Военно издателство, 2015, 192 с. (Darina Grigorova. The Phoenix Empire: between the Soviet Past and the Eurasian Future. Sofia, Military Publishing House, 2015, 192 p.) ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review, 2016, Issue 3-4, Page 261-264. (In English)
  • Balkan Horizons to the History of Russia. ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review, 2023, Issue 3-4, Page 234-244. (In Russian)
  • A Historical Study with an Extremely Topical Sounding. ‒ Bulgarian Historical Review, 2025, Issue 1, Page 188-193 (In Russian). DOI: 10.71069/BHR1.25.PD09

PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES

Compiling and editing

Historical Future Journal: 1997-2020 (26 issues)

Series „The East-West Problem“:

  • Проблемът Изток–Запад. Историческа перспектива. София: Парадигма, 2003. 712 с. ISBN 954-9536-87-4
  • Проблемът Изток–Запад. Съвременни измерения. София: Асоциация Клио-96, 2004. 140 с. ISBN 954-905552-6-4
  • Проблемът Изток–Запад. България и Балканите. София: Асоциация Клио-96, 2006. 447 с. ISBN-10: 954-91861-1-3; ISBN-13: 978-954-91861-1-6

Series „Researches and Documents”

  • Тодев, И. Кой е д-р Стоян Чомаков? Изследвания и документи. І. София: Асоциация Клио, 2004. 44 с.
  • Стоилова, Т. Величието на владетелите. Петър I – между отрицанието и възторга на европейците в края на XVII – първата четвърт на XVIII век. Изследвания и документи. ІІ. София: Асоциация Клио, 2008. 148 с.

Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies ‒ ISSN: 2367-5187 (print); 2815-2913 (online)

  • т. 32: Полша и поляците в новата българска история (средата на ХІХ ‒ средата на ХХ век). София: Изд. на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2015. 376 с.
  • т. 33: Русия между Запада и Изтока. Политика и дипломация. София, 2016. 404 с.
  • т. 34: Ролята на елитите в процесите на консолидирането на нациите и на националното строителство. София, 2017. 404 с.
  • т. 35: Извоюваната независимост – полски и български перспективи. София: Изд. на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2020. 232 с.
  • т. 36: Ежедневието на империите. Средни векове – ХХ век. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2021. 635 с.
  • т. 37: Bulgaria and China: Attempts at Modernisation during the Second Half of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century / Болгария и Китай: Попытки модернизации во второй половине ХХ и начале ХХІ века. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2022. 256 с.
  • т. 38: Изучаването на световната история и българската историческа наука. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2022. 520 с.
  • т. 39: За професионализма в историческата наука. София: Издателство на БАН „Проф. Марин Дринов“, 2025. 624 с.

Thematic and anniversary collections

  • Религия и църква в България. Сборник статии от научна конференция „Социални и културни измерения в православието и неговата специфика в българските земи“, София, 27-29 ноември 1997. София: ИК Гутенберг, 1999. 442 с. ISBN 954-9943-06-2
  • 30 години секция „История на света и международните отношения в ново и най-ново време“. Сборник статии. София: И-т по история‒Българска академия на науките, 2010. 348 с. ISВN 978-954-92267-9-9
  • Призвание и всеотдайност. Към 70-годишния юбилей и 40-годишнината от научната дейност на ст.н.с. I ст., д.ист.н. Витка Тошкова. София: Акад. изд. „Проф. М. Дринов“, 2011. 444 с. ISBN 978-954-322-455-5
  • България, Балканите и Русия, XVIII–XXI век. Българо-руски научни дискусии. София: Институт за исторически изследвания, 2011. 403 с. ISBN 978-954-2903-06-2

Monographs

  • Веков, М. Метричната система в България. Метрични реформи и метрологична дейност XVIII–XX век. София, 2007. 276 с.

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