People's Republic of Bulgaria
Socialist republic ruled by the Bulgarian Communist Party (1946–1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The People's Republic of Bulgaria was the official name of Bulgaria, when it was a socialist republic from 1946 to 1990.
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People's Republic of Bulgaria | |||||||||
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1946–1990 | |||||||||
Anthem: Maritsa Rushes (1946–1947)
Шуми Марица (Bulgarian) Shumi Maritsa (transliteration) Our Republic, Hail! (1947–1951)
Републико наша, здравей! (Bulgarian) Republiko nasha, zdravey! (transliteration) Dear Bulgaria, Land of Heroes (1951–1964) Dear Motherland (from 1964)Българийо мила, земя на герои (Bulgarian) Bulgariyo mila, zemya na geroi (transliteration) Мила Родино (Bulgarian) Mila Rodino (transliteration) | |||||||||
Status | Satellite state of the Soviet Union[a] | ||||||||
Capital and largest city | Sofia 42°41′N 23°19′E | ||||||||
Official languages | Bulgarian | ||||||||
Official script | Cyrillic | ||||||||
Religion | Secular state (de jure) State atheism (de facto) Bulgarian Orthodoxy (majority dominant) | ||||||||
Demonym(s) | Bulgarian | ||||||||
Government | Unitary parliamentary republic (1946–1947) Unitary socialist republic (1947–1950) Unitary Marxist–Leninist one–party socialist republic (1950–1989) Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic (1989–1990) | ||||||||
General Secretary | |||||||||
• 1946–1949 | Georgi Dimitrov | ||||||||
• 1949–1954 | Vulko Chervenkov | ||||||||
• 1954–1989 | Todor Zhivkov | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 | Petar Mladenov | ||||||||
Head of state | |||||||||
• 1946–1947 (first) | Vasil Kolarov | ||||||||
• 1989–1990 (last) | Petar Mladenov | ||||||||
Head of government | |||||||||
• 1946–1949 (first) | Georgi Dimitrov | ||||||||
• 1990 (last) | Andrey Lukanov | ||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly State Council (1971–1990) | ||||||||
Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
15 September 1946 | |||||||||
14 December 1955 | |||||||||
• Zhivkov Constitution | 18 May 1971 | ||||||||
15 November 1990 | |||||||||
• 1991 Constitution | 12 July 1991 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 110,994 km2 (42,855 sq mi) | ||||||||
• Water (%) | 0.3 | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1946 | 7,029,349 | ||||||||
• 1989 | 8,987,000 | ||||||||
HDI (1989) | 0.918[1] very high | ||||||||
Currency | Bulgarian lev | ||||||||
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||||||||
UTC+3 (EEST) | |||||||||
Driving side | right | ||||||||
Calling code | +359 | ||||||||
ISO 3166 code | BG | ||||||||
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