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Bulgaria is a relatively small and ethnically homogeneous state, bounded by Romania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. It is the only one of the four communist Balkan states to have remained consistently loyal to Moscow – a fact explained partly by the traditional amicability between the two countries, partly by the leader’s (Zhivkov’s) lack of interest in asserting his country’s autonomy, and partially by the fact that Bulgaria has usually felt a need for a powerful supporter in territorial claims against her neighbours. Thus, a common ideology in the Balkan communist states has not overcome traditional territorial and nationalistic rivalries.
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Holmes, L. (1981). People’s Republic of Bulgaria. In: Szajkowski, B. (eds) Marxist Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04329-3_6
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