Program of the National Scientific Conference on the topic: With their help the Bulgarians were free

от: 2020-11-13 12:00    до: 2020-11-14 12:00



The national scientific conference on "With their help the Bulgarians were free" (Bulgarian weapons from antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times) will be held at IM Perushtitsa, Danovo school, on 13 and 14 November 2020.            

                                   P R O G R A M

Friday, November 13, 2020

11.30 am Official presentation of the accompanying exhibition "Archival photos from the Balkan Wars" by Major General Nonka Matova

13.30 - 14.30 Greeting by Mrs. Maria Valkanova, Mayor of Perushtitsa Municipality.

Opening of the conference and report on "Superweapons of Medieval Bulgaria" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veselina Vachkova, Director of IM Perushtitsa. Discussion on the topic.

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm Report with a multimedia presentation on the topic “Purchase and delivery of Madsen light machine guns for the Bulgarian army in 1914” by Simeon Tsvetkov, curator in RIM - Veliko Tarnovo. Discussion on the topic.

16.00 - 17.00 Report with a multimedia presentation on the topic "The weapon of the Bulgarian militia" by Stoyan Stoyanov, curator at IM Perushtitsa. Discussion on the topic.

17.00 - 18.00 Report on the topic "Weapons in the fund of the Thracian Society" Voyvoda Rusi Slavov "Plovdiv" with authors Major General Eng. Nonka Matova and Mag. Kresa Stoyanova.

Demonstration. Discussion on the topic.

Saturday 11/14/2020

9.30 - 10.30 Report with a multimedia presentation on "Rare samples of weapons from the valley of Dolna Tundzha and the fund of the Ethnographic-Archaeological Museum - Elhovo" by Hristo Hristov, Director of the Ethnographic-Archaeological Museum - Elhovo. Discussion on the topic.

10.30 - 11.30 Visual demonstration of firearms and ammunition, ammunition, weapons and uniforms related to the struggles for the Liberation of Bulgaria - the April Uprising and the Russo-Turkish Wars by Metodi Navushtanov, curator at RIM Panagyurishte. Discussion on the topic.

11.30 - 12.30 Report with a multimedia presentation on "Mace from the collection of the Historical Museum - Perushtitsa - dating, sources, hypotheses" by Mario Jasim, curator at IM Perushtitsa. Discussion on the topic.

12.30 Closing of the conference.