THE GREAT MIGRATION OF PEOPLES


The way of the Proto-Bulgarians

During the Great Migration of Peoples dozens of tribes crossed these lands, each one leaving its traces; many of these later went to the West and were involved in the formation of the contemporary European nations. Of all these migrations Slavic invasion was the most significant. In the early 7th century Slavs had already colonized almost the whole peninsula, getting as far as Peloponesus. The predecessors of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians settled in the Northwest Balkans, and the Slav tribes of the Bulgarian group - in the remaining regions.


The Khan Kubrat Bequeath - If you are together you are strong!

During the last quarter of the century the area surrounding the Danube delta was invaded by the Proto-Bulgarians - a people of Turk origin, having long statehood traditions in the lands by the Volga and Kama rivers. Making an alliance with the Slav tribes, they founded here their new state, named after them - Bulgaria, which signed her first peace treaty in 681.









The largest GOLD TREASURES in the Bulgarian museums today are Thracian. This gold is only one of the material tokens of the legacy received by the Bulgarians from their great Thracian ancestors.