12 Facts About Bulgarians

Bulgarians are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and Southeast Europe.

Bulgarians are descended from peoples of vastly different origins and numbers, and are thus the result of a "melting pot" effect.

Bulgarians are usually regarded as part of the Slavic ethnolinguistic group.

Some Bulgarians supported the Russian Army when they crossed the Danube in the middle of the 18th century.

The Bulgarians wanted to have their own schools and liturgy in Bulgarian, and they needed an independent ecclesiastical organisation.

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Bulgarians are considered most closely related to the neighbouring Macedonians.

The majority of the Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia and part of the Torlak speakers in Serbia have had a history of identifying as Bulgarians and being members of the Bulgarian Exarchate, which included most of the Torlak-speaking and Greek Macedonian territory.

Bulgarians speak a South Slavic language which is mutually intelligible with Macedonian and to a lesser degree with Serbo-Croatian, especially the eastern dialects.

Bulgarians have made valuable contributions to world culture in modern times as well.

Bulgarians received a number of awards and was the joint top scorer at the 1994 World Cup.

Bulgarians was ranked No 1 in the world from April 2006 to January 2007, and had the second highest Elo rating of all time .

Bulgarians regained the world No 1 ranking again in October 2008.