1. Objects, which represent Bulgarian World Heritage contribution in
the six topics:
(Handouts)
1. History – The Feather- Palisiy Hilendarski’s Istoria Slavyanobalgarskaya
2. Literature – The Pottery - Ivan Vasov’s Novel the Under Yoke
3. Technology – The Punch Cards - John Atanassov’s ABC computer
4. Science – The Dried Snowdrop - Paskov’s Invention: the NIvalin in the Snowdrop
5. Art – The Disk with Valya Balkanska’s Song Izlel e Delyu Haidutin
6. Sport –The medal - Maria Gigiova and her gold medals in Rhythmic Gimnastics

3. Ivan Vazov
(1850 – 1921)
Ivan Vazov was a Bulgarian poet, novelist and
playwright.
He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley.
He graduated Naiden Gerov College in Plovdiv,
where he made his first steps as a poet.
Vazov was probably heavily influenced by Hristo
Botev – Bulgarian poet, who was the ideological
leader of the Bulgarian revolutionary movement.
First Vazov started writing poems and after that
novels and playwrights.
He moved to Sofia in 1889 were he published some of his works.
Vazov’s famous novel Under the Yoke was published in 1889.
UNDER THE YOKE
Under the Yoke is a novel by Ivan Vazov, written in 1888.
It depicts the Ottoman oppression of Bulgaria and is the most
famous piece of classic Bulgarian literature. Under the Yoke
has been translated into 30 languages.
The tranquility in Bulgarian village under the Ottoman yoke is
ostensible because the people are quietly preparing for an
uprising. The educated part of the population desperately
wants change. Their enthusiasm is enormous, but they soon
find that the rebellion is beyond their powers. The Turks break
down the resistance and the April uprising is crushed in the
village, as well as the rest of the country.
The sanguinary uprising is the reason for the Russian-Turkish
war, in which Russia liberates Bulgaria with the help of local

4. volunteers.
John Atanasoff
The man who invented the computer
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) was the first electronic digital computing device. Conceived
in 1937, the machine was not programmable, being designed only to solve systems of linear
equations. It was successfully tested in 1942.
The principles of John Atanasoff's computer, though seemingly outdated today, are the basis of the
thousands of millions of computers, without which modern society cannot exist. Every Bulgarian
knows and prides in the holy brothers, St. Cyrile and St. Methodius, who created the alphabet of
all Slavonic peoples. Similarly, John Atanasoff, a man of Bulgarian extraction, opened the road to
the world information society.
To my Fatherland:
“I have always felt that the heritage of the two people in my blood has kept my spirit.
And now, as I am here I am even happier for my good fortune.
My father’s people have met me warmly and have given me award Cyrile and Metodius Order.
I was elected a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science I am in touch with many
friends in Bulgaria.”

5. GALANTHUS
SNOWDROP
Galanthus nivalis
(snowdrops) is the best-
known and most widespread
representative of the genus
Galanthus.It is native to a
large area of Europe,
stretching from the Pyrenees
in the west, through France
and Germany to Poland in
the north, Italy, Northern
Greece and Bulgaria.
NIVALIN is an original Bulgarian product developed by
prof. Paskov in 1956 in Bulgaria. Later on the
Sofarma’s LD team produced with an original
technology for extraction of the alkaloid Galantamine
from the bulbs of the plant snowdrops the active
ingredient in NIVALIN.

6. NIVALIN can cure: cerebral paralysis in childhood,
neuritis, progressive muscular dystrophy, myopathies
etc.

7. Valya Balkanska is one of the most famous Bulgarian
Folklore Singers. She is from the Rodope mountain area
and well-known for singing the song IZLEL JE DELYU
HAYDUTIN, part of the VOYGER golden record selection
of music included in the two VOYAGER spacecraft
launched in 1977.
Maria Gigova
(Rhythmic gymnastics)
The first real star to
emerge from the rhythmic
scene was Maria Gigova.
Gigova’s astonishing
achievements during the
formative years of the sport

8. have given her a firm foothold as one of the top 10
rhythmic gymnasts of all time.
Maria Gigova became world champion in 1969,
1971, and 1973.