BULGARIA - AN OVERVIEW

Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895) served 1886-1894 first as regent and afterwards prime minister for the new ruler, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (prince 1887–1908, tsar 1908–1918). Stambolov thought that Russia's liberation of Bulgaria from Turkish rule were an endeavor by Czarist Russia to show Bulgaria into its protectorate. His policy was characteri