VENETS: THE BELOGRADCHIK JOURNAL FOR LOCAL HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND FOLK STUDIES (published triannualy by SCS COMSULTED Ltd in collaboration with the Belogradchik Society for Local History and Folk Studies
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ToC: Venets, Volume 4, Number 2, 2013
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LITERARY SECTION
L. Biliarska. Magic Belogradchik: A Poetry [In Bulgarian] (p. 133)
Notes: 2
Illustrations: 9
Five short poems inspired by the beauty of Belogradchik and kindness of its people are presented in this article. The poet, Ludmila Biliarska, lives in America. 
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=147 

ORAL HISTORY
K. Kirilov. The Tubes [In Bulgarian] (p. 146)
Notes: 1
Illustrations: 7
The tubes are cylindrical or conical cavities coming from the core to the surface of white sandstones, located not far from Belogradchik, in the skirt of Venets, the mountain of Belogradchik. Around and within the cavities one can observe dispersed metallic (Fe) particles. These strange formations were first discovered and announced to the public by the author of the present article. In his opinion they have an artificial origin.  
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=148 

ARCHIVES
E. Kozhuharova. Biography of Colonel Stefan Iliev (1930) [In Bulgarian] (p. 154)
Notes: 3; References: 9
Illustrations: 8
Colonel Stefan Iliev, a commander of the 15th Infantry Lom regiment (Belogradchik), is a Bulgarian hero, killed in the battlefield at Chervenata stena, near Bitola, on 26 March 1917. Here is the journal version of a very rare book, published in the printing house of Stamen Kamenov in Belogradchik in 1930. On the cover of the book an author is not given - it is an edition of the Belogradchik Society of the Reserve Non-Commissioned Officers. All details of the military career of this brave Bulgarian soldier are described. The book exists in two editions.  
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=149 

RESEARCH SECTION
M. Ighile (Nigeria). Egogo Alagiebo: The Portrait of an Oral Artist (p. 180)
Notes: 3; References: 6
Illustrations: 1
The oral poet, Egogo Alagiebo, the blind minstrel of Benin City, whose portrait forms the basis of this paper, clearly represents a creative phenomenon which is of immense relevance to both the past and the present, with striking implications for the future. His songs, most of which are embellished by proverbial and philosophical expressions, continuously strike the reflective and critical consciousness of not only the customers of the Airport Road Post Office, but indeed the entire Benin community. This paper examines the artistic personality of Egogo Alagiebo, within the conceptual framework of oral literature and cultural studies, and submits that the poet, x-rayed in terms of his mien, career, popularity, attitude to life and living, is indicative of a certain level of uniqueness -- in relevance and intensity-- that makes him truly influential.  
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=150 

J. Tabov. About the Name Gatuliyya from the Map of Al-Idrisi [In Bulgarian] (p. 200)
Notes: 2; References: 17
Illustrations: 3
In the preserved copies of the famous map of al-Idrisi the name Ğaṯūliyya is located roughly on the territory between the rivers Morava and Iskar. It has been offered different interpretations: it is Serbia that is a modified form of the name Makazuniyya (Macedonia), and that is an incorrect entry of Musiyya al-Sufliyya - Arabic translation of Lower Moesia. Here I suggest the hypothesis that behind Ğaṯūliyya stands the name Asuriyya, put in the copy of the map where today is Austria.
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=151

N. Nikolov. Fragments of Our Freedom: Bulgaria in 2013 [In Bulgarian] (p. 211)
Notes: 5; References: 8
Illustrations: 5
Bulgaria is a nation marked by deep social and political metamorphoses. As part of the post-communist transitional democracies and full member of the European Union, Bulgaria is officially considered a “consolidating democracy” and its progress is periodically assessed alongside other East and Central European states. What is argued in this paper is that the rights and freedoms belonging to all democratic citizens are not automatically transferred with the regime change. It will be shown that freedom is a cultural experience, deeply connected with national identity and a sense of historical self-consciousness. It will be shown how a distinction between political liberty and cultural freedom can help make sense of Bulgaria’s rather complex contemporaneity, its totalitarian past and its crisis of national identity.
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=152

E. Kozhuharova. Military Honors of Colonel Stefan Iliev [In Bulgarian] (p. 229)
Notes: 8; References: 2
Illustrations: 22
This small-scale research aims to describe all medals and orders, which colonel Stefan Iliev in his military career has been decorated. Colonel Stefan was killed in the battle for Pelister, Chervenata stena, on 26 March 1917. 
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=153

B.V. Toshev. A Letter by Ivan Savov to Hristo Chernopeev (1898) [In Bulgarian] (p. 244)
References: 1
Illustrations: 2
In this article a letter (1898) by Ivan Savov to Hristo Chenopeev, f. non-commissioned officers in the 15th infantry Lom regiment in Belogradchik, and eminent Macedonian revolutionaries, is presented. This is not an un-known letter. However, it was published in Illustration Ilinden, a magazine which is now hard to avail in Bulgaria. http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=154

BOOK REVIEWS
B.V. Toshev. New Book by Valentin Kachev [In Bulgarian] (p. 249)
References: 1
Illustrations: 1
This novel, named “The thing from that hurts” belongs of Valentin Kachev, a Belogradchik writer, poet, scriptwriter and dramatist who is a member of two writers’ Unions, those of Bulgaria and Russia. The book gives a wide view of the life and social behavior in a small Bulgarian town in the period of post-communism. By the tools of the artistic prose the writer was able to document the changes in mores and social norms in one transition society that had not yet found the right way to democracy and freedom.
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=155

APPENDIX
Belogradchik in Art (Ivan Shikerov) (p. 256)
Illustrations: 1
http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=156
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Reviewed by B.V. Toshev, 27 Sep 2013