State Cultural Institute
The Palace Cultural Center
invites you to the exhibition
“109 Years of the Liberation of Dobrudzha”
Dobrudzha during the Years of the First World War
The exhibition traces the development of the Dobrudzha issue from its emergence with the signing of the Treaty of San Stefano on March 3, 1878, when Romania received Northern Dobrudzha as compensation for its participation in the war, up to September 7, 1940, when the Craiova Agreement returned Southern Dobrudzha to Bulgaria. The focus is on the events of the First World War, which once again rekindled hope for national unification.
The exhibition presents the course of military actions in 1916, the liberation of Dobrudzha, and the collective memory and gratitude of the people towards those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of Dobrudzha.
A rich archive of materials—photographs and documents—was used to create the exhibition. Sources include the Historical Museum – Tutrakan, the Regional Historical Museum – Dobrich, as well as materials kindly provided by the National Military History Museum, the Naval Museum – Varna, regional historical museums in Ruse, Razgrad, Dobrich, and Silistra, the Central State Archives – Veliko Tarnovo, and archives in Silistra and Ruse, among others.
Exhibition authors: Petar Boychev and Radoslav Simeonov
The exhibition was realized with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and will be on display until the end of September in the Stone Hall of the DKI Palace Cultural Center.
The exhibition will be presented by Mr. Petar Boychev, director of the Historical Museum – Tutrakan and author of numerous research books related to Tutrakan, Dobrudzha, and the First World War. His works include “Old Tutrakan”, “The Tutrakan Epic”, “The Causes of the National Catastrophe through the Eyes of General Panteley Kiselev”, “The Tutrakan Epic and the Liberation of Dobrudzha”, and others. He is also co-author of the unique bibliographic work “They Died for Dobrudzha”, which records all those who perished on the Dobrudzha front.
Opening: September 4, 5:00 PM, Stone Hall
