Mentality

Russian and Bulgarian languages ​​have certain similarities, but they cannot be called obvious. To communicate successfully, you will still need to learn a foreign language. But if a trip to Bulgaria is planned only once, you can limit yourself to learning just a few words.

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When talking about children, we have to talk about parents. The state of childhood is a product of parental behavior. And, naturally, there is an inevitable risk of generalization, although everyone knows that each family is its own separate world with its own laws. Therefore, in order to avoid offense and contradictions, let's accept by default: there will be no sweeping statements here, no attempts to put an entire people into a Procrustean bed of templates and stereotypes. All that the author can offer to your attention are the results of personal observations that do not assert anything and do not pretend to be statistics. Listing the disadvantages is not intended to describe how bad everything is. Not bad - different!

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Bulgartabak - how much has merged in this sound for the Soviet heart! How much resonated with him! An entire era is imprinted in the memory with the fragrant aroma of Bulgarian cigarettes. Rodopi, Opal, Inter, Stewardess, Tu134, BT, Vega, Phoenix, Shipka - these names caress the ear of an experienced smoker and evoke nostalgia memories and, sometimes, even phantom sensations.

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Hoping for partnership with local businessmen, many people fall into this trap. Partnership is always dependence. In Bulgaria, partnership strategy has become an entire industry. Unfortunately, the industry is exterminating or squeezing out business projects. Local businessmen willingly act as co-founders, promising to use all their connections and power for the common cause. Moreover, both at the level of small businesses and at the level of high officials, influential politicians and big business tycoons (with the difference that these put their relatives as co-founders).

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The desire to imitate each other, being “out of fashion”, lack of taste is a sign of a Bulgarian soul that has grown old and faded in routine. To be and remain well-groomed, a modern Bulgarian woman does not need to fantasize, everything is invented, she just needs to keep up with the times, listen to experts and perform a minimum set of hygiene rituals. Raising the preservation of beauty to the rank of the main goal in life is pointless and boring; in any case, carrying a young face and body through a long life is impossible, especially in Bulgaria!

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Bulgaria attracts tourists with its mild climate, close location to European countries and affordable prices. Many, returning home after another vacation, realize that they do not want to leave anymore and begin planning to move to Bulgaria for permanent residence. One of the main problems that our compatriots face in this situation is finding a source of income on the territory of a foreign country.

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Bulgaria is a European country located in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula, the only European power that has retained its original name from its creation in 681 to the present day. As we all remember from the lessons of world history, Bulgaria was enslaved by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. (1396) and remained under Muslim rule until the last quarter of the 19th century. (1877-1878 - Liberation War in Bulgarian history or the Russian-Turkish War in our sources). These almost five hundred years undoubtedly influenced the Bulgarians as a nation and changed the Bulgarian identity forever.

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Looking into the Bulgarian explanatory dictionary, we will see that “aylyak” means a person who does not know work and worries. If you ask Bulgarians what aylyak is, they will tell you that it is a wonderful state of mind in which you may not have a job or money, but you feel good, relaxed and nothing bothers you. This short word contains the whole essence of the Bulgarian mentality, which can also be described by the legendary quote from the Bob Marley song - “Don’t worry, be happy.”

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