Balgarianovinite.com On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising, the exhibition “For the Freedom of a Nation”, organized by the St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library and the State Archives Agency, opened at the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Centre in Skopje on Tuesday.
“Today we are not merely opening an exhibition. Today we are opening a door to remembrance, to that fateful April of 1876, when the Bulgarian people took their destiny into their own hands, driven by an unyielding desire for freedom, dignity, and national self-determination. The April Uprising is not merely a historical fact. It is a moral pinnacle. It is a symbol of self-sacrifice, of unity, and of the unyielding spirit of a people who chose freedom over fear. The exhibition we are opening today is a unique bridge between the past, the present, and the future. Through documents and stories, it reminds us not only of the events, but also of the human destinies behind them. The destinies of ordinary people who became heroes, to whom we owe our freedom,” Antonia Veleva, Director of the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Centre in Skopje, said.
In video messages, National Library Director Kalina Ivanova, State Archives Agency Chair Mihail Gruev, and Milen Mihov, curator and one of the organizers of the documentary exhibition, addressed the guests present at the gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural and Information Centre.
The exhibition features more than 130 documents, including protocols, letters, telegrams, appeals, certificates, illustrating the preparation, course, suppression and consequences of the April Uprising. The documents also reveal the international response to the uprising, while the Ottoman documents included in the exhibition provide insight into the perspective of the local and central Ottoman authorities. Among the authors of the documents are prominent figures of the period such as Hristo Botev, Vasil Levski, Lyuben Karavelov and Stefan Stambolov.
The exhibition presents both well-known and lesser-known documents, some of which are being displayed for the first time, tracing the events in all revolutionary districts, the role of the Bulgarian emigre community and the international reaction to the uprising.
Skopje is the first place outside Bulgaria where it is being exhibited. Prior to the opening of the exhibition, children from the preschool group of the Zdravei Sunday school participated in an open lesson on the April Uprising. Bulgarian Cultural Centre in Skopje Hosts Exhibition Marking 150th Anniversary of April Uprising 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-28 18:26:15 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law