Scientific expedition of Yu.I. Venelin to the Trans-Danube lands: a collection of Vlaсhian-Bulgarian (Dacian-Slavic) letters

Abstract

The article is devoted to one of the directions of the multifaceted activity of the world-famous Russian slavist Yu. I. Venelin, who made a huge contribution to the development of the Bulgarian language, to the study and popularization of Bulgarian history and culture. The course and results of his scientific expedition to the Trans-Danube lands (1830), during which he collected, copied from the originals, and also explained the Vlachian-Bulgarian (Dacian-Slavic) letters (letters of the Danube Slavs) belonging to monasteries or private individuals, are recreated in details. Many charters are of a legal nature (inheritance, right to property, gift, vacation, etc.) and have not yet been thoroughly studied and analyzed.