[The Bulgarian population censuses of 1878, 1912, 1928, and 1968].

Abstract

"Having studied a number of original sources and statistical data, the author reviews the Bulgarian population censuses in 1878, 1912, 1928 and 1968. He analyses the causes for the population's small number which does not correspond to the long historical existence of the Bulgarian nationality. The author finds its basic cause in the long Ottoman domination which was connected with physical destruction, purposeful Islamisation and assimilation, and mass deportation of large groups of Bulgarians." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND RUS)