AN UNBIASED VIEW OF BULGARIA

Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895) served 1886-1894 very first as regent and afterwards key minister for the new ruler, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (prince 1887–1908, tsar 1908–1918). Stambolov believed that Russia's liberation of Bulgaria from Turkish rule were an endeavor by Czarist Russia to turn Bulgaria into its protectorate. His policy was charac