Long Reads: Kristen Ghodsee on the Lost World of Bulgarian Communism
Jacobin Radio
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Prudur Zhivkov: The Most Humble Leader in Bulgaria
Zhivkov was a much more humble guy. He kind of played the goofy peasant leader. And many people called him sort of like Uncle Unkletosho. There was a kind of familiarity to him. Many people in Bulgaria are quite nostalgic for the communist period partially because it was not as repressive as other places.
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