Award Ceremony of the 11th Bulgarian National History Competition

Prize winners of the Bulgarian National History Competition 2019 with their supervisors, representatives of the Value Foundation and Former President Petar Stoyanov | Photo: Values Foundation/Bozhidar Markov
Prize winners of the Bulgarian National History Competition 2019 with their supervisors, representatives of the Value Foundation and Former President Petar Stoyanov | Photo: Values Foundation/Bozhidar Markov

The eleventh edition of Bulgaria's National History Competition on the topic of “Childhood in History” has successfully finished. The winners were awarded in an official ceremony, which was held in the Central Military Club Sofia on 22 June 2019. The prizes were handed out by former President Petar Stoyanov (1997-2002), who traditionally gives the first prize to the winners, by Slava Ivanova, chair of the National Endowment Fund “13 Centuries Bulgaria” and by Mrs. Antonina Stoyanova, president of the “Values Foundation”. The Values Foundation has held the competition for high school students for more than 20 years without interruption. The ceremony has been very widely covered on a national level: in the main newspapers and online editions, websites and on the main radio programmes.

Decho Pavlov | Photo: Values Foundation/Bozhidar Markov
Decho Pavlov | Photo: Values Foundation/Bozhidar Markov

Petya Georgieva, who has been a project manager of the NHC Bulgaria for many years, was leading the ceremony. She also introduced the EUSTORY Network, since she has been a part of the competition and the network for a long time. Petya gave the floor to Decho Pavlov, who is a prize winner for a second consecutive year and attended the EUSTORY Next Generation Summit 2018 in Berlin last year. He gave a well-structured and detailed speech about the Summit, pointing out all of the benefits and opportunities resulting from taking part in the Summit. Decho finished his speech by urging the other winners to apply for the Summit and saying that the greatest benefits at the end of this experience are the international friendships and contacts one is able to make. Afterwards, a short video was shown in order to provide a glimpse of what the Summit was like.

Overview of the prize winners:

First place:

Tuche Musa and Seville Salim, Hristo Smirnenski school, Chernoochene Village: "The Name is an Honor" (children in Chernoochene municipality and "The Revival process"), supervisor: Julia Chortleneva;

Second place:

Seljan Mehmedova, S. Konstantin Kiril - Philosopher Rousse school: "Happiness Is About Being a Child"

Ivana Manginova, Dobri Chintulov High School of Fine Arts, Sliven: "We Build for the Country - Heroes or Sacrifices", supervisors: Tanya Elenska and PhD. Momchil Metodiev

Third Place:

Georgi Rangelov, Mathematical Profesional High School "St. Kliment Ohridski ", Montana: "Family, School, Education - Education as a Fundamental Value of the Family and the Society", supervisor: Yulia Todorova

Svetoslava Pavlova, Sofia University "Konstantin Konstantinov", Sliven: "Children's and youth leisure activities"

Decho Pavlov, 91 Prof. Konstantin Galabov school, Sofia: "PASS!", supervisor: Nikolay Krastev

Each of the winners received a cash prize and a certificate, each of the 58 participants received a certificate and a book.


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