, 16;
culture, 15, 17, 123, 126, 130, 131, 134;
education, 16, 93;
reforms, 18-19;
religion, 16, 66;
rise of nationalism, 17-20

Turks: vii, 2, 55, 65-66, 106, 177;
emigration, 57-58, 66

Turnovo: 15, 199; Balkantourist Hotel, 134

Tyulenovo: 254

Union of Working Youth: 277

United Nations: Committee on Disarmament, 181, 292;
membership, vii, 34, 172, 180;
participation, 180-181

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: 181

United States relations: 34, 35, 177-178, 222

urban development: 53

Ustashi: 26

Valley of Roses: 38, 45

Vaptsarov, Nikola: 127

Varna: 54, 57, 62, 199, 250;
radio and television, 195, 196;
railroads, 59, 60;
universities, 97, 115

Vazov, Ivan: 126-127

vegetation: 45-46

Velev, Angel: 150

Veliko Turnovo: 54

Velsko: 199

Vidin Kingdom: 15

Vietnam, North: 117, 222

Visigoths and Ostrogoths: 10

Vitosha mountains: 40

Vladigerov, Pancho: 130

Vratsa: 254

Vucha River: 42

Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact): vii, 7, 171, 175, 179, 287,
290, 292, 293-294, 298

Western influence: 18, 34, 176, 185, 294

wildlife: 47

women: 69-70;
alcoholism, 281;
BKP membership, 160;
Committee of Bulgarian Women, 168-169;
labor, 237, 262;
maternity leave, 90;
penal institutions, 285;
rights of, 142, 168;
traditional role, 68

Workers Party: 30

World War I: 23-25

World War II: 1, 9, 10, 23-25, 288;
declaration of war against Germany, 29;
effect, 29-30;
partisans, 30-31, 132, 277, 287;
relations with Soviet Union, 27, 30-31, 288;
Soviet occupation, 28-29, 31

youth: crime, 280, 285, 294;
films on, 202;
ideological training, viii, 6, 97-99, 100, 115, 121, 159, 169, 284,
285;
labor, 237;
news organization, 193;
nihilist attitude, 155-156, 167, 278-279, 295;
sources of information, 185

youth organizations (_see also_ Dimitrov Communist Youth Union): 8, 76,
167-168, 277-279

Yovkov, Yordan: 127

Yugoslavia: 26, 35, 172, 256;
Macedonians, treatment of, 66;
relations, 26-27, 34-35, 176, 192, 296;
World War II, 28

Yugov, Anton: 35, 161

Zakhariev, Vasil: 133

Zemen Monastery: 131

Zhivkov, Todor: 1, 3, 35-36;
agricultural policy, 230, 231-232, 233;
attempted coup against in 1965, 35-36, 153, 154, 156, 271;
Committee of Bulgarian Women, 168-169;
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