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St. George's Day Military Parade
St. George's Day Military Parade© St. Cyril and St. Methodius NationalLibrary
St. George's Day Military Parade© St. Cyril and St. Methodius NationalLibrary
Object: St. George's Day Military ParadeDescription: Outdoor photograph of men in military
uniforms marching in formation andsaluting official guests, who are standingin front of a vine-covered building,decorated with crosses and bearingan inscription in Bulgarian: "Unity isstrength."
Comment: King Boris III, Bulgarian officers andpriests at a military tattoo. St. George'sDay (23 April in the Julian calendar,which corresponds to 6 May in theGregorian calendar) is the day of theBulgarian Army, made official by a decreeof Knyaz Alexander of Bulgaria on 9January 1880. Parades are organized inthe capital Sofia to present the best of thearmy's equipment and manpower.
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Date: 1937Location: Sofia, The Bulgarian ParliamentCountry: Bulgaria
Type: PhotographCreator: Karastoyanov, Bozhidar Dimitrov,
(Photographer)Dimensions: Artefact: 134mm x 184mm
Image: 117mm x 168mmFormat: Not specifiedTechnique: Not specified
Keywords: 700 Armed Forces
710 Military Technology
770 Religious Beliefs > 771 General Character of
Religion
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770 Religious Beliefs > 778 Sacred Objects and
Places
780 Religious Practices > 782 Propitiation
780 Religious Practices > 788 Ritual
640 State
550 Individuation and Mobility > 551 Personal
Names
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Archive: St. Cyril and St. Methodius NationalLibrary, Inv. No.: С ІІ 760-1
License: This picture is licensed under CreativeCommons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
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