Prof. Kelbecheva: We have been irradiated with Russian propaganda for 77 years, we have a heavy mental legacy

Bulgarian society has been under the influence of Kremlin propaganda for decades, which is why we have an extremely heavy mental legacy. A large part of people do not know the true history of Bulgaria.
Historian Evelina Kelbecheva made such a finding to bTV.

“If the Bulgarian public really knew what was happening between 1944 and 1948, when we remained under Soviet occupation, it would not be so difficult to part with the monument to the Soviet Army. We are champions in Europe – the only ones who keep 185 monuments of The occupying Red Army. There is no other country like this. They keep giving false examples in Vienna, Budapest, but these are monuments built in places where there was a battle. We are occupied for no reason are the metastases of a communist propaganda that poisoned our society for so many years.” she pointed out.

“The most frightening is the reaction of people who are actually ignorant of real history, but who continue to serve a heavy propaganda. I am not surprised by this fact, but I am ashamed that according to research, the percentage of these people is so tall. We don’t have civil education in Bulgaria.” – said Prof. Kelbecheva.

According to her, Bulgarians have an extremely heavy mental heritage.

“The propaganda that we are still witnessing today did not stop with the fall of the regime and the collapse of the Berlin Wall. We are the most impure of the fact that we are subject to 77 years of propaganda that began in the 18th century with Russophilia, with mythology about the liberators, folklore, literature, and then the poet of history.” she added.

In connection with the dispute surrounding the personality of the mayor of Sofia, Eng. Ivan Ivanov, and whether his monument should be built in the capital, Evelina Kelbecheva said that for her this is a completely pointless dispute. According to her, the accusation of links with the Nazis is very marginal and elementary. She pointed out that Engineer Ivan Ivanov continues the great modernization work of Bulgaria’s builders, he is the most successful mayor of Sofia.