BULGARIA SECRETS

Stefan Stambolov (1854–1895) served 1886-1894 1st as regent and afterwards prime minister for the new ruler, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (prince 1887–1908, tsar 1908–1918). Stambolov believed that Russia's liberation of Bulgaria from Turkish rule had been an endeavor by Czarist Russia to turn Bulgaria into its protectorate. His coverage was chara