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Elhovo Bulgaria 3rd March 2022: All ages of Bulgarian's come together for Bulgarian Liberation Day on March 3 each year. The Treaty of San Stefano recognized Bulgaria as an independent state in 1878. kinder garden pupils sing the nation songs, Bulgarians girls wearing traditional dance, children wave the national flag with proud. Bulgaria's national day and honours the Bulgarian volunteers who, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 with the assistance of Russian and Romanian forces, liberated Bulgaria from almost 500 years of Ottoman rule.
