State · 1908 – 1946
Kingdom of Bulgaria
A state of 1908 – 1946 — 38 years in Europe. It replaced Principality of Bulgaria and followed Kingdom of Romania. It was replaced by Romanian Old Kingdom and followed by People's Republic of Bulgaria. The atlas records 23 things within it — wars and battles 14 · regime change 2 · unrest and atrocity 1 · treaties 1 · people 5. Its line of rulers holds 3 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 38 years
- 1908 – 1946
- Rulers
- 3
- the head of state
- Most ground
- 170,900 km²
- in 1917
- Within it
- 23
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Principality of Bulgaria · replaces · 1878 – 1908
- Kingdom of Romania · follows · 1881 – 1947
After it
- People's Republic of Bulgaria · followed by · 1946 – 1990
- Romanian Old Kingdom · replaced by · 1881 – 1918
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved, 1946. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
In 1946, the monarchy was abolished, its final tsar was sent into exile, and the tsardom was replaced by the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|
3 rulers, 0 with terms dated as terms. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
99,500 km² in 1908, 153,600 km² in 1943; at its largest 153,600 km² in 1943. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlag of Bulgaria · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Bulgaria_(1927%E2%80%931946).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Bulgaria (1927–1946) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199920 rows · 14 wars and battles · 3 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Turkish War of Independence · war · 1919 – 1923
- Simeon II · politician · 1937 – present
- Nexhat Daci · ruler · 1944 – present
- Incident at Petrich · war · 1925
- Monastir offensive · battle · 1916
- Siege of Adrianople · battle · 1912 – 1913
- September Uprising · unrest · 1923
- Battle of Lule Burgas · battle · 1912
and 12 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood38 years
stood longer than 30% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held170,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 55% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century2.0
had more wars on record per century than 97% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 6 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1898 – 1956, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1917, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q147909 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.