State · 1946 – 1990
People's Republic of Bulgaria
A state of 1946 – 1990 — 44 years in Europe. It followed Kingdom of Bulgaria. It was replaced by Bulgaria. The atlas records 9 things within it — wars and battles 1 · unrest and atrocity 1 · people 7. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 44 years
- 1946 – 1990
- Rulers
- 5
- the De facto leader
- Most ground
- 109,900 km²
- in 1947
- Within it
- 9
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 6
- 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
- Kingdom of Bulgaria · follows · 1908 – 1946
After it
- Bulgaria · replaced by · 1990 – present
Rulers
The leaders of its ruling party, read from English Wikipedia, List of de facto leaders of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, revision 1376666673 - the line the atlas measures; its formal heads of state are listed with the government below.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgi Dimitrov | 1946 – 1949 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Vasil Kolarov | 1949 – 1950 | 1 year | ending not on record | |
| Valko Chervenkov | 1950 – 1954 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Todor Zhivkov | 1956 – 1989 | 33 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Petar Mladenov | 1989 – 1990 | 1 year | ending not on record |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1946 – 1990. Only 44 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Formal heads of state and heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Bulgaria, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Georgi Dimitrov | lived 1882 – 1949 |
| Valko Chervenkov | lived 1900 – 1980 |
| Todor Zhivkov | lived 1911 – 1998 |
| Petar Mladenov | lived 1936 – 2000 |
| Georgi Dimitrov | 1946 – 1947 |
| Georgi Dimitrov | 1947 – 1949 |
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.
109,400 km² in 1951, 109,400 km² in 1990; at its largest 109,400 km² in 1951. 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.
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coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Bulgaria (1971–1990) · Public domain 
flag, 1946 – 1947Flag of Bulgaria · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1946%E2%80%931948).svg.png)
flag, 1947 – 1948Flag of Bulgaria (1946–1948) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1948%E2%80%931967).svg.png)
flag, 1948 – 1967Flag of Bulgaria (1948–1967) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Scroch .svg/120px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1967%E2%80%931971).svg.png)
flag, 1967 – 1971Flag of Bulgaria (1967–1971) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Scroch .svg/120px-Flag_of_Bulgaria_(1971%E2%80%931990).svg.png)
flag, 1971 – 1990Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Scroch
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 – 19998 rows · 1 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Boyko Borisov · politician · 1959 – present
- Todor Zhivkov · ruler · 1911 – 1998
- Irina Bokova · politician · 1952 – present
- Kristalina Georgieva · politician · 1953 – present
- Valko Chervenkov · ruler · 1900 – 1980
- Nickolay Mladenov · politician · 1972 – present
- 1965 Bulgarian coup attempt · unrest · 1965
- 1989 expulsion of Turks from Bulgaria · war · 1989
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 stood44 years
stood longer than 31% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held109,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 47% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause 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, 1936 – 2000, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1947, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q121932 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.