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    The only time Romanians and Bulgarians collaborated

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    2. beorn88 on

      Mate, Romanians didnt exsist in the 12 century as a country/nation or whatsoever what about wording. Nothing personal, I like the country and so, but in the middle centuries the vlachs was simply a region where ethic bulgarians were living ( often mixed up with cumans )

    4. Quick_Ad_3367 on

      I think it’s true because the Cumans which were the political factor back then had Vlachs in their service though I’m not sure if there was a specific Vlach political entity at that time as a leading force.

    7. simo_rz on

      The r-word ppl really think that 100% multi ethnic empires were only with their preferred ethnicity only….if this sub Reddit could research for shit, they would find Romanian Wikipedia and read about the Valacho Bulgarian empire ….. Asenu and Petru lol or even Ioanica Caloian. Ppl here would explode I’m pretty sure

    8. ThracianW on

      Not the only collaboration especially in the middle ages but yeah the history of the second bulgarian empire is pretty entangled with the vlachs and cumans.

    9. TrickEntrepreneur169 on

      Asen and Petar were undoubtedly local Търново nobles. However, the modern concept of a “nation” didn’t exist in their time. It was not unusual for local nobility to have origins from entirely different ethnic groups. The Asen dynasty was most likely of Cuman descent, but this does not change the fact that the state they founded was Bulgarian.

      Over time, some modern Romanian narratives consider the Cumans “Romanians” because they lived on what became Romanian territory, but this is a territorial, not ethnic claim. Also it is another modern misconception that projects present-day national identities onto a period when such concepts did not exist.

    11. Suitable-Decision-26 on

      The Cumans are ignored here and they shouldn’t be. It is Bulgaro-Cuman victory if anything.

    12. scales_and_fangs on

      Nonsense

      Firstly, a small correction on the terminology: the Romanian state is from 1859. Wallachia’s history as a state (one of the principalities that will create Romania and the closest to Bulgaria geographically) starts around the late 13th century. Yes, these lands were inhabited by Vlachs (and also Cumans and probably some Bulgarian minority), which is the term that should be used at that age. And yes, Peter and Asen were of mixed origin (either Cuman or Vlach and Bulgarian but knowing how messy i the history of Northern Bulgaria is in that age, combination of all three are possible).

      Second, while the Vlachs and Bulgarians being two distinct ethnic groups, people on the both sides of Danube closely collaborated and influenced one another. The Bulgarian language has influenced the Romanian one (the Romanian language is the only romance language where “yes” is the same as the Slavic one), the Romanian language used Cyrillic until the 17th century. Many Bulgarian scholars fled into Wallachia after the fall of the Bulgarian state in 1396. Wallachia and the Second Bulgarian Empire were often on the same side in their wars (against Hungary, for example).

      Third, the opposite is also true. During the Ottoman rule, the principality of Wallachia was a safe haven for the disgruntled Bulgarians and refugees. Romania (yes, because it is after 1861) participated in the liberation of Bulgaria in 1877-1878. Furthermore, most of the Romanians were unhappy to get Northern Dobruja and give up Moldavian lands to Russia. It was only later when their interests clashed for Southern Dobruja (partly because at the time, Romania’s only way for expansion was south, being squeezed between two empires) but the dispute for Dobruja has been settled in 1940 in today’s borders and populations have been exchanged.

      Furthermore, Bulgaria and Romania were allies in the Second World War (willingly or unwillingly) and were in Eastern Block and ascended together in the European Union.

      As a summary, I would go on and claim that more often than not, the Bulgarians and Romanians have been on the same side.

    13. LLTsochev on

      Up until 200 years ago Vlachs and Bulgarian still spoke old-bulgarian. After the split romanians and Bulgarian split into 2 etnic groups. If you want evidence listen or read romanian church prayers.They are still in old-bulgarian. Romanian as in the language was made from a combination of Balkan Romance , French and Italian 200 years ago.