Duhovnie Sviazi Bolgar i Russkih.

The author reveals the rich history of the cultural connections between the Bulgarian and Russian peoples. It was well emphasized that due to the closeness of Bulgaria to the Byzantine Empire, the earlier conversion of the Bulgarian and the support which tsar Boris I ensured to the students of Cyril and Methodius Bulgaria became the first significant center of the Slavic literature and culture as early as IX-X c. That circumstance allowed the rulers of Russia to search and receive active backing from Bulgaria for the developing of the Russian Christian civilization. The process repeated at the end of the XIV c. when as a result of the Ottoman conquest a number of large representatives of the Tarnovo literary school immigrated and developed large activity in Russia (especially the bishops Kipriyan and Gregory Tsamblak). The process was reversed in XV c. Then the Russian people returned the spiritual achievements of the already enslaved Bulgarians. Between XVI and XIX c. from Russia to Bulgaria were sent ecclesiastical books, icons, financial help for churches and monasteries, young Bulgarian graduated from Russian universities. Thus, the cultural and spiritual cooperation between Bulgaria and Russia created an immensely opulent positive layer in the history of the Slavic culture. While the duty of the Slavic science was the attainments to be interpreted, displayed and continued to the benefit of both nations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]