In Tskhinval, South Ossetian scientists have been presented the collections of reports of the international scientific conference. The conference was held on November 27-28, 2019 and was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Neuilly Peace Treaty. The event was organized by the Bulgarian Military Historical Commission in Paris / Neuilly-sur-Seine (France) under the slogan "The war, which was supposed to put an end to all wars."
On the invitation of the organizers, with the support of the Society of South Ossetian-Bulgarian Friendship named after M.P. Sanakoev, the conference was distantly attended by South Ossetian scientists who presented the scientific reports on the participation of Ossetians in the First World War. These are candidates of historical sciences, associate professors of the South-Ossetian State University Robert Kulumbegov (report "Ossetians - participants of the First World War - a forgotten feat") and Taimuraz Tadtaev (report "Pages of the military way of Ossetians - generals of the Russian Tsarist army D. K. Abatsiev and L. F. Bicherakhov ").
The reports of the South Ossetian scholars were warmly received by the organizers and participants of the conference and included in the collection of the conference reports, which was published in the Bulgarian Military History Collection in Bulgaria.
The collections with the reports of our scientists, along with their certificates of participation in the international scientific conference in Paris / Neuilly-sur-Seine, arrived in South Ossetia at the end of last week. In a festive atmosphere in the Z. N. Vaneev South-Ossetian State University, where the Society of the South Ossetian-Bulgarian Friendship is located, the collections were presented to Kulumbegov and Tadtaev. They also received memorable gifts from the Society of South Ossetian-Bulgarian Friendship - a colorfully decorated poem by the great Bulgarian poet Ivan Vazov in the Ossetian language in a gift frame.
The presentation was made by the assistant to the head of the Presidential Executive Office of South Ossetia, Deputy Chairman of the Society of the South Ossetian-Bulgarian friendship, Honored journalist of South Ossetia Inal Pliev. He expressed gratitude to the Bulgarian and South Ossetian scientists for the steps aimed at scientific cooperation.
Robert Kulumbegov called it "good scientific experience for himself to participate in this international scientific conference, albeit distantly." He has expressed hope that in the future there will be conditions for direct participation in such conferences.
Taimuraz Tadtaev called this conference and the participation of South Ossetian scholars “a huge contribution to historical science” and expressed confidence that South Ossetian scholars should participate in such international scientific conferences.
The Chairman of the Society of the South Ossetian-Bulgarian Friendship, Candidate of History, Associate Professor Robert Gagloev expressed his gratitude to the Bulgarian Military Historical Commission, headed by lieutenant colonel, reserve officer, Doctor of History, associate professor Stancho Stoychev Stanchev and professor Ivan Georgiev Sapundzhiev, whom he called the great patriots of Bulgaria. He has emphasized that the scientific cooperation will help bring together representatives of science from Bulgaria and South Ossetia.
Note: The 1919 Neuilly Peace Treaty, signed on November 27 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (near Paris) by Bulgaria, a participant in the defeat of the Central Powers bloc in the World War I 1914-18, on the one hand, and the victorious “allied and united powers” (USA, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, etc.) - on the other hand. Neuilly Peace Treaty, was one of the treaties that formed the basis of the Versailles-Washington system; entered into force on August 9, 1920. According to the agreement, 4 districts with an area of 2566 square kilometers with the cities of Tsaribrod, Bosilegrad and Strumica departed from Bulgaria to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 - Yugoslavia). The border with Romania established by the Bucharest Peace Treaty of 1913 was confirmed (Southern Dobruja remained with Romania). Bulgaria lost West Thrace (8.5 thousand sq. Km) and with it access to the Aegean Sea; Western Thrace passed into the possession of Great Britain, Italy, France, the United States and Japan, pledging (Article 48) to “guarantee freedom of economic access to Bulgaria to the Aegean Sea” (the obligation was violated by the transfer of Western Thrace to Greece in 1920). Bulgaria pledged to pay reparations of 2.25 billion gold francs. Military articles of the Treaty limited the types of weapons and the size of the army (20 thousand people), the police and gendarmerie of Bulgaria. Its economy and finances were placed under the control of the Inter-Union Commission of representatives from the UK, France and Italy. In 1923 and 1930, the articles of the Treaty on reparations were revised, and in 1938, on military restrictions. In 1940, South Dobrudja (in accordance with the Bulgarian-Romanian treaty on September 7, 1940) was returned to Bulgaria. After the 2nd World War 1939 - 45, the Noysky Peace Treaty completely lost its force.
