One in three neighbors misses communism

It has been announced that about a third of the population of Bulgaria longs for the communist regime that was in power in the country until 1989.

The results of the survey published by the National Center for Parliamentary Research (NZPI) affiliated with the Bulgarian Parliament, 25 years after the death of the leader of the communist regime, Todor Jivkov, and 33 years after the transition to democracy, on 32, 6 percent of people said, “What historical period would you like to live in?” “During the reign of Zhivkov”. turned out to be the answer.

53 percent of those who preferred to live in the communist regime were over 59 years old.

In the analysis section of the survey, it was stated that the majority of those who made this choice lived in small settlements and had a low level of education.

In the survey, Vasil Levski, considered the country’s national hero, ranked first in the section of people who played the most important role in Bulgaria’s development, while Todor Jivkov ranked sixth and Han Asparuh, known as the founder of the Bulgarian state, ranked 7.

In the survey, the rate of those who preferred the democratic period, which has lasted for the past 33 years, stood at 28.1 percent. It was observed that the majority of those who gave this answer were in the age group of 30 to 39 years.

9.6 of those surveyed said they longed for the tsarist period before the communist regime, which came to power with the 1944 coup, with the support of the Red Army of the former Soviet Union (USSR).

7.9 percent of the citizens who participated in the survey said: “If I had the right to choose, I would not live in Bulgaria”. gave the answer. (AA)