8-119;
Teachers Union, 277;
technical and vocational schools, 96-97, 99, 100, 101-102, 104, 110,
111, 112-113, 116, 121, 284;
Turkish period, 16;
work concept, 98, 101-102, 103, 109

elections: 3-4, 149-151;
BKP membership, 150;
Central Election Commission, 149-150;
Law of Election for the National Assembly, 149;
1971 Constitution, 149;
nominations, 150, 165;
Secretariat, 158;
trade unions, 166

electric power: 255-257, 266;
hydroelectricity, 41, 42, 176, 180, 252, 255

Elin Pelin Bulgarian Bibliographical Institute: 199

Eliseyna: 259

ethnic groups:
Armenians, 2, 55, 65;
Bulgar, vii, 2;
Greek, vii, 2, 55, 58, 65, 106;
Jews, 2, 28, 34, 55, 58, 67, 106;
Macedonians, vii, 55, 58, 65, 66;
minority languages, vii, 97;
Romanians, vii, 2, 55, 58, 65;
Turks, vii, 2, 55, 65-66, 106, 177

European Conference for Security and Cooperation: 176

family: 65, 67-71;
extended family (_zadruga_), 67-68, 70-71, 76;
family allowance payments, 90;
traditional, 67-69

Father Paisi: 18, 95, 126

Fatherland Front: 7, 33, 77, 100, 137-138, 139, 141, 165-166, 277;
BKP use of, 7, 166, 276;
_Izgrev_, official organization, 191;
National Council (Committee), 31, 137, 150, 164;
State Council, relationship, 164;
World War II, 1, 29, 31-32

Ferdinand, King: 22, 24, 25

films: viii, 91, 129, 184, 187, 200-202;
Soviet, 201

finance (_see also_ budget): viii, 21

folk arts: 126,130-131

folk songs: 18

forced labor camps: 273

foreign policy: 155, 171-181;
Chervenkov, 34;
Communist countries, 175-176;
conduct of, 173-175;
historical factors, 172-173;
irredentism, 1, 2, 9, 10, 13, 20, 21-22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 176;
military relations (_see also_ Warsaw Treaty Organization), 292;
noncommunist states, 175, 176-179;
Soviet model, 35, 171, 172, 173, 178;
Western Europe, 155, 178-179, 190

foreigners, laws governing stay of: 272-273

France: 178, 222

freedom of information: 186-187

French Revolution: 18

Gabrovo: 253

Genkov, Genko: 133

Genov, Todor: 127

geography: v, vii, xiv, 2, 137

Georgiev, Iliya: 185

Georgiev, Kimon: 26, 29, 32

German Democratic Republic: 117, 172, 175, 222

Germany (_see also_ World War I; World War II): 9, 27

Germany, Federal Republic of: 178, 222

Ghiaurov, Nikolai: 129

Goths: 10

government (_see also_ Bulgar