Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS, in Bulgarian
: Българска академия на науките, Balgarska akademiya na naukite, abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy
of Bulgaria
, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members. It publishes and circulates different scientific works, encyclopedias, dictionaries and journals, and runs its own publishing house.
The current president is Acad. Nikola Sabotinov. The budget of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2009 was 84 million levs, or 42.7 million euros. The Bulgarian Space Agency has a budget of 1 million euros and is part of the BAS.
, Bulgarian émigrés founded the Bulgarian Literary Society on 26 September 1869, in Brăila
, the Kingdom of Romania
. The first Statutes accepted were:
Board of Trustees
Acting members:
The following year, the Literary Society began issuing the Periodical Journal, its official publication, and in 1871 elected its first honorary member - Gavril Krastevich
.
In 1878, shortly after Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman rule, the General Assembly voted to move the seat of the Society from Brăila to Sofia
, and on 1 March 1893 the BLS moved into its own building, right next to where the Bulgarian Parliament is seated. The BLS headquarters were completed in 1892. The building was designed by architect Hermann Mayer and was expanded during the 1920s.
The Bulgarian Literary Society adopted its present-day name in 1911, and Ivan Geshov became the Academy's first president. The BAS became a member of the Union of Slavonic Academies and Scientific Communities in 1913, and was accepted as member of the International Council of Scientific Unions in 1931.
and Camp Academia
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica are named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of Academy’s contribution to the Antarctic exploration.
Institute of Solid State Physics
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
: Българска академия на науките, Balgarska akademiya na naukite, abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy
National academy
A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities. Typically the country's learned societies in...
of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members. It publishes and circulates different scientific works, encyclopedias, dictionaries and journals, and runs its own publishing house.
The current president is Acad. Nikola Sabotinov. The budget of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2009 was 84 million levs, or 42.7 million euros. The Bulgarian Space Agency has a budget of 1 million euros and is part of the BAS.
History
As Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, Bulgarian émigrés founded the Bulgarian Literary Society on 26 September 1869, in Brăila
Braila
Brăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...
, the Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania was the Romanian state based on a form of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December 1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania...
. The first Statutes accepted were:
Board of Trustees
- Nikolai Tsenov – President
- Vasilaki Mihailidi
- Petraki Simov
- Kostaki Popovich
- Stefan Beron
Acting members:
- Marin DrinovMarin DrinovProfessor Marin Stoyanov Drinov was a Bulgarian historian and philologist from the National Revival period who lived and worked in Russia through most of his life...
(1838-1906) – Chairman - Vasil Drumev (1840-1901) – Member
- Vasil D. Stoyanov (1839-1910) – Secretary
The following year, the Literary Society began issuing the Periodical Journal, its official publication, and in 1871 elected its first honorary member - Gavril Krastevich
Gavril Krastevich
Gavril Krastevich was a Bulgarian politician. He was born in Kotel in 1813. He was a general governor of Eastern Rumelia between 1884 and 1885 when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. Krastevich died in Istanbul on 16 November 1898....
.
In 1878, shortly after Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman rule, the General Assembly voted to move the seat of the Society from Brăila to Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, and on 1 March 1893 the BLS moved into its own building, right next to where the Bulgarian Parliament is seated. The BLS headquarters were completed in 1892. The building was designed by architect Hermann Mayer and was expanded during the 1920s.
The Bulgarian Literary Society adopted its present-day name in 1911, and Ivan Geshov became the Academy's first president. The BAS became a member of the Union of Slavonic Academies and Scientific Communities in 1913, and was accepted as member of the International Council of Scientific Unions in 1931.
Departments
The BAS has 9 main sections, more broadly united under three main branches: Natural, mathematical and engineering sciences, Biological, medical and agrarian sciences and Social sciences, humanities and art. Each consists of independent scientific institutes, laboratories and other sections.Mathematical Sciences
- Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsInstitute of Mathematics and Informatics (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics was established in 1947 as Institute of Mathematics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Its name changed to Institute of Mathematics with Computing Centre in 1961, while from 1970 to 1988 the Institute together with the Faculty of Mathematics at Sofia...
- Institute of Mechanics
- Institute for Parallel Processing
- National Laboratory of Computer Virology
Physical Sciences
- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear EnergyInstitute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear EnergyInstitute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences isthe leading center for research and application of the nuclear physics in Bulgaria.The research areas include:...
- Institute of Solid State PhysicsInstitute of Solid State PhysicsInstitute of Solid State Physics is one of the physical institutes at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Created by Decree No 362 in October 16, 1972 by the Ministry Council of Bulgaria it is successor of the Institute of Physics with Atomic Scientific Experimental Center at the Bulgarian Academy...
- Institute of Electronics
- Institute of AstronomyInstitute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of SciencesThe Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is a leading Bulgarian research facility in the field of astronomy and astrophysics, located in Sofia, Bulgaria....
- National Astronomical Observatory - Rozhen
- Astronomical Observatory Belogradchik
- Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources
- Central Laboratory for Applied Physics - Plovdiv
- Central Laboratory of Optical Storage and Processing of Information
Chemical Sciences
- Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry
- Institute of Organic Chemistry with a Center of Phyto-Chemistry
- Institute of Physical Chemistry
- Institute of Catalysis
- Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IIES) (former Central Laboratory of Electrochemical Power Sources)
- Institute of Chemical Engineering
- Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses
- Institute of Polymers
Biological Sciences
- Institute of Molecular Biology
- Institute of Genetics
- Institute of Physiology
- Institute of Plant Physiology
- Institute of Microbiology
- Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology
- Institute of Botany
- Institute of Zoology
- Forest Research Institute
- Institute of Experimental Pathology and Parasitology
- Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction
- Institute of Biophysics
- National Museum of Natural History
- Central Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering
- Central Laboratory of General Ecology
Earth Sciences
- Geological Institute
- Geophysical Institute
- National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
- Central Laboratory for Geodesy
- Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- Institute of Oceanology
- Geographical Institute
- Space Research Institute
- Central Laboratory of Solar - Terrestrial Influences
- Central Laboratory for Seismic Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering
- Institute of Water Problems
Engineering Sciences
- Institute of Metal Science
- Central Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Mechanics
- Institute of Computer and Communication Systems
- Institute of Information Technologies
- Institute of Control and System Research
- Central Laboratory of Mechatronics and Instrumentation
- Bulgarian Ship Hydrodynamics Centre
Humanities
- Institute of Bulgarian Language
- Institute of Literature
- Institute of History
- Institute of Thracology
- Institute of Archeology with Museum
- Institute of Balkan Studies
- Ethnographic Institute with Museum
- Institute of Art Studies
- Institute of Folklore Studies
- Cyrillo Methodian Research Center
- Center for Architectural Studies
Social Sciences
- Institute of Sociology
- Institute of Legal Studies
- Institute of Economics
- Center for Science Studies and History of Science
- Institute of Psychology
- Institute of Demography
- Institute of Philosophical Studies
Specialized and Supporting Units
- Central Administration of BAS
- Central Library of BAS
- Scientific Archives of BAS
- Academic Publishing House "Prof. Marin Drinov"
- Botanical Garden
- National Centre on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
- Bulgarian Encyclopedia Scientific Information Center
- Social - Utility Service
- Center for National Security Research
- Research Development and Implementation Association "Scientific Instrumentation"
- Laboratory of Telematics
- Ph.D. Research Career Development Center
Honours
Academia PeakAcademia Peak
Academia Peak is a peak rising to approximately 1,130m in the Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak has precipitous and ice-free north-western slopes and surmounts Huntress Glacier to the northwest and southwest.-Location:The peak is located 1 km...
and Camp Academia
Camp Academia
Camp Academia is a geographical locality in eastern Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of Academy’s contribution to the Antarctic exploration...
on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica are named for the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in appreciation of Academy’s contribution to the Antarctic exploration.
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Institute of Solid State Physics