National Sports Academy
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The Vasil Levski National Sports Academy in Sofia
, Bulgaria
, is a higher education institution, which specializes in teaching coaching, physical education and kinesitherapeutics.
It was established in 1942 by Tsar
Boris III as the Higher School for Physical Education (Висше училище за телесно възпитание)http://www.nsa.bg/bg/page,2, and renamed to the Higher Institute for Physical Education and Sport (Висш институт за физическо възпитание и спорт) during 1953-95. It is still commonly referred to as VIF.
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...
, 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...
, is a higher education institution, which specializes in teaching coaching, physical education and kinesitherapeutics.
It was established in 1942 by Tsar
Tsar
Tsar is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism...
Boris III as the Higher School for Physical Education (Висше училище за телесно възпитание)http://www.nsa.bg/bg/page,2, and renamed to the Higher Institute for Physical Education and Sport (Висш институт за физическо възпитание и спорт) during 1953-95. It is still commonly referred to as VIF.