8 Haziran\u2019da Sofya\u2019da \u201cSveta Sofya\u201d kilisesinin bah\u00e7esinde Bulgar \u00c7ar\u0131 Sanuil\u2019in (\/997-1014 y\u0131l\u0131) an\u0131t\u0131 a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131yor. \u0130hti\u015faml\u0131 an\u0131t\u0131n \u015fimdi a\u00e7\u0131lmas\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015fl\u0131ca sebebi ise, \u00fcnl\u00fc h\u00fck\u00fcmdar\u0131n \u00f6l\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fcn\u00fcn 1000. y\u0131ld\u00f6n\u00fcm\u00fcyle ilgilidir. Samuil, Bulgar devleti i\u00e7in \u00e7ok zor bir d\u00f6nemde krall\u0131\u011fa ge\u00e7er. O d\u00f6nemlerde b\u00fcy\u00fck Bizans \u0130mperatorlu\u011fu ile orant\u0131s\u0131z askeri g\u00fc\u00e7, dramatik ve trajik sava\u015flar y\u00fcr\u00fct\u00fcl\u00fcr. \u00c7ar Samuil, Sofya\u2019daki bu an\u0131t\u0131 neden hakediyor? Bulgaristan radyosunun bu sorusunu tarih\u00e7i prof. Plamen Pavlov cevapl\u0131yor:<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cO d\u00f6nemin Bulgarlar\u0131 onu \u201cG\u00fc\u00e7 vecesarette eri\u015filmez ve benzeri omayan\u201d biri olarak niteliyor. Onu \u201cBug\u00fcn de Bulgarlar\u0131n diline dolanan \u201co me\u015fhur Samuil\u201d s\u00f6zleriyle tan\u0131ml\u0131yor yaz\u0131larda. 18. as\u0131rdan yazar, Samuil\u2019in vefat\u0131ndan as\u0131rlar sonra da, ona tap\u0131ld\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ve ger\u00e7ek bir ulusal kahraman olarak g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc yaz\u0131yor. James Cochran Stevenson Runciman ve Prof. Konstantin \u0130re\u00e7ek gibi \u00fcnl\u00fc tarih\u00e7iler Samuil\u2019i Bulgarlar\u0131n ihti\u015faml\u0131 kral\u0131 Simeon Veliki ile k\u0131yasl\u0131yor (893-927 y\u0131l\u0131). Dolay\u0131s\u0131la \u00c7ar Samuil\u2019in Bulgar tarihindeki yeri \u00e7ok \u00f6nemlidir\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u00c7ar Samuil\u2019in y\u00f6netiminde Bulgar tarihinde en kanl\u0131 ve a\u011f\u0131r bir sayfas\u0131 ya\u015fan\u0131r. Bizansl\u0131lar\u0131n esaretine giren 15 bin Bulgar askerinin g\u00f6zleri de\u015filerek, k\u00f6r edilir. Y\u00fcz askerden birinin bir g\u00f6z\u00fc b\u0131rak\u0131lm\u0131\u015f, k\u00f6r askerleri y\u00f6nlendirmek \u00fczere, tek g\u00f6zl\u00fc b\u0131rak\u0131lm\u0131\u015f. Binlerce askerinin ac\u0131 i\u00e7inde k\u0131vranan k\u00f6r bak\u0131\u015flar\u0131 kar\u015f\u0131s\u0131nda, bu ac\u0131 manzaraya dayanamayan \u00c7ar Samuil, yerinde \u00f6l\u00fcr. \u00c7ar Samuil\u2019in Sofya\u2019da b\u00f6yle b\u00fcy\u00fck bir an\u0131t\u0131n\u0131n a\u00e7\u0131lmas\u0131na sebep ba\u015fka bir olay da var:<\/p>\n
\u201cSamuil ve onun karde\u015fleri, y\u00f6netici anlam\u0131na gelen komit Nikola\u2019n\u0131n o\u011fullar\u0131ym\u0131\u015f. Onlar, Krum ailesiyle ba\u011fl\u0131 aristokrat bir s\u00fclalenin o\u011fulalr\u0131d\u0131r. Yani onlar, Bulgar \u00c7ar Hanedanl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n bir yan koludur. Komit Nikola, bug\u00fcnk\u00fc Sofya olan eski Sredets h\u00fck\u00fcmdar\u0131ym\u0131\u015f. Dolay\u0131s\u0131yla Samuil\u2019in Sofya\u2019da do\u011fmu\u015f olmas\u0131 ihtimali y\u00fcksek. Bulgaristan\u2019\u0131n ba\u015fkenti oldu\u011fu i\u00e7in de\u011fil, ayn\u0131 zamanda Samuil\u2019in do\u011fum kenti olabilece\u011fi i\u00e7in, bu an\u0131t\u0131n yeri tam buras\u0131d\u0131r\u201d.<\/p>\n
An\u0131t, \u00fcnl\u00fc heykeltra\u015f Aleksand\u0131r Haytov\u2019un eseridir.<\/b> Proje ise Rosen ve Mariya Gurkova ailesine ait.\u00a0 An\u0131t i\u00e7in kaynaklar\u0131, i\u015fadam\u0131 doktor Milen Vrabevski ba\u015fkanl\u0131\u011f\u0131nda \u201cBulgar haf\u0131zas\u0131\u201d vakf\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan sa\u011fland\u0131. Onlar\u0131n deste\u011fiyle daha iki Bulgar h\u00fck\u00fcmdar\u0131n\u0131n an\u0131tlar\u0131 dikilecek. Biri Bulgarlar\u0131n Hristiyanl\u0131\u011f\u0131 kabul ettikleri d\u00f6nemden I. Boris, di\u011fer an\u0131t ise, Avrupa\u2019y\u0131 kendi ordusuyla 8. as\u0131rda Arap istilac\u0131lar\u0131ndan kurtaran Tervel Ka\u011fan\u2019\u0131n an\u0131tlar\u0131 olacak.<\/p>