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Although serious researchers maintain that
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in the 1980s, regarded as a great achievement considered the political situation of the time. As the director of the
National Historical Museum, he had an indirect conflict in 1997–1998 with the President
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historian, politician, and polemicist in the sphere of
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323:The Ten Lies of Macedonism
303:Minister without portfolio
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172:National Historical Museum
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152:Божидар Димитров Стоянов
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