{"id":1236,"date":"2010-01-01T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T09:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/uncategorized\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-november-12\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:56:42","slug":"on-this-day-in-bulgaria-november-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-november-12\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in Bulgaria: November 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>November 12, 1897 &#8212; A Naval Force Is Established in Varna<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On November 12, 1897, a naval force was established in Varna by decree of Prince Ferdinand, laying the foundations of what would become the Varna Naval Base. Bulgaria had emerged from Ottoman rule as a young state with limited maritime capacity, but access to the Black Sea made naval organization strategically important. Varna, already a major port, became the natural centre for this development. The new force helped professionalize maritime defence, training, logistics, and coastal security. Over time, it contributed to the broader growth of the Bulgarian Navy and to the country&#8217;s ability to defend its coastline, ports, and sea communications. The date marks an early institutional step in Bulgaria&#8217;s modern military and maritime history.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>November 12, 1945 &#8212; The Higher School of Technology Is Set Up in Ruse<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On the same date in 1945, the Higher School of Technology was set up in Ruse. The decision came in the difficult first months after the Second World War, when Bulgaria needed engineers, technical specialists, and industrial knowledge for reconstruction and modernization. Ruse, a Danube city with strong commercial and transport traditions, was well placed for such an institution. Technical education there helped prepare specialists for machinery, production, infrastructure, and applied sciences, fields that would become increasingly important during the socialist industrialization drive. The school&#8217;s creation also showed how higher education was expanding beyond Sofia, giving regional centres a stronger role in training professionals and supporting economic development across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Continue with <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-november-11\/\">November 11<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-november-13\/\">November 13<\/a>. For more stories and places, explore <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/from-above\/\">Bulgaria From Above<\/a> and the guides in our <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/bulgaria\/\">Bulgaria<\/a> category on <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/\">Bronicable<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in Bulgarian history: a naval force was established in Varna in 1897, and the Higher School of Technology was set up in Ruse in 1945.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-this-day-in-bulgaria","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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