Sofia in the year of 1912 Photo Gallery by Nikola Gruev at pbase.com

Sofia in the year of 1912

The pictures in this gallery have been scanned from Xerox copies of black and white photographs. All the photos have been taken in the year of 1912.

The original set of photographs have been ordered by the Balkan National Insurance Company, shown on the second pictures (02.jpg), I would guess, to be passed on as gifts to special customers. I wouldn't be surprised if each one is a post card. Advertizing of an insurance company proud of itself.

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s48.jpg	s49.jpg	s50.jpg	s51.jpg	s52.jpg	s53a.jpg
s53b.jpg	s55.jpg	s56.jpg	s57.jpg	s58.jpg	s59.jpg
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Ludmila gesheva		28-Oct-2011 10:26
this are pictures of a city that most of the present "Sofia people" their families and parents & grandparents & grand grand parents do not know. Thank you for that gallery - it remind me that there was a reason my family to move from Praha to Sofia to work and live.

Розмари, от форумите на Дир-а		10-Nov-2010 07:43
Nagarbil si se s vazmozhno nai-blagorodna zadacha, tezhka - da sahranish spomena za edni dni, koito vsiacheski se opitvat da ni nakarat da zabravim. Po otnoshenie na men, niama da mogat!!!! Uspeh i badi zdrav.

Juli Di		21-Sep-2009 06:41
Ñíèìêèòå ñà ðàçêîøíè!Áðàâî!

simova		25-Mar-2008 09:34
Prekrasna Sofia!

Asen Georgiev		10-Nov-2007 19:10
The pictures are great. It was a nice surprise to see the way my city looked nearly a century ago. I couldn't recognize some of the sight at first :) I wish some of the places had preserved their form from before...

Бандов		17-Oct-2007 21:43
Ïðåêðàñíî íàñòðîåíèå ñúçäàâàò òåçè ñíèìêè, áëàãîäàðíîñòè íà ïóáëèêóâàëèÿ ãè. È âñå ïàê, òå íîñÿò è ìíîãî òúãà - Ñîôèÿ äíåñ òðÿáâà ñå áîðè íå çà äà ðàñòå, à çà äà íå çàãèíå...

Светлана Дяконова		09-Oct-2007 15:18
Äîáðå, ÷å âñå îùå íÿêîé ïàçè ñòàðèòå ñíèìêè, çàùîòî ñ âñåêè èçìèíàë äåí õóáàâèòå ñãðàäè â Ñîôèÿ ñå ðóøàò. Ñêîðî âèäÿõ, ÷å úãëîâàòà äãðàäà íà óë. Ñúáîðíà è Óë. Áàòåìáåðã å â "ðåìîí" äîêàòî ñå ðàçðóøè. Èçìèñëåíè Àðõèòåêòè èñêàò äà ðàçðóøàò Õóäîæåñòâåíàòà àêàäåìèÿ, çà äà ïîñòðîÿò íå_çíàì_êàâî_íåùî_ñè. Ìèñëÿò ñè, ÷å òàêà êàòî íå îñòàíå íèùî õóáàâî, òÿõíîòî áåçäàðèå è ãðîçíèòå èì "ïðîèçâåäåíèÿ" íÿìà äà ñå îòëè÷àâàò íà îáùèÿ ôîí.

Stefan Trifonov		04-Aug-2007 09:57
This collection is great! Thank you for sharing it whit us. P.S. Excuse me for my bad english.

Георги Белянов		09-Jun-2007 17:43
Íåâåðîÿòíè ñíèìêè! Íÿìà ñìèñúë äà õóëÿ âîéíèòå è êîìóíèçìà, à ñàìî ìîãà äà êàæà áðàâî! íà ñòðîèòåëèòå íà ñòàðà Ñîôèÿ, à è íà öåíèòåëÿ, êà÷èë òåçè ñíèìêè òóê. Áëàãîäàðÿ òè.

Philip		29-May-2007 07:44
Áðàâî çà ÷óäåñíèòå ñíèìêè. Íàäÿâàì ñå äà ïîïúëíèø ãàëåðèÿòà ñè ñ îùå ôîòîãðàôèè íà ñòàðà Ñîôèÿ çà äà ñå âèäè êðàñîòàòà é îùå îò ñòàðî âðåìå. Ïîçäðàâè!

Marcin		14-Jan-2007 22:41
i have the same impression of the war whan i think of Warsow. But apart from the allies it has been also Germans who did most of the worst during that time. Pictures are really amazing. Thanx for access

Vladislav		11-Apr-2006 17:39
C'est pas vrais, Jackues! La majoritee de ces batiments existent encore aujourdhuis.

Jacques		01-Mar-2006 05:02
Ce qui me frappe est cette beauté monumentale qu'on voit plus à Sofia. Dommage... Evidemment la 2e Guerre Mondiale et les communistes ont tout detruit. :/

Zdravko Stoianov		19-Aug-2005 06:16
Those are great pictures. Thanks for put them on the net.

Yana Deyanova		18-Feb-2005 10:55
Beautiful!

Grifon_Krivoust		13-Feb-2005 18:21
Wonderful! It was a sheer pleasure for me to see this gallery! It brings such a nausea though, when one thinks of what the WW2 and komunism have helped to be totally destroeyed! Vienna would have been a mere village compared to Sofia if British, American and Soviet wouldn't have done what the unfortunately have...

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