“It is important that Tsenov's facts show that the Bulgarians have been in the Balkans since the 4th century, with which the author has even shaken the general opinion about the founding of the Bulgarian state in 679. by a handful of Mongol Bulgarians”

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Source: Prof. Mayer, “Indogermanische Forschungen”, Heft 2, 1933

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