Војничка заклетва у бугарској армији

Todor, Petrov

Vojnoistorijski glasnik

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https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=761938

2007-2021/10/18/11:40:35

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the most important official ritual in the Bulgarian Army - the military oath. The necessity of its use was laid down in the Constitution of Turnovo, which was approved in April, 1879 - the main law of the Bulgarian country, restored in 1878. It was estimated that in this way exercising the duty to the homeland of all people entering the army will be guaranteed. From 1878 up to the modern days the text of the military oath has been repeatedly modified. Initially, until the election of the first prince of Bulgaria - Alexander I, those entering the Bulgarian infantry, give oath that they will serve “honestly, willingly, fulfilling their commanders’ orders”. After 1880 the soldiers of the Bulgarian army swear in the name of the prince and the homeland and after the proclamation of the independence of Bulgaria in 1908 - in the name of the king and the mother country. Since the beginning of 1945, each and every one of the departing recruits swear “before their conscience and their people”, and since 1945 the oath is taken in the name of “the people and the People’s Republic”. Since 1996 the new text has been used for the military oath, according to which the soldiers take the oath “in the name of the Republic of Bulgaria”. Independently and apart from the particular historical moment in which the oath is taken, the military oath in the Bulgarian army, as well as in the army of every country is a secret pledge to the homeland, and the day in which it is taken remains memorable in the lives of soldiers.

Bulgarian Army, homeland, military history, Military oath, official ritual, soldiers