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Bulgaria, a Balkan country on the Black Sea in southeastern Europe, was conquered by the Bulgars, an Asiatic tribe, in the 7th century. Bulgarian kingdoms continued to exist until it came under Turkish rule in 1395. Bulgaria was made a principality under Turkish suzerainty in 1878. Became a independent Bulgarian kingdom in 1908. A People's Republic was established after WWII. A new republican government was elected in 1991.