Dr. Nadezhda Krasteva, Assoc. Prof.
Prof. Jordan Kolev, DSc.
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-5.01
Absract. In the archives and in the memories of the Bulgarian intelligentsia about the personality and work of Ivan D. Shishmanov, evidence is sought for the qualities and abilities that elevate him as a “model of a Europeanized Bulgarian”. The assumption that his cultural ideas and diverse scientific and managerial
activities are nationally significant, humane and democratic was confirmed, and
they are a call for peace and cooperation in our country and in the Balkans. He is a
true intellectual, Spirit of the Bulgarian time, who tried to create, based on the model
of Europe, the nation and the Third Bulgarian State – based in consciousness and
law, morality and ethics, education and culture; legality, tolerance and integrity.
Keywords: bulgarian scientist; minister of education; historian-philosopher; pedagogue-reformer; academician