Has Bulgaria ever been ruled by another country?

Answer 1

Historically many times and for that reason there are 3 Statehood of Bulgaria.

First Bulgarian Empire: Started with han Asparukh in 681 AD, capital- Pliska

During 1018 the Byzantine Empire fully conquered the First Bulgarian Empire, putting it to an end of First Bulgarian State.

Second Bulgarian State: In 1185 when Asen dynasty nobles Ivan Asen I and Peter IV organized a major uprising and succeeded in reestablishing the Bulgarian state, marking the beginning of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Capital- Veliko Turnovo.

In 1393, the Ottomans captured Tarnovo, the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, after a three-month siege. In 1396, the Vidin Tsardom fell after the defeat of a Christian crusade at the Battle of Nicopolis. With this, the Ottomans finally subjugated and occupied Bulgaria.

Third Bulgarian State: The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 resulted in the defeat of Ottoman forces by the Russian Army (supported by Bulgarian volunteer forces and the Romanian Army) and the Treaty of San Stefano (3 March 1878), which set up an autonomous Bulgarian principality. The Great Powers immediately rejected the treaty, fearing that such a large country in the Balkans might threaten their interests. The subsequent Treaty of Berlin (1878) provided for a much smaller autonomous state comprising Moesia and the region of Sofia.[40] The Bulgarian principality proclaimed itself a fully independent state on 5 October (22 September O.S.), 1908, after it won a war against Serbia and incorporated the semi-autonomous Ottoman territory of Eastern Rumelia.

Capital was Sofia (Sredets).

Answer 2

yes , many times..almost 500 years by the Ottoman turks (black story)

Answer 3

it was not a part, but Bulgaria was colony of Ottoman empire for almost 500 years