Left
1. Forerunners of the cooperatives
2. Charles Fournier (1772-1837)
An ideologist and founder of phalanxes
Apostle of the free harmony among people
3. Robert Owen (1771-1858)
Forerunner of the cooperative movement in England, “parishes” and “counties”
4. ENGLAND
The homeland of consumer cooperatives
5. The Rochdale pioneers
6. View of Rochdale, 1780
7. Establishment of the first cooperative in the world – Rochdale, 1844
“Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers”
8. The first cooperative shop – Rochdale
9. Main groups of goods in the shop
10. WILLIAM KING (1786-1865)
Creator of the first theory of cooperatives
Father of the consumer cooperatives movement
11. CHARLES HOWARTH (1814-1868)
Spiritual head of the 28 artisans
The cooperative Archimedes
Center
12. THE BEGINNING
13. TODOR G. VLAYKOV (1865-1943)
14. MIRKOVO VILLAGE
15. TODOR YONCHEV (1859-1940)
16. MIRKOVO – THE BULGARIAN ROCHDALE
Mirkovo – the bethlehem of the bulgarian
cooperatives
Mirkovo – the cradle of the bulgarian cooperative
movement
17. The beginning of the cooperative movement in Bulgaria was laid with the establishment by Todor Vlaykov and Todor Yonchev of Mirkovo lending and savings agricultural society “Oralo” on 26 october 1890 in Mirkovo village, Pirdop district
18. MIRKOVO HAS GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY WHAT ROCHDALE GAVE TO THE GLOBAL COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Mirkovo cooperative – the first on the Balkans
19. Nedelko Hr. Kyulafliev
20. Pavel Hriskov
21.1890
22. THE FIRST PRESIDENTS OF THE LENDING AND SAVINGS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY “ORALO”
23. Pavel Iv. Hriskov
24. Nikola D. Kozarov
25. Pavel Iv. Lisev
26. Zahari Duhlakov
27. Stancho Iv. Gardev, President
28. Nikola Sirakov
29. Tsolev
30. Alexander Iv. Maslov
31.Statutes of “Oralo” Society
32. First Bulgarian cooperative – Officers’ Economic Society “Opit” – 1 July 1895, Shumen
33. First Labour Production Cooperative – Workers’ Sewing Society “Napredak”
1 October 1895, Gabrovo
Right
34. Developments until 1945
35. Founders, disseminators and propagators of the cooperative associations
36. Hristo Ganev, 1874, Sevlievo
President of the Officials’ Cooperative Insurance
Society – Sofia
President of the National Committee of Bulgarian
Cooperatives
President of Cooperative Headquarters “Napred“
Member of the Management Board of
the International Cooperative Union – 1927,
Stockholm
President of the Yugoslav-Bulgarian Cooperative
Institute
Member of the Supreme Cooperative Council
37. The first Bulgarian Law on Cooperatives, 1907
38. Nikola Antonov Kardzhiev
39. Iliya Stefanov
40. Petar Hristov
41. Nedelcho Bachvarov
42. Marko K. Vachkov
43. Dimitar Blagoev
44. Stoyan Yanev
45. Bocho Iliev
46. Types of cooperatives until 1945-1946
Agriculture – rural – lending, Universal cooperatives, Urban lending cooperatives – popular banks; Consumer cooperatives; Agricultural cooperatives; Artisan manufacturing cooperatives; Insurance cooperatives; Forestry cooperatives; Tobacco cooperatives; Fishing and fish breeding cooperatives; Milk processing cooperatives; Bulgarian pharmacy cooperative society; Doctors’ cooperatives; Dentists’ cooperative – consumer society; Veterinary – stock breeding cooperative; Cooperative opera theatre; Electricity generating cooperative “Vacha”, “Osvobozhdenie” cooperative, Union headquarters – general and regional
47. Russe Commerce and Industry Chamber founded 11 July 1895
48. Founders of the First Mutual Lending Agricultural Society “Nachalo”, Chervena Voda Village – Russe Region
49. Cooperative members standing in front of schools of fish preparing talaya fishing nets
50. Annual reporting meeting of the first sheep breeding cooperative, Malko Tarnovo
51. Cooperative members of “Vsestrankata” in 1937, Sliven
52. „Podem“ cooperative, Blatets Village – Sliven region
53. The first consumer shop, Momchilovtsi Village
54. “Vodopad” cooperative saw-mill – Chepelare
55. Cooperative parquet factory – Burgas
56. Regional horse breeding exhibition organised by “Brest” cooperative
57. Meeting of the Central Board and Supervisory Board of BAC – 1938
58. Participants in the 25th jubilee congress of BAC 19 June 1938, Sofia