THE BEGINNING

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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

 

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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

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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 VillageSliven 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

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