Buzludzha Congress

The Buzludzha Congress (Bulgarian: Бузлуджански Kонгрес, romanized: Buzɫudʒanski Kongrɛs) was the constituent assembly of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party (Bulgarian: Българска социалдемократическа партия). It began on August 2, 1891 on Buzludzha peak on the initiative of Dimitar Blagoev. Around 20 members of the Socialist party from Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Dryanovo, Sliven, Kazanlak, Stara Zagora and other cities took part in the Congress. The Congress marked the end of the beginning phase of the Socialist movement in Bulgaria, and the beginning of organized party activity for the uniting of Socialism with the worker's movement. The Bulgarian Social Democratic Party took Marxism as its ideology.