Labour Migration as a Factor for the Development of Urbanization in Bulgarian Lands under Ottoman Rule in the 19th Century (until 1878)

Трудовата миграция като фактор за развитието на урбанизацията в българските земи под османска власт през XIX в. (до 1878 г.)

Известия на Института за исторически изследвания, том 41, 2025, с. 81–105.
Proceedings of Institute for Historical Studies, Vol. 41, 2025, p. 81–105.
ISSN: 2367-5187 (print), 2815-2913 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71069/III41.25.VM04

Ventsislav Muchinov / Венцислав Мучинов

Institute for Population and Human Studies / Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences / Българска академия на науките
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0338-8288

Summary: Population migration is one of the most significant factors in urban development in European countries and around the world. This applies also to the Balkan territories of the Ottoman Empire inhabited by Bulgarians during the 19th century (until the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878). The present article examines the impact of economic migrations, including temporary labour migrations, on urbanization in the Bulgarian lands during the 19th century. Their importance for the growth in the urban centres of the studied space, as well as for the increasingly noticeable penetration of the urban culture and lifestyle among the population in the Bulgarian lands towards the second and in the third quarter of the 19th century, is also analysed.

Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian lands, labour migration, urbanization, modernization

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