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The current coat of arms of Bulgaria was adopted in 1997 . This coat of arms was the first used by Bulgaria since Communist Rule was ended in the country in the early 1990s . Agreeing on the coat of arms was a source of great controversy in the Bulgarian government, as different parties argued over what to put in the arms. The emblem has two lions supporting a shield with a lion on it. It is topped by the crown of Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II . At the bottom of the shield is the Bulgarian national motto, "Unity Makes Power", in the native language. The three lions represent the three major portions and historical regions of Bulgaria — Moesia , Thrace and Macedonia . The crown on top of the shield, and thus upon the shielded lion, is not that of the last Bulgarian monarchy, but that of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185-1396). This empire was established by the brothers Peter and Asen , after it was Freed from Byzantine control in the end of the 12th Century , and before it was subjugated by the Ottomans in the very end of the 14th Century . HISTORICAL COATS OF ARMS |
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