Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1018, apo mambo weByzantium Basil II (r. 976<unk>1025) vakakunda
Umambo Hwokutanga hweBulgaria, akahutonga nokungwarira. Mitero yaivapo, mitemo, uye simba revakuru vakuru vepamusoro-soro zvakaramba zvakadaro kusvikira pakufa kwake muna 1025. Bhishopu mukuru weBulgaria akanga ari pasi peMutungamiriri weChechi yeEkumeni muConstantinople uye akaderedzwa kuva bhishopu mukuru aiva muOhrid, uku achichengetedza kuzvitonga kwake uye madhiocese. Basil akagadza muBulgaria John I Debranin kuti ave bhishopu mukuru wokutanga, asi vakamutevera vaiva vaByzantine. Vanhu vakakurumbira vokuBulgaria nehama dzamambo vakapiwa mazita akasiyana-siyana eByzantium uye vakaendeswa kunzvimbo dzokuAsia dzoUmambo. Pasinei zvapo nenhamo, mutauro wechiBulgaria, mabhuku, uye tsika zvakapukunyuka; magwaro enguva akapukunyuka anotaura nezvoUmambo hweBulgaria uye anohuita hwakanaka. Nzvimbo dzakawanda dzakanga dzichangobva kukundwa dzakabatanidzwa mumisoro yainzi Bulgaria, Sirmium, uye Paristrion.