Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Pashure porufu rwaSimeoni, Bulgaria yakaderedzwa nehondo dzairwiwa nevaMagyari nevaPechenegs uye kupararira kwedzidziso yenhema yechiBogomil. Preslav yakatorwa nemauto eByzantium muna 971 mushure mekupinda kweRus neByzantium. Umambo hwakapora kwenguva pfupi kubva pakurwiswa kwaSamuil, asi izvi zvakaguma apo mambo weByzantium Basil II akakunda uto reBulgaria paKlyuch muna 1014. Samueri akafa nokukurumidza pashure pehondo yacho, uye panosvika 1018 vaByzantine
akanga akunda Umambo Hwokutanga hweBulgaria. Pashure pokukunda, Basil II akadzivisa kumukira kupfurikidza nokuchengeta kutonga kwavakuru vakuru vomunzvimbomo, kuvabatanidza muhurumende yeByzantine nehurumende, uye kubvisa nyika dzavo musengwa wokubhadhara mitero mugoridhe, kubvumira mutero mumhando panzvimbo. Bhishopu Mukuru weBulgaria akaderedzwa kuva bhishopu mukuru, asi akachengeta chimiro chake che autocephalous nemadhikosi ayo.