The local communist apparatchiks denounced western influences that Bulgarians had enjoyed including jazz and promoted its own folklore instead .
Nazi Germany - allied Bulgaria was invaded by the Soviets in 1944 and was under communist rule for forty five years .
The local communist apparatchiks denounced western influences that Bulgaria had enjoyed including jazz and promoted its own folklore instead .
Nazi Germany - allied Bulgaria was invaded by the Soviets in 1944 and was under communist rule for forty five years .