Elena Poptodorova (Bulgarian: Елена Поптодорова) (born 31 August 1951) is the Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States (since February 2002). Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian The United States of America —commonly referred to as the