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However, as most cases in Bulgaria, it can not be said that the connection between the historical conditions and the reflection of modernism in the country, lie within the correct proportionality of a consistent one-way determinism. Rather, it was characterised by duality and contradiction; often the same phenomenon favoured and at the same time hindered the manifestations of modernism - partial, rarely consistent, and most often contradictory.10 For example, the impact of economic instability in the country, could be seen as a two-way antithetical development. On the one hand, the modernist influence was favoured because of its promise of economy, however, at the same time the lack of sufficiently developed construction equipment and production of construction materials became significant obstacles to the literal application of modernism. Subsequently, the slow and poor development of building technique, along with the complex and dynamic picture of the political life, further delayed the complete realisation of the modernist movement in the country and, along with it, the overall social optimism.

Figure 5. Kosta Nikolov, Pleven Country Headquareter, 1927-9