Volume XVI is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of its chief editor, Mikhail Stanchev, a renowned Ukrainian scientist in Bulgarian studies, professor and Head of the Department of Modern and Contemporary History at V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, and a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. It also presents traditional sections for “Drynovsky zbornik” such as “Source Studies and Historiography”, “Reviews”, “Scientific Life”, “In Memoriam”, and thematic chapters including “History of Bulgaria and Bulgarians”, “Bulgarian Diaspora: Formation and Current Situation”, “Balkan Profiles in History”, “Bulgaria and Ukraine in Cultural Communication and International Relations”, and “European Studies as a Combination of Scientific Disciplines”. The issue is intended for professional historians, students of humanities departments, and a wide range of readers.