Dimitar Kirov (1935-2008)

Figures of Plovdiv

Dimitar Kirov (1935-2008)

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Eminent Plovdiv artist. He graduated in 1959 from the academy of Arts in Sofia. He lives and works in Plovdiv. Winner of numerous art awards.

His name has been connected to the so called Plovdiv fivesome of artists, uniting such eminent names as Yoan Leviev, Hristo Stefanov, Georgi Bozhilov and Encho Pironkov.

Stefan Bogoridi, Knjaz

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One of the most influential people in the Ottoman Empire after the sultan, often referred to as the Bulgarian having greatest authority and power. Active supporter of the movement for independent BG c...

Dimitre Dinev - writer, born 1968

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Dimitre Dinev was born in 1968 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He started writing at the time of his secondary schooling in a German speaking 'Gymnasium' in Pazardshik. <...

Nikola Alvadzhiev (11.09.1900 - 1974)

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Nikola Alvadzhiev was born in Plovdiv in 1900. He graduated from the “Alexander I” High school in Plovdiv. He worked for the...

Bozhidar Zdravkov (30.01.1884 - 25.09.1959)

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Bozhidar Zdravkov was born in 1884 in the Serbian town of Pirot. He was a lawyer and an eminent public figure. He studied Law in Sofia University and graduated in the uni...

Stoyan Chomakov, Dr. (1819 - 1893)

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Dr. Stoyan Chomakov, born in Koprivshtitsa in 1819. Doctor. Eminent fighter for Bulgarian church independence, a public and state figure. Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (today Bulgarian Acade...

Stoyan Zagorchinov (1889-1969)

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Stoyan Zagorchinov was among the first writer to widely popularize the genre of historical novel in Bulgaria. His most significant ...

Ivan Ev. Geshov (1849 - 1924)

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Ivan Evstratiev Geshov - eminent politican and banker. Public and political figure; publicist. Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (later the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). Minister. Prime M...

Stanislav Dospevski (1823 -1878)

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Stanislav Dospevski was the firstborn of Dimiter Zograph's sons. He studied in Plovdiv and helped his father paint the Plovdiv Old Town church of "St. Nedelya". \r\...

Panayot Pipkov (1871 -1942)

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The eminent Bulgarian composer and musician Panayot Pipkov was born on November 21, 1871, in Plovdiv. He started learning violin and writing poems when he was very young; he was an amateur actor in...

Pavel Dzhidzhov, Father (1919 - 1952)

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Father Pavel Dzhidzhov was born in Plovdiv on July 7th, 1919, in a catholic family. In 1926, he became a student at the primary school of the Assumptionists in Plovdiv - St. Andrews College. In the...