Plovdiv, Bulgaria - Figures of Plovdiv - Ivan Kesyakov, Dr (1871-1965)

Figures of Plovdiv

Ivan Kesyakov, Dr (1871-1965)

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DR IVAN KESYAKOV was a public figure, leader of the Democratic party, Mayor of Plovdiv (1908-1912 and again 1921-22). Born in 1871 in the town of Koprivshtitsa.

He graduated Medicine from the Medical University of Krakow, Poland. For years in a row, Dr Kesyakov was the director of National Health Chief Direction. As a Plovdiv Mayor he made huge steps to imrove the sanitary condition of the city. Dr Kesyakov died in 1965.

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...

Nonka Matova (born 1954)

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Nonka Matova was born on October 20th, 1954 in Plovdiv. Master of sports of gun shooting. Many-time Balkan and republican record winner in gun shooting. She has won the best gun shooter on the Balk...