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List Of Bulgarian Generals In The Kingdom Of Bulgaria
This is a list of Bulgarian generals from the period of the Principality of Bulgaria, Principality (1878–1908) and Kingdom of Bulgaria, Kingdom (1908–1946). The year each became a general is given in parentheses. List A *Abadzhiev, Georgi — Major General (1913) *Avramov, Ivan — Major General (1921) *Agura, Georgi — Major General (1900) *Azmanov, Stefan — Major General (1918) *Atanasov, Rashko — Major General (1935) B *Bakardzhiev, Nikola — Infantry General (1934) *Balabanov, Boncho — Major General (1900) *Balkanski, Milenko — Major General (1917) *Batsarov, Ivan — Major General (1917) *Belov, Stefan — Major General (1917) *Blaskov, Andrey — Major General (1904) *Bonchev, Ivan — Major General (1918) *Bogdanov, Stefan — Lieutenant General (1920) *Botev, Kiril — Lieutenant General (1912) *Bocharov, Stefan — Major General (c. 1910) *Bochev, Nikola — Major General (1900) *Boshnakov, Georgi — Major General (1918) *Kliment Boyadzhiev, Boyadzhiev, Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principality Of Bulgaria
The Principality of Bulgaria ( bg, Княжество България, Knyazhestvo Balgariya) was a vassal state under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. It was established by the Treaty of Berlin in 1878. After the Russo-Turkish War ended with a Russian victory, the Treaty of San Stefano was signed by Russia and the Ottoman Empire on 3 March 1878. Under this, a large Bulgarian vassal state was agreed to, which was significantly larger: its lands encompassed nearly all ethnic Bulgarians in the Balkans, and included most of Moesia, Thrace and Macedonia, stretching from the Black Sea to the Aegean. However, the United Kingdom and Austria-Hungary were against the establishment of such a large Russian client state in the Balkans, fearing it would shift the balance of power in the Mediterranean. Due to this, the great powers convened and signed the Treaty of Berlin, superseding the Treaty of San Stefano, which never went into effect. This created a much smaller principalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Mutkurov
Sava Atanasov Mutkurov ( bg, Сава Атанасов Муткуров) ( – ) was a Bulgarian officer (Major General) and politician. One of only three recipients of the Order of Bravery 1st grade, he was among the chief architects of the Bulgarian unification (1885) and, as an officer in the young Bulgarian Army, one of its defendants in the Serbo–Bulgarian War (1885). He also served as one of the regents of the Principality of Bulgaria after Prince Alexander of Battenberg's abdication (1886–1887) and was Minister of War in Stefan Stambolov's government (1887–1891). Early years and Bulgarian unification Sava Mutkurov was born in the city of Tarnovo in the central Danubian Plain (then part of the Ottoman Empire, today in north central Bulgaria) in 1852. He studied for two years at the Military Medical Academy in the imperial capital Constantinople (Istanbul), but graduated instead from the Cadet Infantry School in the Russian city of Odessa in 1872.Бакалов, ''Ел ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiril Stanchev
Kiril Nikolov Stanchev ( bg, Кирил Николов Станчев; 14 December 1895 – 11 April 1968) was a Bulgarian general, commander of the Bulgarian Second Army during World War II. Biography Kiril Stanchev was born on 14 December 1895 in Kyustendil. He graduated from the Sofia Military School in 1916 with the rank of lieutenant and participated in World War I with the 13th Regiment on the Macedonian front, where he was promoted on 14 October 1917 to Senior Lieutenant. He was further promoted on 30 January 1923 to captain and on 1 January 1933 to major. After the end of the First World War Kiril Stanchev was variously an active officer, serving in the border troops and in the 22nd Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Division, as well as an instructor in the Bulgarian military academy. He was a member of the Military Union, an influential organization of Bulgarian officers which carried out the 1923 and 1934 coup d'états. He was also a founder of the illegal pro-Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asen Sirakov
Asen Sirakov ( bg, Асен Сираков; 2 November 1895 - 30 January 1960) was a Bulgarian Major-General who fought in both World Wars.Везенков, Александър. 9 септември 1944 г.. София, Сиела, 2014. ISBN 978-954-28-1199-2. с. 396. Biography Sirakov was born on 2 November 1895 in the village of Mirkovo, Pirdop Pirdop ( bg, Пирдоп ) is a town located in South-West Bulgaria in Pirdop Municipality of Sofia Province in the southeastern part of the Zlatitsa - Pirdop Valley at 670 m above sea level. It is surrounded by the Balkan Range (also known a ... region. He graduated from the Military School in 1915 and the Military Academy in Sofia in 1928. After the entry of Bulgaria into the First World War, he participated in the war as a platoon and company commander. He was one of the activists of the Military Union from 1930 to 1936 and he took part in the coup d'état on May 19, 1934. Asen Sirakov was a military attache in Budapest fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihail Savov
Mihail Georgiev Savov ( bg, Михаил Савов) (14 November 1857 in Stara Zagora - 21 July 1928 in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey, France) was a Bulgarian general, twice Minister of Defence (1891–1894 and 1903–1907), second in command of the Bulgarian army during the Balkan Wars. He was twice dismissed from the army and twice reassigned with the help of Tsar Ferdinand. Mihail Savov and Ferdinand are considered the main characters responsible for the Second Balkan War. Biography Mihail Savov was born on 14 November (26 November NS) 1859 in Eski Zagra (Stara Zagora), at that time under Ottoman rule. He studied in Hasköy (Haskovo), Filibe (Plovdiv), in the Aprilov National High School in Gabrovo and then in the Imperial lyceum Galatasaray in Istanbul (1876). He graduated the Military School in Sofia in 1879 as lieutenant. On 9 July 1881 he was promoted to first lieutenant and then continued his education in the Nicolas General Staff Academy in Saint Petersburg (1881–1885).Т ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Savov
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally through Serbia, feeding into the Danube in its capital, Belgrade. The Sava forms the main northern limit of the Balkan Peninsula, and the southern edge of the Pannonian Plain. The Sava is long, including the Sava Dolinka headwater rising in Zelenci, Slovenia. It is the largest tributary of the Danube by volume of water, and second-largest after the Tisza in terms of catchment area () and length. It drains a significant portion of the Dinaric Alps region, through the major tributaries of Drina, Bosna, Kupa, Una, Vrbas, Lonja, Kolubara, Bosut and Krka. The Sava is one of the longest rivers in Europe and among the longest tributaries of another river. The population in the Sava River basin is estimated at 8,176,000, and is shared by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Protogerov
Alexandar Protogerov (Bulgarian: Александър Протогеров) (28 February 1867, Ohrid – 7 July 1928, Sofia) was a Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary, as well as a member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Thrace and Pomoravlje. Protogerov was a Bulgarian Freemason and held a leading position (Grand Master) in the lodge where he was a member. In North Macedonia Protogerov, who had been dismissed as Greater Bulgarian chauvinist by the Macedonian historiography in Communist Yugoslavia, has been recently added to the country's historical heritage, already as an ethnic Macedonian. Biography Protogerov was born in 1867 in Ohrid, then in the Ottoman Empire. Later he graduated there with his primary education in the local Bulgarian Exarchate school. On 5 October 1882 he entered the Military School in Sofia and as a cadet was a volunteer in the Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885). In 1887 he graduated from the Military School and was assigned to the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racho Petrov
Racho Petrov Stoyanov ( bg, Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician. Petrov was born in Shumen. A talented soldier, he was appointed Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27. His stature was increased by the leading role he took in suppressing an army mutiny in 1887. He married Sultana Pantaleeva Minchovich in 1887, with whom he had 3 children. After an unhappy marriage, they divorced in 1919. Both Petrov and his wife were personally close to Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and in 1891 he was promoted by Ferdinand to the rank of colonel, the first officer to hold that rank in Bulgaria. Petrov also attended Ferdinand's wedding to Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma in Italy in 1893. Ferdinand's decision in 1894 to place Petrov in charge of the army completely, and thus outside the command of Prime Minister Stefan Stambolov, precipitated the resignation of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Paprikov
Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writer Helmut Flieg (1913–2001) * Stefan (honorific), a Serbian title * ''Stefan'' (album), a 1987 album by Dennis González See also * Stefan number, a dimensionless number used in heat transfer * Sveti Stefan Sveti Stefan ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Свети Стефан, ; lit. "Saint Stephen") is a town in Budva Municipality, on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, approximately southeast of Budva. The town is known for the Aman Sveti Stefan resort, ... or Saint Stefan, a small islet in Montenegro * Stefanus (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asen Nikolov (officer)
Asen Nikolov ( bg, Асен Николов Николов; 12 September 1891 - 1946) was a Bulgarian Lieutenant-General who fought in World War II. Biography He was born on 12 September 1891 in the town of Yambol. He graduated from the Military School in Sofia in 1912. From 1923 he served in the Varna coastal fortress. In 1934 he became head of the Artillery School in Sofia. From 1936 he was chief of the Artillery Department of the Second Military Inspection District and chief of the Air Defense of the Artillery Inspection. In 1938 he was appointed commander of the 2nd Thracian Infantry Division. From 1941 he was commander of the Bulgarian 1st Occupation Corps which collaborated with the German Army in the Axis occupation of Serbia. When Bulgaria switched sides in the second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Germans on 4 September 1944. In October 1944, he refused to join the creation of a Bulgarian military unit to fight on the German side. In December he also refused to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danail Nikolaev
Danail Tsonev Nikolaev ( bg, Данаил Цонев Николаев; 30 December 1852 – 29 August 1942) was a Bulgarian officer and Minister of War on the eve of the Balkan wars. He was the first person to attain the highest rank in the Bulgarian military, General of the infantry. He was also known as ''"the patriarch of the Bulgarian military"''. Biography Danail Nikolaev was born in Bolgrad, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) to a Bulgarian family, who were refugees from Tarnovo. In 1871 he graduated from the Bolgrad Gymnasium and joined the Volunteer company of 54th Minsk regiment. On 19 September 1873 he joined the Infantry school in Odessa as a cadet, graduating in 1875. Nikolaev returned to his regiment in Chişinău as an acting cadet on 20 July. Realizing that Serbia was preparing for war with the Ottoman empire, he requested resignation from military service to join the war on 14 June 1876. His request was reviewed by division commander General Dragomirov, who fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Nerezov
Stefan Mikhailov Nerezov ( bg, Стефан Михайлов Нерезов) (born 12 November 1867 – 16 April 1925) was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff. Biography Stefan Nerezov was born in Sevlievo, at the time part of the Ottoman Empire. After the liberation of Bulgaria he was a volunteer in the Student's Legion during the Serbo-Bulgarian War and took part in the defense of the unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia. After the war he served for a short time as a corporal in the 12th Infantry Regiment and in 1887 he was accepted in Sofia Military School. After his graduation he served in the 4th Artillery Regiment but in 1892 was sent to specialize in the Turin Military Academy in Italy. There he spent four years between 1892 and 1896. With his return to Bulgaria he performed different duties in the General Staff of the Army and in some of the field units. In 1903 Prince Ferdinand took him in his retinue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
