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Nikola Petrov (other)
Nikola Petrov may refer to: *Nikola Petroff (1873–1925), Bulgarian wrestler * Nikola Petrov (terrorist), Bulgarian terrorist *Nikola Petrov (painter) Nikola Petrov (Bulgarian: Никола Петров; 19 August 1881, Vidin – 10 December 1916, Sofia) was a Bulgarian landscape painter and graphic artist; also known for his portrait sketches and watercolors. Biography He displayed a talent ... (1881-1916) Bulgarian artist See also * Nikolai Petrov (other) {{Hndis, Petrov, Nikola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Petroff
Nikola Petrov ( bg, Никола Петров), better known as Nikola Petroff, (19 December 1873 – 2 January 1925) was a Bulgarian wrestler. He was born in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria. On 20 July 1898, in New York City, he earned the title "Champion of America". In the next year in Vienna, he became the European Champion in Greco-Roman wrestling. In 1900, during the Exposition Universelle in Paris, he defeated the Frenchman Paul Pons and became a world champion. He fought in the First Balkan War. In 1921, he established his own private school of wrestling in Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha .... He died in 1925 and was buried in his home town of Gorna Oryahovitsa. Since 1963, a yearly tournament in the name of Nikola Petrov has been organized in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Petrov (terrorist)
The St Nedelya Church assault was a terrorist attack on St Nedelya Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was carried out on 16 April 1925, when a group of the Military Organisation of the Bulgarian Communist Party directed and supplied by the Soviet Military Intelligence blew up the church's roof during the funeral service of General Konstantin Georgiev, who had been killed in a previous communist assault on 14 April. 150 people, mainly from the country's political and military elite, were killed in the attack and around 500 bystander believers, who attended the liturgy, were injured. Preparation After the failure of the September Uprising in 1923 and the prohibition of the BCP by the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Appeal on 2 April 1924, the Communist Party found itself in a difficult situation. The government arrested many activists and the organization's very existence was under threat. A Special Punitive Group was established as part of the Central Committee of the BCP, including Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Petrov (painter)
Nikola Petrov (Bulgarian: Никола Петров; 19 August 1881, Vidin – 10 December 1916, Sofia) was a Bulgarian landscape painter and graphic artist; also known for his portrait sketches and watercolors. Biography He displayed a talent for drawing while still in elementary school. When he was old enough, he went to Sofia and, in 1899, became part of the second group of students accepted for the newly organized State Drawing School (now the National Academy of Arts). He studied with the sculptor Marin Vasilev and Jaroslav Věšín, a Czech battle painter.Biographical notes @ Vidin Online. Despite these influences, he chose to concentrate on landscape painting. In 1903, he joined the Society of Modern Art, a group devoted to promoting currents trends such as |
