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Todor Vlaykov
Todor Genchov Vlaykov, also known by his pseudonym Veselin, was a Bulgarian writer, public figure and politician. His most famous work is the story "Grandfather Slavchova's Granddaughter". His great-grandson is the diplomat Radko Vlaykov. Biography He was born on February 13, 1865, in the town of Pirdop. He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University in 1888. He was the founder and chairman of the Bulgarian Teachers' Union. He was a full member of the BKD (now BAS) from 1900 onwards. In 1890 Vlaykov and Todor Yonchev founded the first Bulgarian cooperative - Mirkovo Mutual Savings Agricultural Association " Oralo" in Mirkovo. Vlaykov was one of the founders and the first leader of the Radical Democratic Party. At the founding of the Democratic Alliance in 1923, he participated in the group that drafted the first program of the new party. Legacy In 1926, on the initiative of Vlaykov's wife, Maria Vlaykova, a building was opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 as the Stara Planina) to the north, Sredna Gora Mountain to the south, and Koznitsa and Galabets saddles to the east and west, respectively. The town has a population of 8,040. Some Aromanians live in Pirdop. Economy The main economic activity is non-ferrous metallurgy. The Pirdop copper smelter and refinery is the biggest in the Balkans and whole of South-Eastern Europe. It was privatized in 1997 for $80,000,000 and is now owned by the German Aurubis. It has a capacity of 160,000 tons and additional capacity of 180,000 tons worth €82,000,000 is being built. The factory also produces 830,000 tons of sulphuric acid and employs 1,420 workers. The main chimney of the factory is 325 metres tall and shares together with the chimneys of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todor Vlaykov National Literary Prize
The Todor Vlaykov National Literary Prize is a Bulgarian literary award that was established by a decision of the Pirdop Municipal Council in 2007. It is named after famed Bulgarian literary figure Todor Vlaykov. The award is presented every two years (according to the statute) during 'Vlaykov Day' in Pirdop, usually held around May 24. It consists of a statuette depicting the full-length figure of Todor Vlaykov (the designer of the sculpture is Ivan Lyubenov), as well as a cash prize of BGN 1,000. Recipients *2007 - Kancho Kozhuharov for the short story "The Relic" *2008 - Mihail Nedelchev for overall contribution to the study of the work and social and political activities of Todor Vlaykov, for the continuation of the traditions of radical democracy in Bulgaria, as well as for the restoration of the magazine "Democratic Review". *2010 - Georgi Danailov Georgi may refer to: * Georgi (given name) * Georgi (surname) See also *Georgy (other) Georgy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Council Of Pirdop
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlaykova Cinema
Vlaykova Cinema is a cinema and cultural hub in Sofia, Bulgaria. The cinema is seen as one of the cultural treasures of Sofia. It is named after Maria and Todor Vlaykov Todor Genchov Vlaykov, also known by his pseudonym Veselin, was a Bulgarian writer, public figure and politician. His most famous work is the story "Grandfather Slavchova's Granddaughter". His great-grandson is the diplomat Radko Vlaykov ..., who paid for the cinema's construction. History In 1925 Maria and Todor Vlaykov started the construction of the building on their own site with an area of 465m². For the construction, both spouses mortgaged their homes and accumulated serious debts. One of them amounted to BGN 250,000. At the end of 1925 Maria Vlaykova reported to the Ministry of Public Education that she wished to provide free the salon of charge, which would be ready in the spring of the next year. The donation was formed a few months later by a will, and its conditions were that aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Asen II
Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II ( bg, Иван Асен II, ; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Empire was killed in 1196. His supporters tried to secure the throne for him after his uncle, Kaloyan, was murdered in 1207, but Kaloyan's other nephew, Boril, overcame them. Ivan Asen fled from Bulgaria and settled in the Rus' principalities. Boril could never strengthen his rule which enabled Ivan Asen to muster an army and return to Bulgaria. He captured Tarnovo and blinded Boril in 1218. Initially, he supported the full communion of the Bulgarian Church with the Papacy and concluded alliances with the neighboring Catholic powers, Hungary and the Latin Empire of Constantinople. He tried to achieve the regency for the 11-year-old Latin Emperor, Baldwin II, after 1228, but the Latin aristocrats did not support Ivan Asen. He inflicted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria)
The Democratic Alliance ( bg, Демократически сговор) was a Bulgarian party that existed between 1923 and 1934 when all parties were banned. During most of that period (1923-1934) it was the ruling party in the country making it the third longest-ruling party in the country after the Bulgarian Communist Party and the People's Liberal Party. History After the 9 June coup d'état in 1923 its organizers from the Military Union and the People's Alliance tried to create a new party in order to ensure stable political and parliamentary basis for the new government. For that purpose they relied on the member parties of the Constitutional Bloc whose leaders were imprisoned by the government of Aleksandar Stamboliyski. After the dissolution of the Constitutional Bloc in the end of July and the beginning of August, the Democratic, the Radical Democratic and the United People's Progressive Party created a coalition ''Union for Democracy''. On 10 August it united ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical Democratic Party (Bulgaria)
The Radical Democratic Party ( bg, Радикалдемократическа партия) is a liberal party in Bulgaria. The party was founded in 1902 (other sources: 1905) by Naičo Canov and other dissidents from the Democratic Party. It was banned in 1934, revived in 1944 and again banned in 1949. In 1989 the party was re-established. It elected as its leader Elka Konstantinova. She was succeeded in 1994 by Aleksander Jordanov Alexander Yordanov (Bulgarian: Александър Александров Йорданов, ''Aleksand'r Aleksandrov Jordanov'', born 13 February 1952) is a Bulgarian literary critic and politician who was elected as a Member of the European ..., and the party became an affiliated member of the Union of Democratic Forces. In 1995 the party split, with one faction remaining inside the Union of Democratic Forces, and another faction becoming an independent party. Though the party still exists, it lacks its former influence. External linksRadical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirkovo
Mirkovo ( bg, Мирково, ) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Mirkovo Municipality, which lies in the central eastern part of Sofia Province. The village is located in the eastern part of the Zlatitsa–Pirdop valley, 63 kilometres east of the capital Sofia, at the southern foot of the 1,787-metre Etropolska Baba Peak in the Etropole part of the Balkan Mountains. The surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic, with the Thracians and Ancient Rome, Romans populating it in Antiquity and the Slavs and Bulgars in the Middle Ages, when it was part of the First Bulgarian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire. The village itself, however, was first mentioned in Ottoman Empire, Ottoman registers in 1430 and 1751 as ''Mirkuva''; the name is thought to originate from the South Slavs, South Slavic personal name ''Mirko'' with the placename suffix -ovo. A monastical school was established in 1825, during the Bulgarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirkovo Mutual Savings Agricultural Association
Mirkovo ( bg, Мирково, ) is a village in western Bulgaria, part of Sofia Province. It is the administrative centre of Mirkovo Municipality, which lies in the central eastern part of Sofia Province. The village is located in the eastern part of the Zlatitsa– Pirdop valley, 63 kilometres east of the capital Sofia, at the southern foot of the 1,787-metre Etropolska Baba Peak in the Etropole part of the Balkan Mountains. The surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic, with the Thracians and Romans populating it in Antiquity and the Slavs and Bulgars in the Middle Ages, when it was part of the First Bulgarian Empire and Second Bulgarian Empire. The village itself, however, was first mentioned in Ottoman registers in 1430 and 1751 as ''Mirkuva''; the name is thought to originate from the South Slavic personal name ''Mirko'' with the placename suffix -ovo. A monastical school was established in 1825, during the Bulgarian National Revival, and the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todor Yonchev
Todor Yonchev was a Bulgarian teacher and public figure, born on December 9, 1859, in the town of Lom, Bulgaria Biography He graduated from the Pedagogical Academy of Vienna, Austria in 1881, after which he returned to Bulgaria and became a teacher of chemistry and gymnastics in Shumen. In 1888 he graduated from the chemical and agricultural department of Zurich Polytechnic in Zurich, Switzerland. After his return to Bulgaria he was a teacher in Sadovo and Sofia, as well as a school inspector in Pirdop. Until 1916 he worked in the Ministry of Public Education . In 1890 Todor Vlaykov and Todor Yonchev founded the first Bulgarian cooperative - "Mirkovo Mutual Savings Agricultural Association" Oralo" in Mirkovo. Todor Yonchev was one of the founders of modern physical education in Bulgaria. As a teacher in Sofia in 1895 he founded the first Gymnastics Society "Hero". He was also the initiator of the establishment of the Union of Bulgarian Gymnastics Societies "Hero" i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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