Tsvetan Radoslavov Hadzhidenkov ( bg, Цветан Радославов Хаджиденков; 1863 – 1931) was a

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n teacher and the author of the current

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of Bulgaria, ''

Mila Rodino "" ( bg, Мила Родино, ; "Dear Motherland") is the national anthem of Bulgaria. It was composed and written by Tsvetan Radoslavov as he left to fight in the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885. The anthem was adopted in 1964. The text has been c ...

''. Born in Svishtov in 1863, he graduated in

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. In 1885, while en route to the battlefield during the

Serbo-Bulgarian War The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War ( bg, Сръбско-българска война, ''Srăbsko-bălgarska voyna'', sr, Српско-бугарски рат, ''Srpsko-bugarski rat'') was a war between the Kingdom of Ser ...

, Radoslavov composed the song ''Gorda Stara Planina'' ("''Proud Old Mountain''"), which was polished by the composer

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in 1905 and became a national anthem of Bulgaria in 1963 as ''Mila Rodino''. Besides creating the Bulgarian national anthem, Radoslavov was also a prominent scientist. He was one of the three Bulgarians (with Dr

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and

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) that took their doctor's degree by the father of modern

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, Wilhelm Wundt. Rejecting invitations to work as a teacher in

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, Leipzig and

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, he returned to Bulgaria to work at the Third High School for Boys in

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, believing he was helping the development of modern Bulgaria by teaching students

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and

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, psychology,

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and

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. Radoslavov lived in a small apartment at 3 Angel Kanchev Street, where he is today commemorated by a plaque by .

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1863 births 1931 deaths Bulgarian classical composers Male classical composers Romantic composers 20th-century classical composers National anthem writers People from Svishtov People of the Serbo-Bulgarian War 20th-century male musicians 19th-century male musicians {{bulgaria-composer-stub