Vasil KolarovVasil Petrov Kolarov (Bulgarian: Васил Петров Коларов; 16 July 1877 – 23 January 1950) was a Bulgariancommunist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International (Comintern). BiographyEarly yearsKolarov was born in Şumnu, Ottoman Empire (now Shumen, Bulgaria) on 16 July 1877, the son of a shoemaker. After graduating from high school in Varna, he worked as a teacher in Nikopol from 1895 to 1897.
1923 Bulgarian coup d'étatBelligerentsBulgarian Land ForcesPeople's AllianceInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO)Government of Bulgaria(Bulgarian Agrarian National Union) Orange GuardCommanders and leadersIvan Valkov(Army)Damyan Velchev(Military Union)Aleksandar Tsankov(Democratic Alliance)Todor Aleksandrov(IMRO)Aleksandar Stamboliyski†Rayko Daskalov (Orange Guard)The 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état, also known as the 9 June coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветоюнски преврат, Devetoyunski prevrat), was a coup d'état in Bulgaria implemented by armed forces under General Ivan Valkov's on the evening of 9 June 1923.
Bulgarian Communist PartyThe Bulgarian Communist Party (Bulgarian: Българска комунистическа партия (БΚП), Romanised: Bŭlgarska komunisticheska partiya; BKP) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990, when the country ceased to be a socialist republic.
German OctoberBelligerentsWeimar RepublicCommunist Party of GermanySupported by:Soviet UnionCommanders and leadersFriedrich EbertArnold DiestelErich ZeignerHugo UrbahnsHans KippenbergerAlbert SchreinerHeinz NeumannErnst ThälmannManfred SternUnits involvedReichswehrLocal police Proletarian HundredsThe German October (German: Deutscher Oktober) was a plan of the Executive Committee of the Communist International (ECCI) to attempt a communist revolution in the Weimar Republic in October 1923, amidst acute political and economic crises in the country.
SofiaSofia 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 part of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Known as Serdica in antiquity, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC.
Aleksandar TsankovAleksandar Tsolov Tsankov (Bulgarian: Александър Цолов Цанков; 29 June 1879 – 27 July 1959) was a leading Bulgarian politician during the period between the two World Wars. BiographyA professor of political economy at Sofia University from 1910 onwards, he took a leading role in the coup that deposedAleksandar Stamboliyski on 9 June 1923.
BurgasBurgas (Bulgarian: Бургас, pronounced), sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 210,382 inhabitants, while 225,945 live in its urban area. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important industrial, transport, cultural and tourist centre.
Montana, BulgariaMontana (Bulgarian: Монтана [monˈtanɐ]) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of Montana Province. In the 2021 census, it had a population of 36,455.BerkovitsaBerkovitsa (Bulgarian: Берковица) is a town and ski resort in northwestern Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Berkovitsa Municipality, Montana Province and is close to the town of Varshets. As of December 2009, it had a population of 13,917.
VratsaVratsa (Bulgarian: Враца) is the largest city in northwestern Bulgaria and the administrative and economic centre of the municipality of Vratsa and Vratsa district. It is about 112 km (70 mi) north of Sofia, 40 km (25 mi) southeast of Montana. Situated at the foot of the Vrachanski Balkan, the town is near numerous caves, waterfalls, and rock formations. The most famous of them are the Ledenika Cave, Skaklya Waterfall, and the Vratsata Pass.Democratic Alliance (Bulgaria)The Democratic Alliance (Bulgarian: Демократически сговор) was a Bulgarian political party that existed between 1923 and the banning of political parties in 1934. During most of that period 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.
Bulgarian languageBulgarian is an Eastern South Slavic language spoken in Southeast Europe, primarily in Bulgaria. It is the language of the Bulgarians. Along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming Macedo-Bulgarian), it is a member of the Balkan sprachbund and South Slavic dialect continuum of the Indo-European language family.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.