Vasil Levski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vasil Levski

Bulgarian revolutionary

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1837

Place of Birth: Karlovo, Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1873

Profession: politician, cleric, revolutionary

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Vasil Levski

  • Vasil Levski (Bulgarian: ????? ??????, originally spelled ?????? ???????, pronounced [v?'si? 'l?fski]), born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (????? ?????? ??????; 18 July 1837 – 18 February 1873), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and is a national hero of Bulgaria today.
  • Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
  • Levski founded the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, and sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees. Born in the Sub-Balkan town of Karlovo to middle-class parents, Levski became an Orthodox monk before emigrating to join the two Bulgarian Legions in Serbia and other Bulgarian revolutionary groups.
  • Abroad, he acquired the nickname Levski, "Lionlike".
  • After working as a teacher in Bulgarian lands, he propagated his views and developed the concept of his Bulgaria-based revolutionary organisation, an innovative idea that superseded the foreign-based detachment strategy of the past.
  • In Romania, Levski helped institute the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee, composed of Bulgarian expatriates.
  • During his tours of Bulgaria, Levski established a wide network of insurrectionary committees.
  • Ottoman authorities, however, captured him at an inn near Lovech and executed him by hanging in Sofia. Levski looked beyond the act of liberation: he envisioned a "pure and sacred" Bulgarian republic of ethnic and religious equality.
  • His concepts have been described as a struggle for human rights, inspired by the progressive liberalism of the French Revolution and 19th century Western European society.
  • Levski is commemorated with monuments in Bulgaria and Serbia, and numerous national institutions bear his name.
  • In 2007, he topped a nationwide television poll as the all-time greatest Bulgarian.

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