Figures of Plovdiv

Figures of Plovdiv

Nayden Gerov (23.02.1823 - 09.10.1900)

Nayden Gerov (23.02.1823 - 09.10.1900)

1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Born in the educated Revival-period town of Koprivshtitsa, he quite early understood the great role of the well-organised school education to the spiritual development of Bulgarian nation. In the period when Nayden Gerov was especially active in his school and educational activities, the issue of the uniform literary Bulgarian language is getting more and more adequate. Ambitious to prove the unique opportunities of our language and its variety of expressiveness, he wrote the first BG drama, Stoyan and Rada.

After receiving his higher education in the Richelieu College, in Odessa, Russia (where Pushkin studied during his exile, and where Dmitry Mendeleyev, the scientist who created the Periodic Table of Elements, taught in the 1850s) he came back to Bulgaria. He was invited by the Plovdivs public figures to found a high school in the city. When Nayden Gerov arrived to Plovdiv, it was a pro-Greek city, where Bulgarian language, education and self-consciousness were almost extinct... He was one of the initiators the citizens of the city to call it by its Bulgarian name of Plovdiv, instead of Philippopolis or Philibe. He was also the initiator of the celebration of May 11th, the day of St.St.Cyril and Methodius as the day of Bulgarian Education and Culture.

After the Liberation of Bulgaria (1878), he dedicates his efforts to finishing the Dictionary of Bulgarian Language. He managed to publish its first three volumes, but the last two were published after Nayden Gerovs death by his nephew.

(take a look at his monument in Plovdiv)

 

Д-р Теофил Груев (1884 - 1959)
Д-р Теофил Христов Груев е роден в Габрово през 1884 година. Баща му, Христо Груев Данов от Клисура, е първи братовчед на книгоиздателя Христо Груев Данов. За да не ги бъркат поради еднаквите имена, двамата решават да направят промени: по-големият остава Христо Г.Данов, а по-малкият – Христо Груев.
Ivan Andreev, professor
Ivan Andreev, professor
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
Hristo Bonev (born 1947)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Hristo Bonev was born February 3, 1947 in Plovdiv. Between 1967 and 1979, Bonev played for the Bulgarian national team 96 times, scoring a record 47 goals. He played for his country at the 1970 and...
Georgi Tringov, Grandmaster of chess (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000)
Grandmaster of chess, Georgi Tringov (7 March 1937 – 2 July 2000), was a Grandmaster of chess from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won the Bulgarian national chess championship in 1963 - the ...
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
Veneta Rangelova (born 1960)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
She was born on May 10th, 1960, in Plovdiv. Her début as a singer took place while she still was a high school student – she became the solo singer of the Pop-Music Band of the Plovdiv...
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
Ivan Spassov (1934-1996)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Ivan Spassov (Jan. 17, 1934, Sofia, - Dec. 22, 1996, Plovdiv), composer, conductor, pedagogue...\r\nIvan Spassov graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1957, majoring in ...
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
Ivan Mrkvicka (1856-1938)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Prof. Ivan Mrkvicka (Ian-Vaclav Mrkvicka) - a major figure on Bulgarias post-Liberation art scene. Czech by origin, artist, professor of paiting. Studied in the Prague Academy of Arts and the ...
Yordan Kovachev  (1895 - 1966)
Yordan Kovachev (1895 - 1966)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
He was born in the town of Peshtera on October 18, 1895. He followed the footsteps of his lawyer father and after graduating high school in Plovdiv, he studied Law school. He settled in Plovdiv.
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
Asen Zlatev (born 1960)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Assen Zlatev was born on May 23, 1960, in the village of Tsarimir, Plovdiv Region. The reason for him to turn to the Vassil Levski Sports School in Plovdiv was probably the fact that he lost his fa...
Dimitar Panov (1902-1985)
Dimitar Panov (1902-1985)
1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Dimitar Panov Ivanov (1902-1985) is Bulgarian dramatic actor. His debut on the stage of Plovdiv Drama Theater goes back to 1955, in a play called “Checkov’s Performance” (five smal...