en-US Sun, 26 May 2013 11:13:25 GMT Sun, 26 May 2013 11:13:25 GMT PageTypes CMS System 60 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:20:31 GMT 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.

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]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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 ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT 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 ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT 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 ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT 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 ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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. ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT 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...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT (the photo above - Nacho the Culture is the one on the right, with his friend, the famous director Krikor Azaryan)\r\nPlovdiv has recently lost one of its most eminent figures ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Professor Nedyalcho Todorov was born in 1940 in Plovdiv. He graduated from the Plovdiv High School of Music, and then the Music State Conservatory in ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Kostaki Peev was an eminent public and business figure. He was tradesman, member of the of the Furriers Guild in Plovdiv. After the Liberation in 1878, he became the first elected Mayor of ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT ?nton Bezenshek  -  Slovenian pedagogue, stenographer, publicist; an eminent public figure. He came to Bulgaria after the Liberation (1878). He was the creator of Bulgarian stenography (...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Hristo Kostov Belobradov was a teacher, school inspector, ardent supporter of education and of the blind people organization. He was born in the town of Etropole but he dedicated his whole life to ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT "The conductor must set his mark on the orchestra".. - this is what Maestro Emil Chakarov used to say. June 29, 2004 he would have had his 56t...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Composer, artist and singer - known as the girl with the guitar.Created over 250 songs, some of which sung by herself, others performed by famous BG pop stars. Author of film music. She is famous f...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT The fundamental (and only of its kind) history of world animation -Cartoons: One Hundre...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Vesselin Nikolov was born in 1938 in Bourgass but his life has always been connected to Plovdivs musical culture. He received his Masters Degree at the University of...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born February 24th 1973 in Plovdiv. Gymnastics champion. \r\nEuropean champion in the all-events competition from Pathra 2002. Gold medalist in rings and silver medalist in the fl...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Hristo Kidikov was born on November 16th, 1946 in Plovdiv. He is an eminent pop singer. Graduated from the Plovdiv School of Music, and later from the Sofia State Music Conservatoire. Winner of num...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dimiter Zograph was brother of the famous icon-painter Zahari Zograph of the Samokov School. Born in the town of Samokov in 1796. Icon and mural painter. \r\nHe worked a lot in Plovdiv....

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Alexander Hristov was born on July 28, 1964, in Plovdiv. He spent his childhood in the town of Troyan, where he played football for the local team of Chavdar. He moved back to Plovdiv as an 8th gra...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Artistic Gymnastics Olympic and European champion, born in Plovdiv in 1959. He became the 1977 European champion in horizon...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Active participant in the national liberation movement; a popular public figure. Deputy Attorney of Plovdiv after the Liberation of 1878. One of the founders and leaders of the secret comm...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born on March 24,1843 in Koprivshtiza. He was brother of the eminent Bulgarian writer and revolutionary - Lyuben Karavelov. In the period 1860 - 1893 he completed secondary school in Moscow, studie...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Milcho Leviev (Milcho Isaac Levi), born Dec. 19, 1937 in Plovdiv. An eminent jazz musician - composer, pianist, interpreter, pedagogue – he is one of the great names in contemporary w...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Mikhail Gerdzhikov was born on January 26th, 1877, in Plovdiv. He studied at the French College, where he received the nick-name Michelle. As a student there he started his revolutiona...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Radka Nikolova Karagitlieva was born on December 15th, 1931 in the village of Touria, Kazanluk region. In 1971 she became a member of the “Rossitsa Tchoukanova Embroidery Group” in Plovdiv, that wa...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Boris Christoff (May 18, 1914, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - June 28, 1993, Rome, Italy) was a Bulgarian opera singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century.Christoff demonstrated early his s...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT One of the most eminent encyclopedians of the Bulgarian Revival period - a doctor of medicine by education, he was also very much concerned by business matters, economics, geography, industry, tran...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Kamen Vichev was born in the village of Srem, Bourgas region, on May 23rd, 1893. He started his theological education in 1912 in Belgium, where he studied until 1918. After recieving his PhD in The...

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]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Stoyo Shishkov was born in 1865 in the village of Ustovo near the town of Smolyan. He was a pedagogue, man of letters, ethnographer. Lived in Plovdiv since 1904 as a teacher. He was the <...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT The following info on this talented young violinist is courtesy of Festival Music Alp webs...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Boris Dimovski is one of the greatest contemporary Bulgarian artists. Beside being a world-famous caricature artist, he is also a much respected master of water-color paitings, oil paintings, impre...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT The First Bulgarian in The Guinness Book of Records. 53-year-old Radoslav Nikolov (known as Gianni) is the best BG football juggler. He managed to juggle his football on the 20-cm-wide balus...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT George Ganchev (whose real name was Georgi Petroushev) was born on August 29, 1939, in Plovdiv. In the early 1960s he emigrated from Bulgaria. He graduated from the British Fencing Academy (he was ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT ASEN HRISTOFOROV – an economist and writer, born on December 16, 1910 in Plovdiv. He studied Economics in London, where he graduated in 1934. He was among the founders of the Statistics Insti...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Tsanko Lavrenov (1896-1978) - an original Bulgarian artist, who drew experience from the national traditions of old Bulgarian art and from folklore. A highly creative artist, he poeticised...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Maestro Raychev worked with Europe's key symphony orchestras including La Scala in Milan, Paris' National Opera and Lond...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Political figure, diplomat, cousin of the eminent public figure, Ivan...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Kiril Naidenov was born on 23.05.1945 in the village of Slaviani. ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born in Koprivshtitsa, he studied in Plovdiv Greek School. Later he taught in the Class School of his native town of Koprivshtitsa, succeeding his teacher, Nayden Gerov on that position (1848-56)...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT He participated in the national liberation movement. Persecuted by the Turks, he moved into Plovdiv. About the year 1868, he became teacher at the St.Trinity school. He was an active participant in...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT The Bulgarian football star Hristo Stoichkov officially finished his football-playing career on December 15th, and from January 1st 2004 becomes the Barcelona coach. He will be training the team pl...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Stefka Kostadinova is a famous BG athlete. She was born on March 25th, 1965 in Plovdiv. She has gradiated from the Plovdiv School of Sports, initially starting a career of gymnastics and swimm...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dr. Stoilov was born on September 23rd, 1853, in Plovdiv, in the well-to-do patriotic family of Stoil Zakharliata. His mother comes fro the emi...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Gavril Krustevich (real name: Gandyu Krustev Baev) - born in the town of Kotel in 1817. Public figure and statesman; man of letters; Honorary member of Bulgarian Literary Society (later the Bulgari...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT DR IVAN KESYAKOV was a public figure, leader of the Democratic party, Mayor of Plovdiv (1908-1912 and again 1921-22).  Born in 1871 in the town of Koprivshtitsa. He graduated Medicine f...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dimcho Debelyanov is one of the greatest Bulgarian poets. He was born on March 25th, 1887, in Koprivshtitsa, in a family of a tailor. At that time Koprivshtitsa was a cent...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Georgi Bozhilov - Slona (the nickname means Elephant) was born in Plovdiv. He graduated from the Art Academy in Sofia, Major Monumental Decorative Art, in Prof.Georgi Bogdanovs class.]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born on June 07, 1891 in Plovdiv, Dr. Obreikov comes from an eminent Bulgarian Revival period family. Having graduated cum laude in Law (Montpellier, 1912), and Finances and Trade (Paris, 1919), he...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Poet, publisher, historian and publicist,two-times winner of the Literary Award Plovdiv (1989 and 1999) and of the Honorary Emblem of the city of Plovdiv for Donorship. He is also the winner of the...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Prof. Krikor Azaryan received the title “Honorary Citizen of Plovdiv”, awarded to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday anniversary, 2004. Prof. Azaryan is receiving the honor...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT The amous theatre and movie actress Zlatina Todeva was one of the most essential actresses in BG theater and cinema. The actress spent 17 years at the Plovdiv Drama Theater.  Tod...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born on October 22, 1903, in the village of Bresovo in the Plovdiv District. Zlatyu Boyadzhiev graduated from the Ts.Todorov’s class of the Sofia Art Academy in 1932. He painted portraits and compo...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Jean Vassilev Videnov - born on March 22, 1959 in Plovdiv. He graduated from the English Language School of Plovdiv, and later - from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (he studi...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT The actor Assen Kisimov was born on May 3rd, 1936, in Plovdiv.\r\nEver since he was 12 he participated actively in radio performances. In 1959 he graduated from the Film and Theatre Arts Aca...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dr. Georgi Vulkovich - born in Edirne, 1833. Doctor, political figure and a diplomat. Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (later the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). He comes from the eminent Reviv...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Knjaz Alexander Bogoridi - man of law, statesman. Son of probably the most influential person after the Sultan in the Ottoman Empire - Knjaz Stefan Bogoridi (called Stefanaki Bey). Alexander B...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Czech by origin. Also known under the spelling of Schkorpil (pronounced Sh-korpil). Teacher, archaeologist; museum founder. Spent some time as a teacher of Maths...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Eminent trader, public figure, donor; participant in the national liberation movement. He himself funded the construction of the old building of St Trinity School in Plovdiv, and later became its p...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Eminent man of law, journalist and public figure, Nedko Kableshkov is the pioneer of donating in Plovdiv. In 1949 he made a large donation of e...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Nikolai Galov, also popular by the nickname “The colleague Galov", was born on July 5, 1943 in Plovdiv.  He died on Jule 9, 1993, in that same city...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT “Labor is the high price of my freedom” - That thought belongs to the great Bulgarian theatre director, Lyuben Grois, and is taken from his two-volume book of “archives”, released 20 years...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Academician. One of the best Bulgarian writers. Born in the Rhodope Mountain village of Yavrovo. Author of many novels and short stories. Screenplay-writer of wonderful films (Koziat Rog, i.e. Goat...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Stefka Blagoeva was the founder and main conductor of the Plovdiv Boys’ Choir in 1975. During her conduct the Choir participated in a large number of music festivals all over Bulgaria and Europ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Lucien Schevalas was born in Obonne, Switzerland. Swiss park designer, gardener of royalties. He graduated from the Forestry Institute in Paris. \r\nHe came to Bulgaria afte...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT The poet Alexander Banderov has long worked as a journalist (he has been awarded the Gold Pen Award of the Bulgarian Journalists Union), and later was an editor...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Ioan Isaakov Leviev was born on October 31st, 1934, in Plovdiv (his brother is the world-famous jazz musucian, M...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Petko Rachev Slaveykov was born on November 17, 1827, in the town of Turnovo. Writer and journalist, public and political figure; Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (later the Bulgarian Academy o...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT The eminent actor Nikola Todev was born on June 13th, 1928, in the town of Devin, Smolyan Region. He started acting at the age of 24 on the stage of the Smolyan Theatre, and later in Pazardzhik T...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT  Herminegild / Hermin Skorpil (also known as Schkorpil; pronounced Sh-korpil) was Czech by origin. Teacher, archaeologist; museum founder. Spent some time as a teacher in several high...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT One of the greatest names Plovdiv is so proud of - Joseph Schnitter (born 1852, Novi Bidzhov – died 1914, Plovdiv), a Czech by original nationality, an eminent architect, engineer and geodesi...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Petar Stoyanov was born May 25th, 1952, in the city of Plovdiv. He gradiuated from the Law Faculty of the Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski.\r\n\r\n1978 - 19...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dr. Ivan Milkov Chomakov was born on October 15th, 1953, in Plovdiv. He graduated from the VMI Medical University of Plovdiv in 1979. In the period 1981 - 1997 he worked as an assista...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dinko Dermendzhiev (popular with the nickname of Chiko) has joined the football team of Botev Plovdiv in 1959 as its third goal keeper. His only playing as a keeper though,was during the second hal...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Born in Plovdiv in 1915 in Plovdiv. He graduated from the State Academy of Music in Sofia in 1940. Prof. Diamandiev started working as a teacher in the newly opened School of Music in Plo...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT One of the most influential people in the Ottoman Empire after the sultan, often referred to as the Bulgarian having greatest authority and power. Active supporter of the movement for independent BG c...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Dimitre Dinev was born in 1968 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He started writing at the time of his secondary schooling in a German speaking 'Gymnasium' in Pazardshik. <...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Nikola Alvadzhiev was born in Plovdiv in 1900. He graduated from the “Alexander I” High school in Plovdiv. He worked for the...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Bozhidar Zdravkov was born in 1884 in the Serbian town of Pirot. He was a lawyer and an eminent public figure. He studied Law in Sofia University and graduated in the uni...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Dr. Stoyan Chomakov, born in Koprivshtitsa in 1819. Doctor. Eminent fighter for Bulgarian church independence, a public and state figure. Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (today Bulgarian Acade...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Stoyan Zagorchinov was among the first writer to widely popularize the genre of historical novel in Bulgaria. His most significant ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Ivan Evstratiev Geshov - eminent politican and banker. Public and political figure; publicist. Member of Bulgarian Literary Society (later the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). Minister. Prime M...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Stanislav Dospevski was the firstborn of Dimiter Zograph's sons. He studied in Plovdiv and helped his father paint the Plovdiv Old Town church of "St. Nedelya". \r\...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT The eminent Bulgarian composer and musician Panayot Pipkov was born on November 21, 1871, in Plovdiv. He started learning violin and writing poems when he was very young; he was an amateur actor in...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Father Pavel Dzhidzhov was born in Plovdiv on July 7th, 1919, in a catholic family. In 1926, he became a student at the primary school of the Assumptionists in Plovdiv - St. Andrews College. In the...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Nonka Matova was born on October 20th, 1954 in Plovdiv. Master of sports of gun shooting. Many-time Balkan and republican record winner in gun shooting. She has won the best gun shooter on the Balk...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Nayden Todorov was born in 1974 in Plovdiv. He received his first piano lessons at the age of five, and by sixteen had led his first concert as conductor. He studied with Alexander Vladigerov in So...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Eminent Plovdiv artist. He graduated in 1959 from the academy of Arts in Sofia. He lives and works in Plovdiv. Winner of numerous art awards. His name has been connected to the so called P...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Teacher, man of letters, founder of the organised publishing in Bulgaria; member of the BG Literary Society (todays Bulgarian Academy of Sciences). In the period 1854-56, while a teacher ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Alexander Petrovich Bourago was an eminent military figure. He graduated from the Nikolaevsko Military Cavalry School in Sankt Petersburg, Russia. Captain Bourago was the comander of a cavalry squa...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Yosafat Shishkov was born on February 9th, 1884 in Plovdiv, in a catholic family. In 1900, he became a novice in Turkey and accepted the name of Yosafat. He studied Philosophy and theology in Belgi...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:23 GMT Hristo Hristov is among the most eminent film directors and screen writers in Bulgarian cinema. He was born on April 11th]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Conductor, composer, pioneer of Bulgarian opera. He graduated as a student of Pietro Mascani at the Rossini College in Pesaro, Italy, as Maestro di Musica. Atanassov made his early career as a mili...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT The eminent Bulgarian musician is often a guest to his beloved Plovdiv on various cultural occasions. The virtuoso, who is the most popular shepherd flute “kaval” ‘s jazz performer, is practically ...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT She was born in Plovdiv on January 30th, 1944, and her artistic career starts from here. Today, most Bulgarian consider her an “intellectual type of actress “. The eminent Bulgarian actress makes h...

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:29:22 GMT Atanas Samokovliev (also known by the nickname Atanas Samokovets) was born in 1832 in the town of Samokov. He was a trader and a public figure. He was the first Mayor of Plovdiv ...

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