Biographical directory
The physicians featured in the books – ordered by surname, with references to the pages where their stories begin.
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Found: 46
1844 – 21 March 1926
A Tarnovo physician, known as the last Tarnovo resident to bandage Vasil Levski. He took part in the national liberation movement and in medical work during the Russo-Turkish War.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Stat Antonov10 March 1821 – 9 March 1892
A Bulgarian physician, born in Svishtov, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and the first Minister of Public Education in the Principality of Bulgaria. He left a significant medical and public legacy.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Georgi Atanasovich1824 – 24 September 1909
Vasil Beron was a physician, educator and archaeologist with broad scholarly interests in medicine, biology, history, linguistics, philosophy and archaeology. He is regarded as the founder of scientific medical literature in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Vasil Beron12 December 1844 – 24 May 1921
Bulgarian physician and military doctor, a participant in the War of Liberation (1877–1878) as a military physician in the Romanian army during the siege of Pleven. After the war, he became the first director of the Rousse District Hospital.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Paskal Biserov20 January 1853 – 8 September 1940
Stefan Savov Bobchev was a Bulgarian publicist, jurist and public figure who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a war correspondent and an official in the Russian administration. He is considered the first chronicler of the war of 1877–1878.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Stefan Savov BobchevA Bulgarian physician, born in Shumen, appointed physician of the First Volunteer Company (Druzhina) of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). He took part in key military actions during the war.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Andrey Bogdanov1837 – 18 June 1882
Chief physician of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and the first chief physician of the Bulgarian Land Army. He is regarded as the founder of Bulgarian military medicine.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Konstantin Borisov Bonev1 April 1852 – 14 January 1937
Bulgarian military physician, participant in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, who rose to the rank of Major General and Chief Physician of the Bulgarian Army.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Stefan Hristov Bocharov1 April 1847 – 26 January 1899
Bulgarian physician and surgeon, grandson of the Revival-era figure Hadji Yordan the Bearded. He worked in Sofia after the Liberation and contributed to the development of surgery and forensic medicine in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Dr. Yordan Ivanov Bradel1857 – 25 July 1931
Bulgarian military physician and surgeon, participant in the Russo-Turkish War, initiator of the founding of the Bulgarian Medical Union and first editor of its "Chronicles".
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Luka Ivanov Vankov1848 – late 1878
Bulgarian physician and volunteer who took part in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a military doctor of the Third Battalion of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. He gained renown for his personal intervention in the defence of Shipka on 23 August, when he led wounded men in a bayonet counterattack.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Dr. Konstantin Ivanov Vezenkov15 August 1841 – 19 January 1890
A bulgarian physician of the Revival era, a participant in three wars and a deputy in the Constituent Assembly. He worked as a military and provincial physician and was an organizer of the medical society in Varna.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Stoyko Yordanov Gaev1853 – 1909
Bulgarian physician, a graduate in medicine from Constantinople, who took part in the Russo-Turkish War, initially in the Ottoman army on the Caucasian Front and later in a Russian field military hospital.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Petko Dimitrov1849 – 2 July 1912
A physician from Svishtov who took part as a volunteer in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, founder of the hospital in Pleven and its many-times director, known for his generous donations to education and healthcare.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Aleksi Drumev1853 – 1908
Dr. Panayot Zhechev was a Bulgarian physician of the Revival era, a participant in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, and subsequently a prominent figure in public health in post-Liberation Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Panayot Zhechev1848 – 1902
Stoycho Hristov Zagorski was the first Bulgarian physician to hold the post of municipal physician in Sevlievo, a revolutionary activist and military physician who took part in the Russo-Turkish War as a physician with the Romanian Red Cross.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Stoycho Hristov Zagorski1855 – 4 November 1927
A Bulgarian military physician and surgeon who performed the first ovariotomy in Bulgaria, one of the founders of the Bulgarian Medical Association, and a significant figure in the development of military medicine after the Liberation.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors
Read more about Georgi Zolotovich4 April 1845 – 12 June 1922
Dr. Dimitar Kalevich was the first Bulgarian psychiatrist, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War as a battalion physician in the Romanian army, and for many years head of the psychiatric ward at the Alexandrovska Hospital.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Dimitar Kalevich1 October 1847 – 16 October 1907
Dr. Mihail P. Kalpakov was a physician and public figure of Tarnovo, a participant in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) as a physician of the 17th Russian Infantry Division. A well-known benefactor of Tarnovo, his portrait is carried in the festive procession on 22 March.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Mihail Kalpakov1840 – 10 February 1905
Bulgarian physician, public and political figure, participant in the Russo-Turkish War and in the drafting of the Treaty of San Stefano. After the Liberation he was a member of the National Assembly and took part in drafting the Tarnovo Constitution.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Vasil Kochev Karakonyovski1820 – 1905
One of the first Bulgarian physicians, a military surgeon, a participant in three wars, and the first diplomatic agent of the Principality of Bulgaria in Serbia.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) · Dreamer Doctors II
Read more about Dimitar Kirov Kirovich1846 – October 1908
Dimo Stoychev Kuyumdzhiev was a physician and revolutionary activist of the Bulgarian Revival who graduated from the Imperial Medical School in Istanbul under an assumed name. He took part in the Serbo-Turkish War and the Russo-Turkish War, and afterwards worked as a physician and pharmacist in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Dimo Stoychev Kuyumdzhiev1851 – 5 April 1907
Hristo Lekarski was a freedom fighter from a family of the Bulgarian National Revival, who twice interrupted his medical studies in order to take part in wars of liberation. After the Liberation he made his career as a public figure and long-serving mayor of Kyustendil.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Read more about Hristo LekarskiThe first qualified physician in Razgrad, who practised there before and during the Liberation. The son of Dr. Marko Pavlov, one of the first physicians in the Bulgarian lands.
Bulgarian Physicians in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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