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Todor Zhivkov in 1944-1945
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he just did them there
On September 9, 1944, the government of Konstantin Muraviev released the three regents appointed after the death of Tsar Boris III – Prince Kiril Preslavski, Bogdan Filov and Gen. Nikola Mikhov.
This did not save them – all three were sentenced to death by the People’s Court and shot on February 1 and 2, 1945.
Prof. Venelin Ganev, Tsvyatko Boboshevski and Todor Pavlov were appointed in their place and remained in this position until the abolition of the monarchy on September 18, 1946.
Which are the new ones
regents
To Bulgaria?
Prof. Ganev is a lawyer, diplomat and politician, a leading specialist in commercial law. He went through the Radical Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance.
From 1942, as an independent participant in the Patriotic Front, he entered its leadership.
As early as 1945, Venelin Ganev opposed the growing influence of the Communist Party and joined the opposition.
On October 17, 1947, he was fired as a lecturer at Sofia University and interned in Dryanovo. The following year he was expelled from BAS. He died on March 25, 1966 in Sofia.
Tsvyatko Boboshevski is also a lawyer, graduated in law in Paris. As a member of the Democratic Alliance, he is a minister in several governments.
He opposes Bulgaria’s association with Germany. In August 1944 he became a non-partisan member of the pro-communist Patriotic Front.
The news finds
Boboshevski in his native
his city of Vratsa
On the morning of September 10, he left for Sofia’s regional governor’s car. Before Botevgrad, the car was stopped by partisans who aimed their rifles at Boboshevski. However, he kept his composure, explained who he was and gave his first speech to them as regent.
Tsvyatko Boboshevski died on December 21, 1952 in Sofia. At the funeral, Valko Chervenkov’s government paid tribute to him as a prominent statesman.
Todor Pavlov was born in the town of Shtip, then in the Ottoman Empire, now in Northern Macedonia. Marxist philosopher, journalist, politician. After the attack on the church “Holy Sunday” on April 16, 1925 he was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In 1929 he was amnestied and released.
In 1932 he emigrated to the USSR and became a professor of dialectical materialism at the Institute of Red Professorship in Moscow. A fanatical follower of Lenin and Stalin.
After his return to Bulgaria, he was tried and imprisoned in concentration camps. In 1945 his book “Theory of Reflection” was published. He was chairman of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of Philosophy, academician, MP. Long-term member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party and winner of all possible awards, distinctions and titles.
In his political biography “Despite Everything”, Dr. Zhelyu Zhelev tells about his three meetings with Todor Pavlov.
In the third he threatened that before he died he would succeed in putting the young philosophers on the right path, the path of Marxism and Leninism. “What does this look like?” The academician was angry. “You took out your dicks and pee left and right on Marx and Lenin … Where do they give like that ?!”
Todor Pavlov dies
on May 8, 1977
in Sofia
But back to the three regents in September 1944. In fact, the powers of the regent’s council are quite limited. In theory, he ruled a still monarchical Bulgaria, but in practice he only re-signed the decrees and ordinances issued by the OF government headed by Kimon Georgiev.
The activity of the regent’s council will remain in history with the appointment and dismissal of Todor Zhivkov from the People’s Militia.
Lieutenant Colonel Zhivkov was appointed Chief Inspector in the Uniformed Militia and Training Department by Decree №79: “In the name of His Majesty Simeon II. By God’s mercy and people’s will, King of the Bulgarians.
The signatures of the three regents follow. In this position, Zhivkov received a basic monthly salary of BGN 8,400, plus BGN 300 for one promotion.
The future “first party and state leader” served in this department for only 2 months.
By Decree №105 of December 1, 1944, the three regents decreed that the Minister of the Interior “REMOVE Lieutenant Colonel Todor Hristov Zhivkov from his position in the Uniformed Militia and Training Department at the People’s Militia Directorate.”
Minister at that time was Anton Yugov from the Bulgarian Communist Party. There is not even a reason why Zhivkov was fired – due to unsuitability, expediency or due to another job.
For these two months, there is not a single document in Todor Zhivkov’s file that makes it clear exactly what he did: did he arrest “enemies of the people”, did he take part in interrogations, did he torture detainees, did he destroy documents ? Or has he created a new program and system for training incoming police officers?
His official biography reads:
“And the new one begins
period of life
of Todor Zhivkov
The operative bureau he headed by an uprising body (September 9 – b.a.) becomes a body for the protection of the new government, a body of the People’s Militia. Shortly afterwards, Todor Zhivkov switched to party work … ”.
Tolkoz. Not a single photo of Zhivkov in a police uniform remains for history. Or at least it was not published in the super-issue “Son of his people, son of his time”. It was published in 1981 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Todor Zhivkov, edited by the poet Dimitar Metodiev. It contains photos of all the most important events related to Zhivkov’s activity.
In 1982, a collection of memoirs by comrades-in-arms and associates of Zhivkov from the years before 1944 was published. The compiler and editor of the publication was the poet Matei Shopkin, reviewer – Prof. Nedyu T. Nedev.
In the memoir of Todor Popov, entitled “Unforgettable days”, a short episode from the existence of Todor Zhivkov as a police chief is described.
During one of the sessions of the People’s Court, Todor Popov tried to enter the Judicial Chamber and met his friend Tosho at the entrance. He looks taller in his long raincoat, emaciated but with a friendly smile on his face. The two have known each other since the time when Zhivkov gathered his classmates and told them that he was creating a circle to study Marxism.
During this accidental meeting, Todor Zhivkov told his friend that he was the head of the People’s Militia and was in charge of guarding the Judicial Chamber. Invites him to visit him in the morning at Slavyanska Beseda, 127 Rakovski Street, so that they can talk more calmly.
The next day, Popov found Zhivkov talking to a Soviet general in a modestly furnished office. After the general left, the two began a “cordial conversation” and Zhivkov suggested that he would not stay long in this place, they would move him to the Ministry of National Defense. He even invites his friend to work there.
Todor’s story
Popov continues
so:
“Now come see something,” he said. “And he took me out of the office.” We entered a wide corridor, on one side of which were barred cells. In these cells were some of the found and arrested culprits for the suffering of our people. Those who were responsible for the deaths of thousands of sons and daughters, for the tears and sorrows of fathers and mothers, those who ordered, killed, hanged, burned, destroyed and committed atrocities. Now they roamed like wolves — frightened, pitiful — and waited in fear for the lawful retribution.
– These are some of the biggest! – Comrade Zhivkov told me quietly. “They are waiting their turn before the People’s Court.”
However, Zhivkov does not go to work at the Ministry of Defense. At the beginning of 1945 he became the third secretary of the Regional Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party. Only in ten years he will be the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
Further it is known …
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