Bulgarian national hero - Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski
All-time greatest Bulgarian:
http://youtu.be/7yXaB0zkgFk
Vasil Levski - Apostola na Svobodata
Vasil Levski - Apostle of Freedom
Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.
Bulgaria today, 19 february, marks 139 years from the death of the "all-time greatest Bulgarian" Vasil Levski.
The last words of Levski: http://youtu.be/LZhdJsJ_cIk
Vasil Levski was the nickname of Vasil Ivanov Kunchev (18 July 1837-18 February 1873),
a Bulgarian revolutionary renowned as the national hero of Bulgaria.
Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Founding the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, Levski sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees.
National Hero Vasil Levski :
http://youtu.be/IymL-M2u7yI
Vasil Levski (3rd from left to right, first row)
with his comrades of the Second Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade, 1868.
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, "Leonine". 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his views and developed the concept of his Bulgaria-based revolutionary organisation, an innovative idea that superseded the foreign-based detachment strategy of the past.
Vasil levski
Bulgarian national hero - Vasil Levski :
http://youtu.be/4H_rAOq6Eck
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 numerous national institutions bear his name.