Christo Mikhailov
Christo Michailow Popow , Bulgarian Христо Михайлов (born April 18, 1893 in Vidin , † February 8, 1944 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian politician.
Life
Mikhailov had joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1918 . During the Bulgarian September Uprising in 1923 he led a department. After the suppression of the uprising, he went into exile in Yugoslavia , but returned illegally to Bulgaria in 1924. In 1925 he was arrested and then sentenced to death but not executed. He was released from prison in 1937. From 1937 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party . In 1939 he became a member of his party's Politburo . He headed the military commission at the Central Committee and in March 1943 took over the leadership of the Bulgarian People's Liberation Army.
Mikhailov was seriously wounded, arrested by the police and murdered.
Honor
In 1944 the city Ferdinand (until 1890 Montana ) was renamed Mikhailovgrad. Since 1993 it has been called Montana again.
literature
- Mikhailov, Christ . In: Taschenlexikon Bulgaria , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983, page 120.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mikhailov, Christ |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mikhailov Popow, Christo (full name); Михайлов, Христо (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vidin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1944 |
| Place of death | Sofia |