Christo Stambolski

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Christo Tanew Stambolski

Christo Tanev Stambolski ( Bulgarian Христо Танев Стамболски * 8. August 1843 in Kazanlak ; † 4. June 1932 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian doctor, freedom fighter and politician and one of the activists of the Bulgarian National Revival and after liberation of Bulgaria official of the People's Party in Eastern Rumelia . He was the first in the Ottoman Empire to translate medical terms from Arabic into Turkish . Its translation is still in use in Turkey today.

biography

He was born on August 8, 1843 in Kazanlak. He was the first child in the family of the teacher and businessman Stoentscho Stambologlu and his wife Dafina. On August 14, 1852, the eve of the Assumption of Mary , he helped the local priest to ring the new metallic semantron , so he and the priest were arrested by the Ottoman. At the request of influential citizens of Kazanlak, both were released. After this event, the young Christ began to campaign for the freedom of his compatriots.

He began his apprenticeship in Kazanlak. In 1858 he began studying at the Imperial Medical School in Istanbul. In 1865 as a student he took part in the fight against cholera and in 1867 he healed typhus sufferers . For this he received the Turkish Medjidie Order . Stambolski translated the old Arabic medical terminology into Turkish. Its translation is still in use today.

He became very famous in Istanbul and knew many high-ranking Turks. This gave him the opportunity to become an important figure in the Bulgarian church struggle. He became a member of the Temporary Council of the Bulgarian Exarchate and Chairman of the Bulgarian Chitalishte in Istanbul . He worked with Ilarion Makariopolski , as well as with Georgi Rakowski and Wassil Lewski . In 1877 he was exiled to Yemen , where he dealt with the Dracontiasis disease .

After the liberation of Bulgaria, he returned to Kazanlak and became a member of the regional assembly of Eastern Rumelia . In 1881 he became Minister of Transport and Postal Service. Like many other pro-Russian politicians, he was under house arrest during Stefan Stambolov's reign . Later he worked at the Aleksandrowska Hospital. Although he was a doctor, he was very interested in Bulgarian history and in 1914 he published the book Ancient Bulgarian History . The last part of his autobiography was published in 1931. He died in 1932 at the age of 88.

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personal data
SURNAME Stambolski, Christ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stambolski, Christo Tanew (full name); Стамболски, Христо Танев (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian doctor, freedom fighter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Kazanlak
DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1932
Place of death Sofia