Dimityr Blagoew
Dimityr Blagoew ( Bulgarian Димитър Благоев ; born June 14, 1856 in Kastoria , † May 7, 1924 in Sofia ) was a Bulgarian theorist of Marxism-Leninism , politician and literary critic.
Life
As a student in Saint Petersburg, Blagoev was committed to the revolution in Russia . In 1883 he founded one of the first social democratic groups in Russia. Because of his political activities, he was expelled from Russia in 1885. Back in Bulgaria he also promoted Marxism here and organized corresponding political initiatives. From 1885 he published the first socialist newspaper in Bulgaria, Sywremennij Pokasatel . In 1891 the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party was founded under his leadership . He wrote the first Bulgarian Marxist work and was involved in the trade union movement. From 1903 he headed the narrow socialists . From 1897 to 1920 he edited the magazine Nowo Wreme . In addition, he wrote a large number of works on Marxist philosophy and founded Bulgarian Marxist historiography. He also dealt with questions of aesthetics and literary criticism.
Blagoev welcomed the Russian October Revolution and was one of the founders of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1919 , but had to retire from active work in 1923 due to a serious illness.
He was married to the Bulgarian writer Wela Blagoewa .
In 1950, the Bulgarian city of Gorna Dschumaja was renamed Blagoevgrad in his honor . The city still bears this name today.
In 1923 the Ukrainian village Velykyj Bujalyk was named after him, but in 2016 it was renamed.
Works (selection)
- What is socialism and does it have a basis with us , 1891
- Social-literary questions , 1901
- The economic development of Bulgaria. Industry or Agriculture , 1903
- Contribution to the history of socialism in Bulgaria , 1906
- Dialetic materialism and epistemology , 1911
literature
- Blagoew, Dimityr . In: Taschenlexikon Bulgaria , Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983, page 29 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blagoew, Dimityr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Благоев, Димитър (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian philosopher and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kastoria |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1924 |
| Place of death | Sofia |