Nikola Shekov
Nikola Todorov Schekow (also spelled Nikola Todorov Zhekov ); Bulgarian Никола Тодоров Жеков ; * (December 25, 1864 July / January 6, 1865 greg. In Sliven ; † November 1, 1949 in Füssen ) was a Bulgarian infantry general and minister of war and commander in chief of the Bulgarian army during the First World War .
Life
Schekow entered the officers' school in Sofia in 1885 as a junker and took part in the Serbian-Bulgarian war as a volunteer . In 1887 he was appointed lieutenant and in the following years he held various positions. In February 1912 he was appointed head of the Sofia Military School and from December 12, 1912 he served as chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Army. In 1913 he was promoted to major general and as such he was given command of the Tundscha Division.
On August 6, 1915, Shekov took over the post of Minister of War from his predecessor Ivan Fitschew . At the same time he also acted as commander in chief of the Bulgarian army for the duration of the First World War. In 1919 he retired from active service and was retired.
Honors, awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of St. Alexander
- Military Order for Bravery 1st Class
- Grand Cross of the Bulgarian Military Order of Merit
- Pour le Mérite , awarded by Wilhelm II on January 18, 1916
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle Order
- Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Order of the Württemberg Crown
- Osmanje Order , 1st class
literature
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweig: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War Volume 2: HO , Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2003, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 , pp. 154–155.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha 1861–1948 - A cosmopolitan on the Bulgarian throne . Osteuropazentrum Berlin - Verlag (Anthea Verlagsgruppe), Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-89998-296-1 , pp. 296, 308, 313, 337.
Individual evidence
- ^ Todor Petrov: Bulgarian Orders and Medals, Military Publishing House Ltd., Sofia 2005, ISBN 954-509-317-X , p. 92
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| SURNAME | Shekov, Nikola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schekow, Nikola Todorow; Jekov, Nikola Todorov; Жеков, Никола Тодоров (Bulgarian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian infantry general, minister of war and commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army in the First World War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sliven |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1949 |
| Place of death | Feet |