ZHIVKOV, TODOR

tôˈdôr zhĭvkôfˈ, 1911–98, Bulgarian political leader. A printer, and a Communist party member from 1932, he rose to prominence as a partisan leader during World War II and headed the coup against the monarchy in Sept., 1944. In 1948 he became a member of the Communist party central committee. His steady rise culminated in 1954 when he became first secretary of the party. He served (1962–71) as premier before assuming (1971) the post of president of Bulgaria. He maintained close relations with the Soviet Union throughout his tenure, making Bulgaria the most compliant Soviet satellite. On Nov. 10, 1989, Zhivkov was ousted from the presidency following a revolt against him within the Communist party that was backed by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and his supporters in the politburo were purged. His 1992 conviction on corruption charges was voided in 1996.

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books on: Zhivkov Todor  - 189 results

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Dictionary of East European History since 1945
Book by Joseph Held; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--History--1945---Dictionaries
...Bulgaria Under Communist Rule New York, 1970 . Zhivkov, Todor 1911- . Zhivkov was born in the village of Pravets, north of Sofia...active in the Pravets region. Legend had it that Zhivkov was the leader of the communist coup detat in September...
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The Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe: An Introduction
Book by Richard F. Staar; Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1971
Subjects: Communism--Europe, Eastern, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1945-1989
...Stanko Secretary ** Tsolov, Tano 54 Deputy premier CMEA representatives and chairman, State Plan Committee Zhivkov, Todor 59 Zhivkov, Todor First secretary Premier * Pavlov, Todor 80 Honorary chairman, * Kotsev, Venelin 44 Academy of Sciences...
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Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Political, Economic, and Social Challenges
Book by Minton F. Goldman; M.E. Sharpe, 1997
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Economic Conditions--1989-, Europe, Eastern--History--1989-, Europe, Eastern--Politics And Government--1989-, Europe, Eastern--Social Conditions--1989-, Post-Communism--Europe, Eastern, Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
...Vladimir, 46 , 257 , 367 , 369 Zhivkov, Todor, 82 and assassination attempt...86 BSP and, 96 collapse of the Zhivkov regime, 89 -90 economic reform...political reform, 88 , 89 post-Zhivkov political liberalization, 91...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...group of Jewish doctors of his murder. Zhivkov, Todor b. 7 Sept. 1911 Bulgarian; leader 1954-89 Zhivkov was the son of poor peasants. He moved...of thousands of political opponents. Zhivkov entered the Bulgarian Politburo in 1951...
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Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia - Vol. 2
Book by Bernard A. Cook; Garland, 2001
Subjects: Europe--Civilization--1945- Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1945---Encyclopedias, European Cooperation--Encyclopedias, Political Leadership--Europe--Encyclopedias, Politicians--Europe--Encyclopedias, Statesmen--Europe--Encyclopedias
...Duma. Andrey Alimov Bernard Cook Aleksandr Pidzhakov Zhivkov, Todor (1911-98) Communist leader of Bulgaria. Todor Zhivkov was born into a poor peasant family in Pravets, a village...
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journal articles on: Zhivkov Todor  - 22 results

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From Proletariat to People: Public Relations Metamorphosis of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Its Political Tribune before the First Free Multi-Party Elections in 1990
Journal article by Anelia K. Dimitrova; East European Quarterly, Vol. 32, 1998
Subjects: Bulgaria--Political aspects, Bulgarian Communist Party--Public relations, Communist parties--Public relations
...elimination of the former dictator, Todor Zhivkov, was followed by several well...as its former First Secretary, Todor Zhivkov. However, when the opposition...announced that former dictator Todor Zhivkov and ex-Politburo member Milko...
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Lustration and the Transition to Democracy: The Cases of Poland and Bulgaria
Journal article by C. Charles Bertschi; East European Quarterly, Vol. 28, 1994
Subjects: Anti-communist movements--Poland, Anticommunism--Poland, Aristocracy, Bulgaria--History, Poland--History, Secret police
...that were for the personal use of Todor Zhivkov and his cronies, most of which...Transition in Bulgaria The fall of Todor Zhivkov in November 1989 opened the way...important prosection has been that of Todor Zhivkov himself. In what has been designated...
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Dej-a-Vu: Early Roots of Romania's Independence
Journal article by Johanna Granville; East European Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2008
Subjects: Hungarian Revolution, 1956, Warsaw Treaty Organization
...the play "Fear" by Todor Genov; (71) the novel...Komunisticheska Partija, or BKP), Todor Zhivkov, who had become first...translations. (71.) Todor Genov (1903-1988...folder 4, no. 128, "The Zhivkov Report: a Summary and...
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Prosecuting Human Rights Violations from a Previous Regime: The East European Experience
Journal article by Mark Gibney; East European Quarterly, Vol. 31, 1997
Subjects: Communist leadership--Cases, Eastern Europe--Political aspects, Human rights--Cases, Political crimes and offenses--Cases, Political crimes and offenses--Social aspects, Political crimes--Cases, Political crimes--Social aspects
...regime, former Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov was sentenced to seven years in...presently being brought against Zhivkov, these based more on the myriad...was the embezzlement trial of Todor Zhivkov -- the charges were undoubtedly...
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Bulgaro-Turkish Encounters and the Re-imaging of the Bulgarian Nation (1878-1995)
Journal article by Mary Neuburger; East European Quarterly, Vol. 31, 1997
Subjects: Bulgaria--History, Ethnic relations--Bulgaria, Nationalism--Bulgaria, Turks in Bulgaria--History, Turks--Bulgaria, Turks--History
...became practice when BCP leader Todor Zhivkov launched the well known assimilation...Islamic religious rites. In 1985 Zhivkov made his famous statement marking...including a Television address by Zhivkov himself, asserting that Turks...
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magazine articles on: Zhivkov Todor  - 18 results

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Conference on Disarmament Opens Second Part of 1986 Session
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, August 1986
Subjects: Nuclear arms control--International aspects, Nuclear nonproliferation--International aspects, United Nations. Conference of the Committee on Disarmament--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Zhivkov, Todor--Addresses, essays, lectures
...bilateral disarmament talks, stated Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov in a message read to the Conference by its President...guaranteeing the future of human civilization, Mr. Zhivkov said. The "peoples of the entire world follow with...
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Struggling to Be Born
Magazine article by Slavenka Drakulic; The Nation, Vol. 250, May 28, 1990
Subjects: Bulgaria--Political aspects, Bulgarian Communist Party--Political activity, Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgaria)--Political activity, Zhivkov, Todor--Political activity
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Life in the Margins: From Brooklyn to Bulgaria
Magazine article by Steven G. Kellman; American Scholar, Vol. 71, Summer 2002
Subjects: Bulgaria--Description and travel, Conduct of life--Personal narratives, Culture--Personal narratives, International relations--Evaluation, Travel--Personal narratives
...society. Though the ancien regime of the Stalinist ruler Todor Zhivkov--who, until toppled in 1989, held power for thirty...Yugoslavias Josip Broz Tito, Georgi Dimitrov and then Todor Zhivkov followed the Kremlin line, a sturdy streetcar for carrying...
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Foreign Affairs: Hoods against Democrats
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, December 1998
Subjects: Bulgaria, Crime, Organized crime--Bulgaria, Racketeering--Bulgaria
...local Party leaders into economic leaders. The aging Todor Zhivkov, who had been the Communist Party boss of Bulgaria...this way:"They killed him for the same reason that Zhivkov hated him-Lukanov was always the messenger of a future...
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Hoods against Democrats: In Bulgaria the Distinction between the State and Organized Crime Is Clear - for Now
Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, December 1998
Subjects: Bulgaria--Political aspects, Crime--Bulgaria
...local Party leaders into economic leaders. The aging Todor Zhivkov, who had been the Communist Party boss of Bulgaria...this way: "They killed him for the same reason that Zhivkov hated him--Lukanov was always the messenger of a...
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newspaper articles on: Zhivkov Todor  - 8 results

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A Small Scots Town, a Peaceful Street.And a Cold Was Assassin on a Murder Mission; THE BIG READ: YUGOSLAVIAN SECRET AGENT GUNNED DOWN DEVOTED DAD AS HE WALKED HIS DOG International Espionage Came to Kirkcaldy on Day Family Man Nikola Stedul Was Shot
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 25, 2008
...Bulgaria, particularly its leader, Todor Zhivkov. When Markov turned to writing...double agent even alleged that Todor, the president, had given the...smoking gun, above; ORDERS: Todor Zhivkov; JUSTICE SERVED: There was a...
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'I'm Proud of the Past but I'm Free of It Now'
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), July 24, 2005
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp. BBC World Service, Radio broadcasting industry
...of the communist regime, led by Todor Zhivkov. As his criticisms grew more transparent...Georgi Markovs personal attacks on Zhivkov, despite the fact that Radio Free...being able to bury myself in work! Zhivkov was deposed in 1989, and in 1991...
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Noxious History of Soviet Hitmen and Dead Dissidents; TV WATCH
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 27, 2006
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp. BBC World Service--Television program reviews, Radio broadcasting industry, Television programs--Television program reviews
...Londonbased dissident as he denounced the Communist regime of Todor Zhivkov on Radio Free Europe and the BBC, and the Soviet authorities...identify (with near 100 per cent certainty) President Zhivkov as the man who ordered the assassination, General Todorov...
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Bulgaria Sets Sights on Integrating into the West: The Ruling Anti-Communists Pick Up the Pace
Newspaper article by Nickolai Kralev; The Washington Times, June 22, 1997
Subjects: Bulgaria
...American chief executive and Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zhivkov. As they stand there, a voice comes from the grave...never lost at Waterloo." Finally, turning to Mr. Zhivkov, the voice utters, "If we had had your mass media...
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A Beautiful Land of Glorious Emptiness; (1)Overseas Property Special (2)Away from the Speculators on the Coast and in the Ski Resorts, British Pioneers Are Building Imaginative Homes in Bulgaria's Best Resource . . . Its Breathtaking countryside(3)PROPERTY ON SUNDAY
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 19, 2006
Subjects: House construction, Housing development, Residential construction, Ski resorts
...upset Gladstone (the only Briton immortalised in street names in the country) - to the grim concrete holiday dacha of Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarias Communist ruler. Two former UK town planners, Stephane Lambert, 40, and Andy Anderson, 41, helped...
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encyclopedia articles on: Zhivkov Todor  - 2 results

 
 
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Zhivkov, Todor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZHIVKOV, TODOR to dor zhivkof , 1911 98, Bulgarian political leader. A printer, and...making Bulgaria the most compliant Soviet satellite. On Nov. 10, 1989, Zhivkov was ousted from the presidency following a revolt against him within the...
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Bulgaria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Czechoslovakia in 1968. In 1971, Todor Zhivkov , who had been premier since 1962...publications were halted. In 1986, Zhivkov experimented with limited economic...Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov (1985); J. R. Lampe, The Bulgarian...


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