Vasil Levski
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Vasil Levski, born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who is, today, a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary mov
Entrance to Levski's native house in Karlovo. Built in the 18th century and reconstructed in 1933, it has been a museum since 1937.
Levski in a First Bulgarian Legion uniform
Levski as the standard-bearer of Panayot Hitov's armed detachment
In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire faced threats on numerous frontiers from multiple industrialised European powers as well as internal instabilities. Outsider influence, internal corruption and
The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
Mustafa Reşid Pasha, the principal architect of the Edict of Gülhane
The green color marks the territories that were ceded to Russia following the wars with Turkey from the 17th century to the first half of the 19th century.
The Armenian national movement