Andrei Bucharestliev

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Andrei Bucharestliev
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Native name
Андрей Букурещлиев
Born(1857-10-18)October 18, 1857
 [bg], Rumelia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
DiedFebruary 13, 1925(1925-02-13) (aged 67)
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Allegiance Principality of Bulgaria
 Kingdom of Bulgaria
Branch Bulgarian Land Forces
RankLieutenant Colonel
Battles/warsSerbo-Bulgarian War First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
World War I
Alma materVasil Levski National Military University

Andrei Atanasov Bucharestliev was a 19th and 20th century Bulgarian Lieutenant Colonel who was notable for his service in the Battle of Banjski Dol during the Serbo-Bulgarian War.

Biography[]

Andrei Bucharestliev was born in the village of Plevnya , Drama. Between 1873 and 1876 he studied at the class school in the village of Ilinden by prominent educator  [bg].[1] He graduated from the Vasil Levski National Military University in Sofia with the first class in 1879 and enlisted in the Bulgarian Army. In 1885 he graduated from the shooting school in Moscow.

In Serbo-Bulgarian War, he commanded the militia in the Tsaribrod district,  [bg] and Dolnonevlyanskiya unit which conceals in the direction to Pirot-Sukovo-Vrabcha-Tran-Breznik. He took part in the battles of Malo Malovo and Banski Dol, both on November 2 and the Battle of Slivnitsa November 5-7. During the Battle of Pirot, the troops commanded by Captain Bucharestliev were in the reserve of the Main Detachment.

After the war, Bucharestliev served in the Vasil Levski National Military University and in 1889 he was dismissed from the army as a district military chief in Burgas. He worked as a public figure and merchant in Plovdiv.

He took part in the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War and the First World War, after which he was fired in 1920.[2]

Andrei Bukureshtliev is the brother of the composer  [bg] and the Botev Chetnik  [bg], the father of the lawyer Atanas Bukureshtliev and the pianist  [bg] and the grandfather of the pianist  [bg].[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ A Macedonian Bulgarian. Teacher Atanas pop Petrov. Curriculum vitae, memories, notebooks. Compiled by: Lisbeth Lyubenova, Sofia, 2017, p. 56.
  2. ^ Rumenin, Rumen. The Officer Corps in Bulgaria 1878 - 1944. Vol. 1 and 2. Sofia, Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense "St. George the Victorious", 1996. Page 108
  3. ^ The compound 1885 - encyclopedic reference book. Sofia: State Publishing House "Dr. Peter Beron". 1985.
  4. ^ Zafirov, D., Zlateva, A., General Yordan Venedikov - selected works, Sofia, 1991, Military Publishing House.

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