Ferdinand Todorov Kozovsky ( Bulgarian: Ferdinand Todorov Kozovsky ; January 27, 1892 , Knezha , Principality of Bulgaria , Ottoman Empire - September 12, 1965 , Sofia , People’s Republic of Bulgaria ) - Bulgarian military and statesman, chairman of the People’s Assembly of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (1950-1965) , lieutenant general.
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 Ferdinand Kozovsky (3rd from left) while visiting the GDR, 04/17/1957 | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Raiko Damyanov | ||||||
| Successor | Sava Ganovsky | ||||||
| Birth | January 27, 1892 Kneszha , Principality of Bulgaria , Ottoman Empire | ||||||
| Death | September 12, 1965 (73 years old) Sofia , People's Republic of Bulgaria | ||||||
| The consignment | Bulgarian Communist Party | ||||||
| Education | Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze | ||||||
| Profession | military | ||||||
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| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||
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Biography
He graduated from the school of reserve officers. Member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party (close socialists) (1911). He took part in the First Balkan War and the First World War .
He was one of the leaders of the September Uprising (1923) in the Vratsa Oblast. After the defeat, he emigrated to the USSR. He graduated from the Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze . He taught at the University for National Minorities. He participated in the Civil War in Spain (1936-1939).
During World War II, he was the head of Soviet propaganda on the Hristo Botev radio station, which broadcast to support the communist movement in Bulgaria.
At the end of September 1944, he was promoted to the rank of major general and was appointed assistant commander of the Bulgarian army - commander of the assistant commanders of the army (political workers). In early December 1944, after the coup on September 9, 1944, which brought the pro-Soviet forces to power, he was appointed head of the General Political Department of the Bulgarian Army with the rank of deputy defense minister.
He was a member of the People’s Court , by the decision of which representatives of the political and military elites of the previous regime were convicted - regents, ministers, deputies, and leaders of anti-communist organizations. The day after the execution of death sentences, the inhabitants of Sofia noticed that Kozovsky appeared in public in the boots of Prince Preslavsky Cyril , brother of Tsar Boris III .
Soon he was transferred to diplomatic work: 1948-1949. - Ambassador to Hungary, 1949-1950 - Ambassador to China.
In 1950-1965 - Chairman of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
Sources
- History on the anti-fascist fight in Bulgaria, vol. I 1939/1943, S., 1976, p. 187
- Nedev, Nedyu. Three rusts of turning or Cimon Georgiev and a certain time. Sofia, Ciela, 2007. ISBN 978-954-28-0163-4 . from. 664