Georgi Dimitrov

Georgi Mikhailov Dimitrov (Георги Михайлов Димитров, also known as Георгий Михайлович Димитров- Georgiy Mikhailovich Dimitrov) (June 18, 1882, Kovachevtsi, Pernik Province - July 2, 1949, Moscow) was a Bulgarian Communist leader. Georgi Dimitrov This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Georgi Dimitrov This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Pernik region shown within Bulgaria Pernik is a province in western Bulgaria, neighbouring Serbia and Montenegro. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Government Russia District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuri Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

Early career

A compositor active in the trade union movement in Sofia, Dimitrov joined the Social-Democratic Party of Bulgaria in 1902, and in 1903 followed Dimitâr Blagoev and his wing, as it formed the Social Democratic and Labour Party of Bulgaria ("The Narrow Party") - the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1919, when it affiliated to Bolshevism and the Comintern. From 1904 to 1923, he was Secretary of the Trade Union Federation; in 1915 (during World War I) he was elected to the Bulgarian Parliament and opposed the voting of a new war credit, being imprisoned until 1917. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Flag Seal Location Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Government Country  Province Bulgaria  Sofia-City Mayor Boyko Borisov Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,310 km²    - Land   (?) km²    - Water   (?) km² Population    - City (2006) 1,376,742    - Density   907/km² Coordinates , Elevation 550 m Time zone - Summer (DST) EET (UTC+2) EEST (UTC... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Dimitâr Blagoev was a Bulgarian political leader. ... The Bulgarian Communist Party (Balgarska Komunisticeska Partija) was the ruling party of the Peoples Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 1990 when it ceased to be a Communist state. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an independent international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A secretary is an office/administrative support position. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

In June 1923, when Prime Minister Aleksandûr Stamboliiski was deposed through a coup d'état, Stamboliiski's Communists allies, who were initially reluctant to intervene, organized an uprising against Alexander Tsankov. Dimitrov took charge of the revolutionary activities, and managed to resist the clampdown for a whole week. He and the leadership fled to Yugoslavia and received a death sentence in absentia. Under various pseudonyms, he lived in the Soviet Union until 1929, when he relocated to Germany, where he was given charge of the Central European section of the Comintern. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government through unconstitutional means by a part of the state establishment that mostly replaces just the top power figures. ... Aleksandur Tsolov Tsankov (1879-17 July 1959) was a leading Bulgarian right wing politician between the two World Wars. ... Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Flag of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a kingdom in the Balkans which existed from the end of World War I until World War II. It occupied an area made up of the present-day states of Bosnia... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... In Absentia is the eighth studio album by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, first released in September 24, 2002. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Leipzig Trial and Comintern leadership

Statue of Dmitrov in Moscow

In 1933 he was arrested in Berlin for alleged complicity in setting the Reichstag on fire (see Reichstag fire). During the Leipzig Trial, Dimitrov's cool conduct of his defence and the accusations he directed at his prosecutors won him world renown. However, this did not prevent the Nazi authorities from imposing a restrictive legislation against political movements other than their own, especially since the guilt was transferred upon Marinus van der Lubbe (who was himself a communist). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x832, 109 KB) Summary Statue of Dimitrov, Moscow. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x832, 109 KB) Summary Statue of Dimitrov, Moscow. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... The Reichstag building. ... The Reichstag fire was a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Mugshot of van der Lubbe Marinus van der Lubbe (January 13, 1909 – January 10, 1934) was a Dutch council communist accused of and executed for setting fire to the German Reichstag building on February 27, 1933, an event known as the Reichstag fire. ...

During the Leipzig Trial, several German aviators which were trained in secret in the Soviet Union, were arrested. They were released when, after secret negotiations, the Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Vasil Tanev and Blagoi Popov tried in Leipzig were allowed to leave for the Soviet Union. There Dimitrov was awarded Soviet citizenship. The massive popularity he enjoyed made him an asset of Joseph Stalin's regime, and Dimitrov was appointed General Secretary of the Comintern from 1934, remaining in office until the organization's dissolution in 1943. He asserted himself as a Stalinist during and after the Great Purge, taking a submissive position on every occasion. In 1935, at the 7th Comintern Congress, Dimitrov spoke for Stalin when he advocated the Popular Front strategy, meant to consolidate Soviet ideology as mainstream Anti-Fascism - a move that was to be exploited during the Spanish Civil War. Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... (Russian: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин, Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin; December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), also spelled Josef Stalin, was the leader (Premier) of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet... The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Stalinism is a brand of political theory, and the political and economic system named after Josef Stalin, who implemented it in the Soviet Union. ... The Great Purge (Russian: ) is the name given to campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Popular Fronts comprise broad coalitions of political and other groups, often made up of oppositioners or left wingers, and often united against particularly stringent circumstances. ... Anti-fascism is the opposition to fascist ideology, organization, or government, on all levels. ... Combatants Second Spanish Republic Foreign volunteers Nationalist Spain Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 18, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political...

Leader of Bulgaria

After the war he returned to Bulgaria to head the Communist party there, and in 1946 succeeded Kimon Georgiev as Premier, while keeping his Soviet citizenship. In 1946, under pressure from Stalin, Dimitrov started the process of forceful Macedonification of Blagoevgrad Province (Pirin Macedonia), in anticipation of the future incorporation of the region into the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. While displaying the same hardline facade, Dimitrov become ivolved in discreet projects for the creation of a Balkan Socialist Federation, approaching Josip Broz Tito: the two signed the 1947 Bled accord calling for closer cooperation in several areas. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Kimon Georgiev (Stoyanov) (1882-1969) was a Bulgarian prime minister. ... A premier is an executive official of government. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Macedonians (Македонци, Makedonci) - also referred to as Macedonian Slavs [1] - are a South Slavic ethnic group who live in the southern Balkans region of Europe. ... Blagoevgrad Province (Bulgarian: област Благоевград, oblast Blagoevgrad or Благоевградска област, Blagoevgradska oblast) is a province (oblast) of southwestern Bulgaria, also known as Pirin Macedonia. ... Motto: (English: ) Anthem: (Transliteration: ) (English: ) Capital Skopje Largest city Skopje Official language(s) Macedonian, Albanian1 Government Parliamentary republic President Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski Vlado Bučkovski Independence Declared From Yugoslavia September 8, 1991 Area    - Total 25,333 km² (146th)   9,779 sq mi   - Water (%) 1. ... ... A map showing the federal states. ... Portrait of Tito by Paja Jovanović Tito redirects here. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Area: 188. ...

Although in tune with the inter-war Soviet dogma which Dimitrov himself advocated throughout his career, this attitude had become an obstacle in the way of Stalin's wish for total control over the new Eastern Bloc. This was worsened after the falling out between Stalin and Tito in 1948, and Dimitrov's public speech during his visit in Romania at the beginning of the same year, when he had tried to convince the Romanian leadership to join the proposed Federation. Tito's dissidence prevented the secession of Pirin Macedonia and the negotiated admission of Bulgaria as a republic into the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. A map of the Eastern Bloc. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ...

Dimitrov died in 1949 in the Barvikha sanatorium near Moscow. The rising speculations that he had been irradiated (or poisoned in some other way) have never been confirmed, although his health seemed to degenerate quite abruptly. Irradiation is the process by which an item is exposed to radiation. ...

His body was embalmed and placed on display in the Sofia Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum. After the fall of Communism in Bulgaria, his body was buried in 1990 in the Central cemetery of Sofia. His mausoleum was torn down in 1999. Embalming, in most modern cultures, is the art and science used to temporarily preserve human remains to forestall decomposition and make it suitable for display at a funeral. ... The Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum (Bulgarian: ) in Sofia, Bulgaria was built in 1949 to hold the embalmed body of the Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov (1882-1949). ... By the time the impact of Mikhail Gorbachevs reform program in the Soviet Union was felt in Bulgaria in the late 1980s, the Communists, like their leader, had grown too feeble to resist the demand for change for long. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

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External links

• Georgi Dimitrov Reference Archive at Marxist Internet Archive.
• Video A Better Tomorrow: The Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum from UCTV