Todor Zhivkov
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Todor Zhivkov Тодор Живков | |
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| Born |
7 September 1911 Pravets, Tsardom of Bulgaria |
| Died |
5 August 1998 (aged 86) Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nationality | Bulgarian |
| Ideology |
Khrushchevism Revisionism National communism Anti-Stalinism Bulgarian nationalism |
| Political party |
Bulgarian Communist Party(1932–1989) Bulgarian Socialist Party (1998) |
Todor Zhivkov was the General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 4 March 1954 to 10 November 1989. He gained power through the forced resignation of Valko Chervenkov in Khrushchev's imposed De-Stalinization process. Zhivkov led capitalist restoration in Bulgaria. He was also responsible for the "De-Turkification" policy which involved intense national oppression of minority Turkish populations. In 1965 there was a coup attempt against him lead by Ivan Todorov-Gorunya and other anti-revisionists, sadly this failed and the persons involved were punished and removed from the party.[1][2][3]