Bnr hristo botev biography
- Bulgaria's great national poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev was born on January 6, 1848 in the town of Kalofer at the foot of the Balkan.
- Symbolically, he was born on Christmas 1848 (6 January in the old-style calendar) and his name is the Bulgarian phonetic version of Christ, or.
- Hristo Botev born Hristo Botyov Petkov was a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet.
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Are you in Bulgaria the second of June, don´t be afraid when everything becomes silent except from the sound of sirens around noon (speaking from my own experience). Second of June is a special day in Bulgaria, the whole country stops and become silent for three minutes meanwhile the sound of sirens is taking over. The reason? They honor one of those who died for liberating Bulgaria and also for the revolutionary poet Hristo Botev and for those who died for the freedom of Bulgaria.
The Tradition of the Sirens
Every year around noon the whole Bulgaria stops for three minutes. Every city, town and village turns silent meanwhile the sound of sirens filling the space to pay respect for those who died in the war against the Ottoman Empire to become a free country. The cars stops, student rises from their desks and everyone observes the moment. Bulgaria hasn’t been in war since the WWII, and to hear this sirens is a way to cherish the peace.
The Reason why 2 of June?
The reason why they picked up the date of second of June to pay tribute to the fallen ones
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Hristo Botev’s birth anniversary
Bulgaria’s great national poet and revolutionary Hristo Botev was born on January 6, 1848 in the town of Kalofer at the foot of the Balkan Range. He grew up and completed his primary education with his father, who was a teacher at the local school. He followed his secondary education in Russia in the city of Odessa but before even turning 20 he joined the Bulgarian revolutionary immigration in Romania. He became editor of the newspapers “Duma na bulgarskite emigranti” (Bulgarian Emigrants’ Word), “Budilnik” (Alarm Clock), and “Zname” (Banner). He excelled himself as a brilliant columnist, satirist and poet. His poems borrowed a lot from the Bulgarian folklore tradition and expressed the strife for national liberation from the 5 centuries of Ottoman domination and social freedoms. He was at the same time a sober realist and a romantic poet revolutionary.
In 1876 when the April Uprising against the Ottoman oppressors broke out, Botev mounted a 200-strong detachment and on May 17, 1876 landed on the Bulgarian bank of the river Danu
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There is no power over those who are ready to lose their lives in the name of freedom and the good of humanity.
- Hristo Botev
Today's "patron saint" of Bulgaria will be Hristo Botev, a poet and revolutionary who lived during the 19th century. He was born on January 6, 1848, and died in June 1876.
The combination of poet and revolutionary is often found in countries with a violent history. What is ironic is that poets, in general are usually very peaceful people, who despise violence and conflict. They are also idealists.
There are a number of countries with a literary history of revolutionary poets, such as Scotland (Robert Burns), Cuba (Jose Martí), China (Mao Zedong), and the United States (Phyllis Wheatley). Hristo Botev and Ivan Vazov (who will be mentioned later) are Bulgaria's contribution to the world of revolutionary poetry.
Hristo Botev died before the age of 30. He wrote 20 poems during his lifetime. Besides writing poetry, he was a teacher, writer, journalist, and revolutionary. He is considered a national hero in Bulgaria. Every year on June 2, the anniversary