Vasil Levski Quotes


We will be free in complete liberty where the Bulgarian lives: in Bulgaria, Thrace, Macedonia; people of whatever ethnicity live in this heaven of ours, they will be equal in rights to the Bulgarian in everything


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Vasil Levski, 1837–1873, Bulgarian Revolutionary and National Hero, His vision of Bulgaria and nearby countries when they overthrew the Ottoman Empire, Идеи за свободна България

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Vasil Levski
Vasil Levski
  • Born: July 18, 1837
  • Died: February 18, 1873
  • Nationality:
  • Profession: Revolutionary

Vasil Levski (Bulgarian: Васил Левски, spelled in old Bulgarian orthography as Василъ Лѣвскій, pronounced [vɐˈsiɫ ˈlɛfski]), born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and is a national hero of Bulgaria today. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Levski founded the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, and sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees.