Hristo Nikolov Lukov (January 6, 1887, Varna

Varna

Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...

 – February 13, 1943) was a Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

n general

General

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 who led the Union of Bulgarian National Legions

Union of Bulgarian National Legions

The Union of Bulgarian National Legions was a fascist organization in Bulgaria that was formed in 1933.Also known as the Legionnaires’ Association, the movement was founded and led by Hristo Lukov, a Bulgarian army general who had commanded the 13th Division during the closing days of World War I...

 (SBNL).

He was the commanding General of the 13th Division of the Bulgarian Kingdom's Army during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, and later a Minister of War. During the Second World War he was a great supporter of the Axis powers, particularly Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

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. Lukov was assassinated by Communist partisans.