List of Bulgarian generals in the Kingdom of Bulgaria
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s that reached the rank
in the Kingdom of Bulgaria
(1878–1944). The year each became a general is given in parentheses.
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...
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General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
s that reached the rank
Military
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in the Kingdom of Bulgaria
Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Kingdom of Bulgaria was established as an independent state when the Principality of Bulgaria, an Ottoman vassal, officially proclaimed itself independent on October 5, 1908 . This move also formalised the annexation of the Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which had been under the control...
(1878–1944). The year each became a general is given in parentheses.
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- Abadzhiev, Georgi — Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
(1913) - Avramov, Ivan — Major General (1921)
- Agura, Georgi — Major General (1900)
- Azmanov, Stefan — Major General (1918)
- Atanasov, Rashko — Major General (1935)
B
- Bakardzhiev, Nikola — Infantry General (1934)
- Balabanov, Boncho — Major General (1900)
- Balkanski, Milenko — Major General (1917)
- Batsarov, Ivan — Major General (1917)
- Belov, Stefan — Major General (1917)
- Blaskov, Andrey — Major General (1904)
- Bonchev, Ivan — Major General (1918)
- Bogdanov, Stefan — Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
(1920) - Botev, Kiril — Lieutenant General (1912)
- Bocharov, Stefan — Major General (c. 1910)
- Bochev, Nikola — Major General (1900)
- Boshnakov, Georgi — Major General (1918)
- Boyadzhiev, KlimentKliment BoyadzhievKliment Boyadzhiev was a Bulgarian General during the Balkan Wars and First World War.Born in Ohrid, he studied in an elementary school there. After the liberation of Bulgaria in 1878 he emigrated to Sofia...
— Lieutenant General (1915) - Bradistilov, Stoyu — Lieutenant General (1917)
- Burmov, Hristo — Lieutenant General (1936)
- Barnev, Panayot — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Boydev
D
- Davidov, Aleksandar — Major General (1925)
- Daskalov, Teodosi — Infantry General (1942)
- Delov, Vasil — Major General (1913)
- Dikov, Vicho — Lieutenant General (1913)
- Dimitriev, Iliya — Major General (1908)
- Dimitriev, RadkoRadko DimitrievRadko Dimitriev was a Bulgarian General, Head of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army from 1 January 1904 to 28 March 1907.-Biography:...
— Lieutenant General (1912) - Dipchev, Ivan — Major General (1934)
- Draganov, Yanko — Lieutenant General (1917)
G
- Genev, Nikola — Major General (1904)
- Georgiev, Konstantin — Major General (1920)
- Georgiev, Todor — Lieutenant General (1934)
- Geshev, Dimitar — Infantry General (1919)
H
- Hadzhipetkov, Nikola — Lieutenant General (1940)
- Hesapchiev, Hristofor — Major General (1910)
- Hristov, Pavel — Infantry General (1917)
I
- Ivanov, Georgi — Major General (1909)
- Ivanov, Nikola — Infantry General (1936)
- Ilyev, Stefan — Major General (1900)
K
- Kantardzhiev, Todor — Lieutenant General (1917)
- Kirkov, Dimitar — Major General (1912)
- Kirkov, Konstantin — Major General (1918)
- Kiselov, PanteleyPanteley KiselovPanteley Kiselov , was a Bulgarian soldier and general who fought in the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885, the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 and World War I...
— Infantry General (1920) - Kisyov, Aleksandar — general ot konnitsata (1931)
- Kovachev, StiliyanStiliyan KovachevStiliyan Kovachev was a Bulgarian General. During the First Balkan War he commanded the Rodopi Detachment and later 4th Army...
— Infantry General (1936) - Kolev, IvanIvan Kolev (general)Ivan Kolev Stoyanov was a Bulgarian lieutenant general and distinguished cavalry commander during World War I.-Biography:...
— Lieutenant General (1917) - Kolev, Krum — Major General (1944)
- Krayovski, Stanislav — Major General (1935)
- Kutinchev, VasilVasil KutinchevVasil Ivanov Kutinchev was a Bulgarian officer. He began his military career in 1879 after graduating from the Military School in Sofia...
— Infantry General (1918)
L
- Lazarov, Velizar — Infantry General (1929)
- Lilkov, Hristo — Major General (1944)
- Lolov, Petar — Major General (1917)
- Lukash, Konstantin — Lieutenant General (1940)
- Lukov, Ivan — Lieutenant General (1920)
- Lukov, Hristo K. — Lieutenant General (1938)
- Lukov, Hristo Ts. — Major General (1907)
- Lyubomski, Stefan — Major General (1892)
M
- Marinkov, Sotir — Lieutenant General (1933)
- Marinov, Ivan — Lieutenant General (1944)
- Marinov, Krastyu — Major General (1900)
- Markov, Ivan — Major General (1919)
- Markov, Petar — Cavalry General (1918)
- Markov, Todor — Major General (1917)
- Marholev, Genko — Major General (1936)
- Marchin, Georgi — Major General (1913)
- Midilev, Petar — Major General (1930)
- Mitov, Todor — Major General (1915)
- Mihov, Nikola — Lieutenant General (1942)
- Mutkurov, SavaSava MutkurovSava Atanasov Mutkurov was a Bulgarian officer and politician. One of only three recipients of the Order of Bravery 1st grade, he was among the chief architects of the Bulgarian unification and, as an officer in the young Bulgarian Army, one of its defendants in the Serbo–Bulgarian War...
— Major General (1891)
N
- Nazlamov, Atanas — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Naydenov, Kalin — Lieutenant General (1917)
- Nedev, Nikola — Major General (1935)
- Nedyalkov, Hristo — Lieutenant General (1919)
- Nerezov, Stefan — Infantry General (1920)
- Nikiforov, Nikifor — Lieutenant General (1912)
- Nikolaev, Danail — Infantry General (1909)
- Nikolov, Asen N. — Major General (1917)
- Nikolov, Kosta — Major General (1937)
P
- Pakov, Hristo — Major General (1936)
- Papadopov, Asen — Major General (1914)
- Paprikov, Stefan — Lieutenant General (1908)
- Peev, Yordan — Major General (1936)
- Peev, Panayot — Major General (1905)
- Pernikliyski, Dimitar — Major General (1917)
- Petrov, Ivan — Major General (1917)
- Petrov, RachoRacho PetrovRacho Petrov Stoyanov was a leading Bulgarian general and politician.A talented soldier, Petrov was appointed to be Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27....
— Infantry General (1936) - Petrunov, Hristo — Major General (1900)
- Pisarov, Nikola — Major General (1919)
- Popov, Georgi — Artillery General (1941)
- Popov, Ivan T. — Major General (1909)
- Popov, Stefan — Major General (1918)
- Popov, Hristo — Lieutenant General (1919)
- Protogerov, AleksandarAleksandar ProtogerovAlexandar Protogerov was a Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary as well as a member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Thrace and Pomoravlje. He was among the leaders of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and later joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary...
— Lieutenant General (19??) - Pushkarov, Stoyan — Major General (1918)
R
- Radev, Todor — Major General (1934)
- Ribarov, Nikola — Lieutenant General (1917)
- Rusev, Ivan — Major General (1917)
- Rusev, Rusi — Artillery General (1944)
- Ryaskov, Nikola — Major General (1905)
S
- Savov, Sava — Infantry General (1919)
- Savov, Mihail — Lieutenant General (1908)
- Sapov, Georgi — Major General (1928)
- Sapunarov, Mihail — Major General (1918)
- Sarafov, Ivan — Major General (1905)
- Shkoynov, Ivan — Major General (1919)
- Sirakov, Radoy — Major General (1906)
- Sirmanov, Ierotey — Major General (1918)
- Slavkov, Raycho — Lieutenant General (1944)
- Slavchev, Stefan — Lieutenant General (19??)
- Solarov, Konstantin — Infantry General (1934)
- Stefanov, Atanas — Lieutenant General (1943)
- Stoykov, Ivan — Major General (1917)
- Stoychev, Vladimir — Lieutenant General (1944)
- Stoyanov, Vladimir — Major General (1925)
T
- Tabakov, Ivan — Major General (1918)
- Tanev, Aleksandar — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Tanintchev, Vladimir - Artillery Major General (19??)
- Tanovski, Georgi — Major General (1936)
- Tantilov, Petar — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Tasev, Stefan — Major General (1917)
- Tenev, Pravoslav — Infantry General (1918)
- Todorov, GeorgiGeorgi Todorov (general)Georgi Stoyanov Todorov was a Bulgarian General who fought in the Russo-Turkish War , Serbo-Bulgarian War , Balkan Wars and First World War .-Biography:At the age of 19 he volunteered in the Bulgarian Corps during the Russo-Turkish...
— Infantry General (1917) - Topaldzhikov, Nikola — Major General (1923)
- Toshev, StefanStefan ToshevStefan Toshev was a Bulgarian General, from World War I. His mother was a teacher from the period of the National Revival. He volunteered in the Bulgarian Opalchentsi Corps during the Russo-Turkish War and later served as a translator. On 10 May 1879 he graduated the Military School in Sofia in...
— Infantry General (1917) - Trifonov, Trifon — Major General (1943)
- Tsanev, Stefan — Lieutenant General (1936)
- Tsenov, Panteley — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Tserkovski, Vaklin — Major General (1907)
- Tsonchev, Ivan — Major General (1901)
- Tsaklev, Petko — Major General (1918)
V
- Vazov, VladimirVladimir VazovVladimir Minchev Vazov was a Bulgarian officer. He led the Bulgarian forces during the successful defensive operation at Dojran during the First World War.-Biography:...
— Lieutenant General (1920) - Vazov, Georgi — Lieutenant General (1913)
- Vasilev, Valko — Major General (1916)
- Vatev, Anastas — Major General (1930)
- Velchev, Damyan — Colonel GeneralColonel GeneralColonel General is a senior rank of General. North Korea and Russia are two countries which have used the rank extensively throughout their histories...
(1945) - Velchev, Valko — Major General (1901)
- Venedikov, Yordan — Major General (1935)
- Vinarov, Varban — Major General (1900)
- Valkov, Ivan — Infantry General (1928)
- Valnarov, Dimitar — Major General (1907)
Y
- Yankov, Simeon — Major General (1910)
- Yanchulev, Kiril — Major General (1943)
- Yovov, Mihail — Major General (1933)
Z
- Zagorski, Stoyan — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Zafirov, Atila — Major General (1917)
- Zaimov, Vladimir - Major General (1935)
- Zhekov, NikolaNikola ZhekovNikola Todorov Zhekov was the Minister of War of Bulgaria in 1915 and served as Commander-in-Chief from 1915 to 1918 during World War I.-Biography:...
— Infantry General (1936) - Zhelyavski, Nikola — Lieutenant General (1918)
- Zhostov, Konstantin — Major General (1915)
- Zlatarev, Krastyu — Lieutenant General (1919)
- Zlatev, Pencho — Lieutenant General (1934)