Racho Petrov
Encyclopedia
Racho Petrov Stoyanov (3 March 1861, Shumen
– 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgaria
n 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.
During the First World War he served as Chief of the 4th Army.
As a politician he twice served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria as the non-party head of an interim administration and then for a longer period from 1903–1906, having been appointed for fear of war after a Bulgarian insurrection in Ottoman
Macedonia
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Shumen
Shumen is the tenth-largest city in Bulgaria and capital of Shumen Province. In the period 1950–1965 it was called Kolarovgrad, after the name of the communist leader Vasil Kolarov...
– 22 January 1942) was a leading 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 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.
During the First World War he served as Chief of the 4th Army.
As a politician he twice served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria as the non-party head of an interim administration and then for a longer period from 1903–1906, having been appointed for fear of war after a Bulgarian insurrection in Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
Macedonia
Macedonia (region)
Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time, but nowadays the region is considered to include parts of five Balkan countries: Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, as...
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