Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Bulgaria
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Hristo Botev 🇧🇬

Христо Ботев (Known as "Botev")
Revolutionary Poet, National Hero, Commander of the 1876 Cheta
Born 1848-01-06 🇧🇬 Kalofer, Bulgaria
Passed Away 1876-06-01 Mount Okolchitsa, Vratsa, Bulgaria
Lifespan 28 years old
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"He who falls in battle fighting for freedom does not die; he is mourned by earth and sky, beast and nature."

Archival Overview

Brilliant revolutionary poet and national martyr whose incandescent patriotic verses and heroic landing aboard the steamship Radetzky during the 1876 April Uprising made him an immortal national icon.

Biographical Record

Hristo Botev was born on January 6, 1848, in Kalofer, the son of teacher Botyo Petkov. Exiled to Romania for his radical anti-Ottoman political activism, Botev became a central leader of the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Committee (BRCC), editing militant newspapers and publishing revolutionary poetry of fiery emotional intensity.

During the April Uprising of May 1876, Botev seized the Austro-Hungarian passenger steamship Radetzky on the Danube with 205 armed Bulgarian freedom fighters (cheta), forcing the captain to put them ashore at Kozloduy. Leading his men into the Balkan Mountains, he fell in battle on the slopes of Mount Okolchitsa on June 1, 1876. June 2 is honored nationwide as Botev Day.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Okolchitsa National Memorial Park
Vratsa, Bulgaria
GPS: 43.1460, 23.5820
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