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Racho Petrov

1861 - 1942

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Racho Petrov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician. Petrov was born in Shumen. A talented soldier, he was appointed Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27. His stature was increased by the leading role he took in suppressing an army mutiny in 1887. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Racho Petrov is the 14,066th most popular politician (down from 12,916th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Racho Petrov ranks 14,066 out of 19,576. Before him are Tang Jingsong, Stephen Lekapenos, Grigory Gershuni, Pedro Vélez, Dimitrie Brătianu, and Baltasar Garzón. After him are Leonid Tibilov, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Hédi Amara Nouira, Huang Hua, Jubal Early, and Malcolm Fraser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Racho Petrov ranks 111. Before him are J. B. Bury, Anna Brigadere, Bhikaiji Cama, Maxime Maufra, Makino Nobuaki, and Herbert Hall Turner. After him are Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Shirase Nobu, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz, Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso, Malalai of Maiwand, and Aimé Haegeman. Among people deceased in 1942, Racho Petrov ranks 188. Before him are Ivan Horbachevsky, Hugo Distler, Roberto María Ortiz, Ludwig Aschoff, Refik Saydam, and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. After him are Yevgeny Petrov, Harald Tammer, Jean Gilbert, Louis Borno, Kārlis Zāle, and Cecilia Beaux.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Racho Petrov ranks 182 out of 415. Before him are Lyuben Karavelov (1834), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), Peyo Yavorov (1878), Azis (1978), Geo Milev (1895), and Dragan Tsankov (1828). After him are Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Andrey Toshev (1867), Petko Karavelov (1843), and Nora Nova (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Racho Petrov ranks 83. Before him are Dimitar Dobrev (1931), Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Ivan Kostov (1949), Ahmed Cevdet Pasha (1822), and Dragan Tsankov (1828). After him are Ivan Evstratiev Geshov (1849), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Andrey Toshev (1867), Petko Karavelov (1843), and Stoyan Danev (1858).

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