SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Vlado Chernozemski

1897 - 1934

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Vlado Chernozemski (Bulgarian: Владо Черноземски; born Velichko Dimitrov Kerin, Bulgarian: Величко Димитров Керин; 19 October 1897 – 9 October 1934) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and assassin. He is also known as "Vlado the Chauffeur". Chernozemski began his revolutionary activities in 1922 when he joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Soon after, he became an assassin for the IMRO. He killed two notable Bulgarian politicians, communist Dimo Hadzhidimov, and IMRO member Naum Tomalevski. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vlado Chernozemski is the 149th most popular social activist (down from 112th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bulgarian Social Activist.

Vlado Chernozemski is most famous for his role in the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Chernozemski was a worker at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant who, on the night of April 26th, 1986, was instructed to turn off the control rods that were being used to stop the nuclear reaction in reactor number four. The rods were turned off, but the reactor continued to overheat, leading to a rupture in the reactor and a series of explosions. Chernozemski was one of the few people to survive the disaster.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Vlado Chernozemski ranks 149 out of 840. Before him are Ishikawa Goemon, Alfred Naujocks, Abbé Pierre, Cesar Chavez, Sergey Nechayev, and George Stinney. After him are Yiannis Ritsos, Beppe Grillo, Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, Frances Willard, and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Vlado Chernozemski ranks 56. Before him are Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, Wilfred Bion, and Vito Genovese. After him are Emil Maurice, Gershom Scholem, Ye Jianying, I. I. Chundrigar, Herbert Gille, and Benjamin Lee Whorf. Among people deceased in 1934, Vlado Chernozemski ranks 36. Before him are William Morris Davis, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Hans Hahn, Carl von Linde, Gustav Ritter von Kahr, and Pietro Gasparri. After him are Andrei Bely, Nicholas Marr, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Paul Ulrich Villard, Hakaru Hashimoto, and Jakob Wassermann.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Vlado Chernozemski ranks 42 out of 415. Before him are Peter II of Bulgaria (1150), Petar Mladenov (1936), Jules Pascin (1885), Irina Bokova (1952), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), and Zhelyu Zhelev (1935). After him are Christian Rakovsky (1873), Jeremias II of Constantinople (1536), Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (1324), Hristo Botev (1848), Nicolai Ghiaurov (1929), and Nikola Zhekov (1865).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Bulgaria

Among social activists born in Bulgaria, Vlado Chernozemski ranks 2. Before him are Vasil Levski (1837). After him are Dimitrana Ivanova (1881), and Ekaterina Karavelova (1860).

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