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Nikolai Todorov was born on June 21 (one source says June 6), 1921, in Varna, Bulgaria.
Nikolai Todorov
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Nikolai Todorov studied at Sofia University. He got a degree in medicine and a degree in history.
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Nikolai Todorov studied at the Institute of Slavonic and Balkan Studies. He got a Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Nikolai Todorov
(This volume deals first with the social and economic deve...)
This volume deals first with the social and economic development of the Balkans under Ottoman rule.
https://www.amazon.com/Society-Industry-Balkans-15th-19th-Centuries/dp/0860786595
1998
(The author, a distinguished historian and member of the B...)
The author, a distinguished historian and member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences served as ambassador to Greece during a period that opened with the advent to power of the first socialist government in that country and closed with the events that led to the collapse of the former Soviet bloc. Todorov's historian's sense permeates this fascinating narrative, fleshed out with insights on the personalities, events, and circumstances made possible by the proximity afforded to a diplomat.
https://www.amazon.com/Ambassador-Historian-Hellenism-Ancient-Mediaeval/dp/0892415878
1999
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Nikolai Todorov was born on June 21 (one source says June 6), 1921, in Varna, Bulgaria.
Nikolai Todorov received a degree in medicine in 1947 and a degree in history in 1951 from Sofia University. His allegiance to Marxist principles led him to complete a doctorate in history from the Institute of Slavonic and Balkan Studies in 1972.
Nikolai Todorov's early academic career involved teaching at Sofia State University, where he was a reader in Balkan history from 1957 to 1970. He also was a founder and director of the Institute of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969-1974. Then he worked for six years as director of the United Center for Research and Training in History. Todorov earned a reputation as an outstanding scholar. He became a senior researcher at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Institute of History, and in 1964 he was named director of the Institute for Balkan Studies until 1989. During that time, Todorov made the institute an internationally recognized center of study, and from 1983 to 1989, he also served as vice president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
In addition to his educational career, Todorov was a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's executive council in 1972-1976. He was elected to the party's central committee in 1981 and 1986, though he never held a high office in Bulgaria's political system. He also became involved in international diplomacy, and his fluency in Greek made him a logical choice to be Bulgaria's ambassador to Greece in 1978-1983. Besides, he held the position of vice president of its International Commission on the History of Civilization in the 1980s and the president of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's general conference from 1985 to 1987. When the communist government in Bulgaria fell in 1989, Todorov continued to be involved in politics and was chair of the Constituent Assembly of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1991 and served as the Chairman (President) of the Republic of Bulgaria in 1990.
Despite his political and diplomatic work, Nikolai Todorov is often best remembered as a historian, publishing several respected books, including The Balkan City, 1400-1900, and Sindomi istoria tis Voulgarias. He was also the author of The Ambassador as Historian: Bulgarian-Greek Relations during the Eighties.
(The author, a distinguished historian and member of the B...)
1999(This volume deals first with the social and economic deve...)
1998Nikolai Todorov was a believer in the Communist Party.
Nikolai Todorov had a wife and three children.