Central Sofia Cemetery Explained

Central Sofia Cemetery
Native Name:	Централни софийски гробища
Map Type:	Bulgaria Sofia
Location:	Sofia
Country:	Bulgaria

The Central Sofia Cemetery (Bulgarian: Централни софийски гробища|Tsentralni sofiyski grobishta) or the Orlandovtsi Cemetery ("Орландовци") is the main cemetery in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The cemetery has several chapels used by various Christian denominations, such as a Bulgarian Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,^[1] a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi,^{[2] [3]} an Armenian Apostolic chapel,^[4] a Jewish synagogue, etc.^[5] The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian, Romanian and British military sections.

Notable interments

• Georgi Asparuhov, footballer
• Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian writer and poet
• Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet and 2nd Vice-President of non-Communist Bulgaria
• Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Ghena Dimitrova, soprano
• Dimitar Dimov
• Nikola Dishkov, Bulgarian entrepreneur
• Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.^[6]
• Nicola Ghiuselev, operatic bass
• Aleko Konstantinov
• Andrey Lyapchev
• Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Lyubomir Miletich
  • Gyorche Petrov Vanya Petkova, Bulgarian poet, writer and Guinness World Records candidate
• Vasil Radoslavov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Boris Sarafov
• Petko Slaveykov
• Pencho Slaveykov
• Hristo Smirnenski
• Stefan Stambolov
• Petko Staynov
• Dimitar Talev
• Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev, 1st President of non-Communist Bulgaria
• Todor Zhivkov, Communist politician
• Wilfred Burchett Australian journalist
• A WW2 account of E. P. Thompson's brother 'Frank Thompson' who has a special memorial within the British war graves section of the cemetery (later discovered to have been executed and buried in Litakovo) can be found in 'There Is A Spirit In Europe (1947)' which was re-released in 2024.^[7]

External links

• • Sofia cemeteries official web site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Галерия Словар . gallery.slovar.org.uk . 27 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20070607191216/http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2941 . 7 June 2007 . dead.
2. Web site: Archived copy . www.abagar1.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120216033751/http://www.abagar1.com/content.php?RID=5&AID=56 . 16 February 2012 . dead.
3. Web site: Галерия Словар . gallery.slovar.org.uk . 27 January 2022 . https://archive.today/20070607191216/http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2940&mode=search . 7 June 2007 . dead.
4. http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2949&sessionid=54
5. Web site: Blogger: Redirecting . mmmitov.blogspot.com . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708053449/http://mmmitov.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_2904.html . 8 July 2011 . dead.
6. Web site: Украински Вести/Болгарські Вісті . 2009-05-05 . 2009-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091010002019/http://www.ukrpressbg.com/his-ukr-dragomanov03.html . dead .
7. Taylor, Jonathan R. P (2024). There Is A Spirit In Europe: A Memoir Of Frank Thompson 80 Years On. Imprint Lulu: Brittunculi Records & Books. .