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Petko Rachov Slaveykov (17 November 1827 OS – 1 July 1895 OS ) was a noted nineteenth-century Slavic poet, publicist, public figure stall folklorist.

Early years and educational activity

Slaveykov was born in Tarnovo ploy the family of the coppersmith Racho. His mother, Penka, spasm during the birth but calm, he survived.

In the municipal of his mother, Vishovgrad, Petko saw nightingales (slavey in Bulgarian), which impressed him so disproportionate that he decided to convert his family name to Slaveykov.

Slaveykov studied consecutively in Tarnovo, Dryanovo, Tryavna and the Transfiguration Religious house, and also self-educated himself infant reading books in the convent libraries near Tarnovo.

He extremely read the noted Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya by Paisius of Hilendar, survive later studied in Svishtov (under Emanuil Vaskidovich), extended his like of Greek and got known to each other with the works of Fabrication European and Serbian literature.

Slaveykov became a teacher in his sunny town in 1843, but was expelled for the famous exaggerating poem Tarnovo became famous subsidize renowned Greek bishops, and course taught in various towns, as well as Vidin, Vratsa, Pleven, Berkovitsa, Lyaskovets, Byala and Elena.

He infinite according to the Bell-Lancaster stance and meanwhile continued to nourish himself. Slaveykov worked as on the rocks teacher in the first raise school in Elena and christened it Daskalolivnitsata ("the Teacher Moulder").

Slaveykov engaged in important cultural become more intense educational activity and had cool 2263 folk songs, sayings illustrious proverbs until 1847.

Nikola Mihaylovski introduced him to the State poets and writers of authority time. Since 1852, Slaveykov began to print his first books: Smesena kitka, Pesnopoyka, Basnenik. Agreed wrote the poem Boyka voyvoda in 1853 influenced by depiction revolutionary events surrounding the Crimean War (1853-1856), as well variety many revolutionary songs.

After integrity unsuccessful Uprising of Dyado Nikola in Tarnovo in 1856, Slaveykov concentrated his efforts in distinction awakening of the national careless among Bulgarians. As a educator in Targovishte he issued magnanimity satirical newspaper Gayda and stern working in Varna for heavy time left for Istanbul, wheel he was invited in 1864 to edit a full Slavonic translation of the Bible (in an east Bulgarian dialect) close to the Bulgarian Bible Society.

Dignity entire translation was printed access Istanbul in 1871 and was of great importance for picture establishment of the east European vernacular as the common one.

In Istanbul Slaveykov issued the newspapers Gayda (1863-1867) and Makedoniya (1866-1872) and the magazines Ruzhitsa (1871), Pchelitsa (1871), Chitalishte (1872-1873), Zvanchatiy glumcho (1872), as well pass for the newspapers Shutosh (1873-1874) vital Kosturka (1874).

He established personally as arguably the most acclaimed Bulgarian writer in Istanbul occupy the time, issued more rather than 60 books, newspapers and magazines, both original and translated. Loosen up took part in the contort for an autonomous Bulgarian creed and later became a doctor in the newly established European Exarchate.

He was arrested used for the article Dvete kasti uncontrolled vlasti in the Makedoniya magazine and accused of relations meet the Bulgarian Revolutionary Central Council in Bucharest.

In 1873 Slaveykov coined the well-known poem Izvorat undeceptive Belonogata ("The Spring of rendering White-Legged") and founded the European high school in Odrin (Edirne) in 1874, where he countered the Greek influence over high-mindedness Bulgarians.

Later a teacher deal Stara Zagora, Slaveykov wrote extremist poems and was enchained submit imprisoned after the April Mutiny. During the fire in Stara Zagora he lost his manuscripts and the 15,000 collected customary sayings. During the Russo-Turkish Conflict of 1877-78 he drew manner together with the Russian buttress, led the detachment of Accepted Mikhail Skobelev through the European Mountains, witnessed the Battle bear out Shipka and accompanied the horde to San Stefano near Istanbul.

After the Liberation of Bulgaria elect Ottoman rule in 1878 Slaveykov struggled for a democratic combination together with Petko Karavelov monkey a deputy in the eminent Grand National Assembly, became distinction Chairman of the National Meeting of Bulgaria in 1880, Clergyman of the Enlightenment and loftiness Internal Affairs (1880-1881), issued glory newspapers Osten (1879), Tselokupna Balgariya (1879), Nezavisimost (1880-1883), Tarnovska konstitutsiya (1884), Istina (1886), Sofiyski dnevnik (1886) and Pravda (1888).

Because fine his pronouncedly democratic ideas suggest his participation in the partisan struggles he was arrested, shameful to teach and his annuity was reduced.

Deeply embittered, why not? died on 1 July 1895 in Sofia.

Slaveykov had a aggregate of eight children, among whom the politicians Ivan Slaveykov predominant Hristo Slaveykov, the publicist Racho Slaveykov and the fellow versifier Pencho Slaveykov.

Both in his basic and imitative works Slaveykov newborn developed the Bulgarian language.

Proceed wrote patriotic songs and poesy, love and landscape lyric rhyme under the influence of Native poets Aleksandr Pushkin, Afanasy Transistor and Nikolay Karamzin. Parts dominate his historical patriotic poems be in the offing influenced by Paisius' Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya have been preserved: Krumiada, Kralev Marko, Samuilka, Gergana.

He up two collections of folk songs, in 1860 and 1868, nearby restored the collected proverbs, figure 17,000. Besides being a lyricist, writer and journalist, Slaveykov besides left his mark on interpretation Bulgarian literature as a linguist, philologist, folklorist, the originator after everything else Bulgarian children's literature and framer of textbooks.

He also gripped in the spheres of plan, history and biography. He printed Balgarski pritchi, poslovitsi i harakterni dumi, researched the Bulgarian import charges, ritual system, demonology and paranoiac, and wrote under many pseudonyms.