This man was called "Bulgarian Lenin". As the recognized leader of the working people of Bulgaria, Georgiy Dimitrov made an enormous contribution to the development of the world communist movement. For many years he actively fought against fascism and defended the right of the Bulgarian workers to free development under the banner of communism.
From the biography of Georgy Dimitrov
The future statesman and politician of Bulgaria was born in the Bulgarian village of Kovachevtsi on June 18, 1882. Dimitrov's father did not have a special education, he was a simple artisan. Since 1894, Georgy, in fact, while still a child, was already learning the basics of the working profession, working as a typesetter. A few years later, he became secretary of the trade union of printers.
In 1902 Dimitrov became a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party. A year later, he joined the Bolshevik wing of this political association, which was called the "close socialists".
In 1909, Dimitrov joined the Central Committee of the party. At the same time, he becomes secretary of the General Workers' Trade Union and actively participates in organizing strikes.
For about ten years Georgy Dimitrov was a member of the Bulgarian parliament. In 1921 he took part in the Third Congress of the Communist International.
In the fall of 1923, Dimitrov was among the leaders of an armed uprising against the Bulgarian government. The attempt to seize power failed. Dimitrov had to leave the country and move to Yugoslavia, and then to the Soviet Union. The leader of the Bulgarian communists was sentenced to death for participating in an armed protest.
Leader of the world communist movement
In 1929, Dimitrov settled in Germany, where he lived incognito. This did not prevent him from conducting communist propaganda and participating in the activities of the Comintern.
In 1933, Dimitrov was accused of setting fire to the Reichstag. However, at the famous trial in Leipzig, which took place in September-December 1933, he was acquitted - Dimitrov managed to brilliantly prove his innocence and turn from an accused into an accuser of Nazism.
In 1934 Dimitrov came to the Soviet Union. He was granted Soviet citizenship. In the same year, Dimitrov became a member of the political commission of the executive committee of the Comintern. Gradually, he turns into the recognized leader of the world communist movement. In 1935, Dimitrov was elected General Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Communist International.
In May 1943, the Communist International was disbanded. However, the career of the Bulgarian politician did not end there. After that, Dimitrov took the post of head of the international policy department of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b).
In the fall of 1945, Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria, where he was appointed chairman of the Council of Ministers. From 1948 until the last days of his life, Georgy Mikhailovich was also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
The last years of his life, Dimitrov was very ill and was being treated in Moscow. The leader of the Bulgarian communists passed away on July 2, 1949 in the Moscow region.
