Bulgarian Generals

[dibo]

Hi Dibo,

Thanks again for the information on the two Generals. I check your posting on the Slav military forum every day, and enjoy finding new biographies. Could you tell me what General Stilian Kovachev's position was in 1916: Началник на Главното тилово управление на Действащата армия ?

Thanks in advance, and have a nice weekend!

Best wishes,

AJK

That means he was in charge of the Rear of the Army. "Head of the Supreme Rear HQ of the Army in Being".

[AJK]

Hi Dibo,

Thanks for the clarification.

Best wishes,

AJK

[dibo]

List of the Bulgarian generals until 1944.

Georgi Abadjiev - MG 14.09.1913; LG 14.05.1917;
Georgi Agura - MG 15.11.1900; (LG 1913?)
Nikola Aleksiev - MG 06.05.1944;
Anastas Anastasov - MG 16.10.1935;
Marko Andreev - MG 31.12.1935;
Matey Andreev - MG 01.01.1904;
Angel Angelov - MG 06.05.1936;
Todor Antonov - MG 03.10.1938;
Aleks Atanasov - MG 27.02.1918;
Iliya Atanasov - MG 30.04.1930;
Petyr Atanasov - MG 31.12.1937;
Rashko Atanasov - MG 01.01.1935;
Ivan Avramov - MG 01.01.1921;
Konstantin Avaramov - MG 14.08.1916;
Stefan Azmanov - MG 01.01.1917 (01.01.1918?);
Dimitar Ayrianov - MG 03.10.1940;
Vladimir Bakalov - MG 15.11.1932;
Nikola Bakydrjiev - MG 06.05.1925; LG 15.05.1930; IG (Infantry General)16.05.1934;
Sava Bakyrdjiev - MG 03.10.1940;
Boncho Balabanov - MG 15.11.1900;
Hristo Balarev - MG 06.05.1938;
Milenko Balkanski - MG 15.08.1917;
Paun Bananov - MG 01.12.1920;
Ivan Bangeev - MG 03.09.1928; LG 15.11.1932;
Georgi (Mincho?) Bankovski - MG 03.09.1928;
Peiu Banov - MG 31.12.1937;
Rafail Banov - MG 06.05.1944;
Ivan Batzarov - MG 15.08.1917;
Stefan Belov - MG 30.05.1917;
Vasil Bilyarski - MG 06.05.1943;
Andrey Blyskov - MG 07.10.1904;
Stefan Bocharov - MG 1910??
Nikola Bochev - MG 15.11.1900;
Stefan Bogdanov - MG 20.05.1917; LG 18.10.1920;
Ivan Bonchev - MG 01.01.1918
Ljubomir Bosilkov - MG 31.10.1930;
Georgi Boshnakov - MG 27.02.1918;
Kiril Botev - MG 15.11.1900; LG 02.08.1912;
Drago Boyadzhiev - MG 31.12.1935;
Hristo Boyadzhiev - MG 31.12.1937;
Kliment Boyadzhiev - MG 04.09.1910; LG 02.08.1915;
Stefan Boyadzhiev - MG 06.05.1943;
Vasil Boydev - MG 1940; LG 1943;
Stoiu Bradistilov - MG 20.01.1912; LG 15.07.1917;
Hristo Burmov - MG 20.05.1917; LG 06.05.1935;
Panaiot Byrnev - MG 04.08.1915; LG 31.10.1918;
Hristo Danchev - MG 01.01.1935;
Asen Daskalov - MG 03.10.1938;
Theodosi Daksalov - MG 06.05.1936; LG 06.05.1939; IG 11.04.1942;
Vladimir Daskalov - MG 31.12.1935;
Alexander Davidov - MG 01.01.1925;
Ivan Delchev - MG 31.10.1936;
Vasil Delov - MG 22.05.1913;
Vicho Dikov - MG 18.05.1905; LG 05.08.1913;
Iliya Dimitriev - MG 15.10.1908;
Radko Dimitriev - MG 18.05.1905; LG 02.08.1912;
Aleksandyr Dimitrov - MG 06.10.1924;
Boris Dimitrov - MG 06.05.1944;
Ivan Dipchev - MG 26.08.1934;
Ivan Djangozov - MG 06.05.1944;
Atanas Dobrev - MG 31.12.1937;
Angel Dotcev - MG 06.05.1944;
Ivan Dodov - MG 26.03.1925;
Zahari Dospevski - MG 03.10.1936;
Trajan Draganov - MG 01.05.1934;
Yanko Draganov - MG 01.10.1912; LG 15.07.1917;
Atanas Dragiev - MG 20.07.1917;
Aleksandyr Dragomirov - MG?
Hristo Drandarevski - MG 15.11.1900;
Marin Drumev - MG 09.06.1923;
Perikyl Enchev - MG 01.01.1918;
Ivan Fichev - MG 15.10.1908; LG 01.01.1914;
Ivan Filipov - MG 31.10.1930;
Mladen Filipov - MG 15.05.1930;
Todor Gabarov - MG 15.08.1917;
Anton Ganev - MG?
Nikola Genev - MG 04.03.1904; LG?
Kimon Georgiev - MG 01.11.1944; LG 15.09.1945; Colonel-General - 16.10.1946;
Konstantin Georgiev - MG 03.09.1920;
Mihail Georgiev - MG 27.11.1918;
Nicho Georgiev - MG 06.05.1944;
Rasho Georgiev - MG 25.10.1918;
Todor Georgiev - MG 30.10.1930;
Yordan Georgiev - MG 31.12.1937;
Hristo Gerdjikov - MG 03.10.1933;
Dimitar (Decho) Geshev - MG 22.06.1913; LG 20.05.1917; IG 01.07.1919;
Todor Girginov - MG 31.10.1918;
Boniu Gochev - MG 06.05.1943;
Nikola Grozdenov - MG 14.09.1943;
Grigor Gryncahrov - MG 17.09.1917;
Stanimir Gyrnev - MG 11.09.1944;
Dimitar Hadjidimiev - MG 08.05.1935;
Nikola Hadjipetkov - MG 06.05.1937; LG 06.05.1940;
Ivan Halachev - MG 01.01.1935;
Boris Harzianov - MG 05.04.1945;
Hristofor Hesapchiev - MG 11.10.1910;
Atanas Hristov - MG 27.07.1919;
Atanas Hristov - MG 06.10.1924;
Belcho Hristov - MG 31.12.1935;
Hristo Hristov - MG 05.07.1928;
Nikola Hristov - MG 31.12.1935;
Nikola Hristov - MG 03.10.1940; LG 06.05.1944;
Nikola Hristov - MG 1944;
Pavel Hristov - MG 01.01.1904; LG 17.08.1913; IG 23.10.1918;
Ivan Hubenov - MG 05.04.1945;
Stefan Ilev - MG 15.11.1900;
Petar Iliev - MG 03.10.1940;
Petar Ilinov - MG 02.11.1940;
Georgi Ivanov - MG 01.01.1909;
Georgi Ivanov - MG 06.05.1943;
Mihail Ivanov - MG 06.05.1937;
Nikola Ivanov - MG 15.11.1900; LG 02.08.1912; IG 06.05.1936;
Atanas Jilkov - MG 06.05.1932; LG 01.01.1942;
Konstantin Jostov - MG 15.08.1915;
Nikola Kableshkov - MG 25.10.1920;
Atanas Kaishev - MG 31.12.1935;
Todor Kantardjiev - MG 14.02.1914; LG 15.08.1917;
Asen Karov - MG 14.09.1943;
Petar Karov - MG 06.05.1943;
Dimitar Katsarov -MG 27.02.1918;
Stefan Ketzkarov - MG 05.07.1928;
Vladimir Ketzkarov - MG 03.10.1941;
Ivan Kiuchukov - MG 15.05.1930;
Dimitar Kirkov - MG 20.01.1912;
Konstantin Kirkov - MG 27.02.1918;
Panaiot Kiselov - MG 01.01.1916; LG 13.08.1917; IG 12.12.1920;
Aleksandyr Kisiov - MG 26.03.1925; LG 15.05.1930; CG (Cavalry General) 09.05.1934;
Grigor Kiurkchiev - MG 15.08.1917;
Nikolay Kiurkchiev - MG 01.01.1936;
Stefan Kokilev - MG 30.05.1930;
Ivan Kolev - MG 08.1915; LG 28.07.1917;
Krum Kolev - MG 1944;
Marko Kolev - MG 03.10.1941; LG 20.04.1947;
Tiliu Kolev - MG 23.10.1911;
Asen Konstantinov - MG 06.05.1936;
Konstantin Kotcev - MG 01.01.1940;
Georgi Kovachev - MG 03.10.1938;
Petyr Kovachev - MG 26.10.1935;
Stilian Kovachev - MG 16.05.1905; LG 15.08.1917; IG 06.05.1936;
Hristo Kozarov - MG 06.05.1944;
Lazar Kozarov - MG 31.07.1935;
Asen Kraev - MG 03.10.1940;
Stanislav Krayovski - MG 01.01.1935
Asen Krasnovski - MG 01.01.1941; LG 06.05.1944;
Georgi Kratunkov - MG 11.04.1923;
Nikola Krunev - MG 01.01.1918;
Petar Krushev - MG 01.12.1944;
Asen Krystev - MG 03.10.1941;
Stoyan Krystev - MG 01.01.1945;
Todor Krystev - MG 14.09.1944;
Nikola Kurtokliev - MG 08.05.1935;
Vasil Kutinchev - MG 01.01.1904; LG 02.07.1912; IG 25.10.1918;
Marin Kutzarov - MG 26.03.1928;
Lazar Lazarov - MG 06.05.1936;
Velizar Lazarov - MG 25.10.1920; LG 26.12.1925; IG 11.09.1929;
Krum Lekarski - MG 11.09.1944; LG 17.11.1944;
Hristo Lilkov - MG 14.09.1944;
Petar Lolov - MG 30.05.1917;
Konstantin Luksash - MG 03.10.1938; LG 01.01.1940;
Hristo Lukov - MG 15.12.1907;
Hristo Lukov - MG 06.05.1935; LG 25.01.1938;
Ivan Lukov - MG 20.05.1917; LG 07.01.1920;
Georgi Manov - MG 01.01.1918
Georgi Marchin - MG 05.08.1913;
Genko Marholev - MG 06.05.1936;
Hristo Marholev - MG 30.12.1945;
Sotir Marinkov - MG 03.09.1928; LG 30.04.1933;
Ivan Marinov - MG 06.05.1943; LG 18.11.1944;
Krystio Marinov - MG 14.02.1900;
Aleksandyr Markov - MG 05.03.1928;
Georgi Markov - MG 01.01.1936; LG 06.05.1939;
Ivan Markov - MG 27.07.1919;
Ivan Markov - MG 06.05.1940; LG 06.05.1943;
Konstantin Markov - MG 30.05.1916;
Nikola Markov - MG 03.10.1936, LG 01.01.1940;
Petar Markov - MG 01.01.1904; LG 17.09.1913; CG (Cavalry General) 27.11.1918;
Todor Markov - MG 15.08.1917;
Mihail Mateev- MG 01.01.1945;
Dimitar Metatelov - MG 14.02.1914;
Haralampi Metov - MG 31.12.1930;
Petyr Midilev - MG 1930;
Konstantin Mihailov - MG 31.1.1935;
Nikola Mihov - MG 03.10.1938; LG 01.01.1942;
Mihail Minchev - MG 06.05.1944;
Vasil Mirchev - MG 06.05.1944;
Georgi Mitov - MG 16.08.1912;
Todor Mitov - MG 02.08.1915;
Georgi Mladenov - MG 06.05.1943;
Petyr Monev - MG 31.12.1937;
Vasil Monov - MG 01.05.1934;
Sava Mutkurov - MG 04.02.1891;
Nikola Nakov - MG 03.10.1940; LG 06.05.1944;
Dimitar Nastev - MG 30.04.1933;
Marin Nasyrov - MG 31.12.1935;
Kalin Naydenov - MG 14.02.1914; LG 30.05.1917;
Yordan Naumov - MG 31.12.1935;
Atanas Nazlymov - MG 01.01.1906; LG 30.05.1918;
Nikola Nedev - MG 06.05.1935;
Hristo Nedjalkov - MG 20.05.1917; LG 07.01.1919;
Stefan Nenov - MG 04.12.1920;
Hristo Nerezov - MG 06.05.1937;
Stefan Nerezov - MG 02.08.1915; LG 15.08.1918; IG 03.09.1920;
Aleksander Nesterov - MG 26.10.1937;
Todor Neykov - MG 01.12.1920;
Marko Nikiforov - MG 02.11.1921;
Nikifor Nikiforov - NG 15.11.1900; LG 02.08.1912;
Nikifor Nikiforov - MG 06.05.1937;
Danail Nikolaev - MG 14.02.1891; LG 15.11.1900; IG 06.05.1936;
Asen Nikolov - MG 15.08.1917;
Asen Nikolov - MG 01.01.1940; LG 01.01.1943;
Dimitar Nikolov - MG 01.01.1936;
Kosta Nikolov - MG 1937;
Stefan Nikolov - MG 31.12.1918;
Georgi Panev - MG 31.12.1936;
Hristo Pakov - MG 1936;
Konstantin Panov - MG 01.05.1934;
Asen Papadopov - MG 14.02.1914;
Stefan Paprikov - MG 15.11.1900;
Ivan Pashikov - MG 15.08.1917;
Ivan Paskalev - MG 31.12.1937;
Pavel Pavlov - MG 01.01.1919;
Hristo Peev - MG 06.05.1944;
Panaiot Peev - MG 18.05.1905;
Yordan Peev - MG 01.01.1936;
Atanas Penev - MG 31.10.1930;
Georgi Penev - MG 17.02.1932;
Petar Penev - MG 03.10.1940;
Ivan Penov - MG 18.05.1909;
Dimitar Pernikliiski - MG 30.05.1917;
Ivan Petrov - MG 20.05.1917;
Atanas Petrov - MG 31.12.1937;
Nikola Petrov - MG 15.11.1900;
Nikola Petrov - MG 01.01.1918;
Petyr Petrov - MG 01.05.1934;
Racho Petrov - MG 17.11.1896; LG 02.08.1913;
Stefan Petrov - MG 01.01.1909;
Hristo Petrunov - MG 14.02.1900;
Krum Pintev - MG 31.10.1930;
Boniu Pironkov - MG 10.11.1944;
Nikola Pisarov - MG 27.10.1919;
Nikolay Podgorov - MG 06.05.1936;
Kiril Popbojilov - MG 06.05.1944;
Aleksandyr Popdimitrov - MG 06.05.1943;
Aleksi Popov - MG 01.01.1918;
Dimitar Popov - MG 09.09.1944; LG 23.09.1948;
Dobri Popov - MG?
Georgi Popov - MG 06.05.1935; LG 03.10.1938; AG (Artillery general) 06.07.1941;
Hristo Popov - MG 01.10.1911; LG 23.06.1919;
Ivan Popov - MG 18.05.1909;
Ivan Popov - MG 06.05.1944;
Stefan Popov - MG 01.01.1918;
Svetoslav Popov - MG 06.05.1936;
Tsvyatko Popov - MG 31.10.1930;
Georgi Popvasilev - MG 1946;
Kiril Preslavski (Prince Kiril) - MG; LG;
Ivan Proynov - MG 27.11.1918;
Aleksandyr Protogerov - MG 01.04.1917;
Stoyan Pushkarov - MG 27.02.1918;
Petyr Pyrvanov - MG 31.12.1937;
Todor Radev - MG 26.08.1934;
Stancho Radoikov - MG 30.05.1917;
Iliya Raev - MG 31.12.1937;
Ivan Rafailov - MG 06.05.1944;
Dimitar Rashev - MG 02.01.1934;
Vasil Raynov - MG 01.01.1918;
Yosif Razsukanov - MG 06.05.1936;
Nikola Riaskov - MG 18.05.1905;
Nikola Ribarov - MG 01.10.1914; LG 20.05.1917;
Dimitar Ruschev - MG 01.01.1918;
Ivan Rusev - MG 31.06.1917;
Rusi Rusev - MG 06.06.1936; LG 03.10.1940;
Panayot Santurdjiev - MG 27.07.1919;
Georgi Sapov - MG 26.03.1928;
Mikhail Sapunarov - MG 01.01.1918;
Ivan Sapundjiev - MG 06.05.1943;
Ivan Sarafov - MG 18.05.1905;
Mihail Savov - MG 01.10.1904; LG 20.10.1908;
Sava Savov - MG 14.02.1914; LG 20.05.1917; IG 30.07.1919;
Ivan Semerdzhiev - MG 15.05.1930; LG 03.04.1933;
Hristofor Serafimov - MG 06.05.1942;
Ivan Shkoinov - MG 14.06.1919;
Vasil Silyanavski MG 30.12.1935;
Asen Sirakov - MG 06.05.1943;
Radoy Sirakov - MG 01.01.1906;
Yerotey Sirmanov - MG 27.02.1918;
Boris Sirmanov - MG 03.05.1918;
Ivan Shishkov - MG 02.08.1913;
Simeon Simov - MG 06.05.1944;
Stefan Slavchev - MG 15.08.1917;
Raycho Slavkov - MG 14.09.1944; LG 18.11.1944;
Iliya Slivkov - MG 01.01.1935;
Konstantin Solarov - MG 06.05.1926; LG 15.05.1930; IG 16.05.1934;
Nikola Spasov - MG 30.04.1933;
Dimitar Stanchev - MG 02.11.1940;
Kiril Stanchev - MG 06.05.1944; LG 18.11.1944;
Konstantin Stanchev - MG 15.08.1917;
Nikola Stanimirov - MG 26.03.1928;
Peiu Staribratov - MG 17.09.1946;
Nikola Staychev - MG 03.10.1933;
Atanas Stefanov - MG 01.01.1940; LG 01.01.1943;
Konstantin Stefanov - MG?
Sava Stefanov - Rear-Admiral 08.05.1936
Dimitar Stoenchev - MG 06.05.1926; LG 30.04.1933;
Mihail Stoilov - MG 10.10.1909;
Aleksi Stoyanov - MG 30.05.1917;
Dimitar Stoyanov - MG 06.05.1926;
Konstantin Stoyanov - MG 03.10.1941;
Vladimir Stoyanov - MG 12.09.1925;
Nikola Stoychev - MG 06.05.1937; LG 01.01.1942;
Valdimir Stoychev - MG 03.10.1944; LG 18.10.1944;
Ivan Stoykov - MG 30.05.1917;
Ivan Tabakov - MG 01.01.1918;
Aleksandyr Tanev - MG 01.01.1914; LG 31.10.1918;
Vladimir Taniechev - MG 31.10.1930;
Georgi Tanovski - MG 01.05.1936;
Petar Tanovski - MG 06.05.1939;
Petar Tantilov - MG 05.08.1913; LG 30.05.1918;
Stefan Taralejkov - MG 05.04.1945;
Stefan Tasev - MG 15.08.1917;
Hristo Tcharakchiev - MG 15.08.1917;
Ivan Tchervenakov - MG 31.12.1918;
Pravoslav Tenev - MG 15.10.1908; LG 27.03.1915; IG 31.10.1918;
Stefan Tepavicharov - MG 17.09.1917;
Zlatiu Tepciev - MG 25.12.1944;
Atanas Todorov - MG 01.01.1914;
Georgi Todorov - MG 01.01.1910; LG 02.07.1915; IG 02.08.1917;
Georgi Todorov - MG 31.12.1937;
Ivan Todorov - MG 01.01.1935;
Nedialko Todorov - MG 31.12.1935;
Dimitar Tomov - MG 03.10.1940;
Nikola Topaldjikov - MG 20.04.1923;
Staniu Topalov - MG 02.08.1915; LG 20.12.1918;
Asen Toshev - Rear Admiral - 03.10.1942;
Stefan Toshev - MG 01.01.1904; LG 05.08.1913; IG 25.03.1917;
Todor Toshev - MG 03.10.1940; LG 05.05.1945;
Stoyan Trendafilov - MG 1944; LG 06.05.1945
Trifon Trifonov - MG 06.05.1943;
Stefan Tsanev - MG 30.04.1933; LG 06.05.1936;
Petar Tsankov - MG 06.05.1944;
Ivan Tsekov - MG 06.05.1936;
Pantalei Tsenov - MG 01.01.1910; LG 30.05.1918;
Vaklin Tserkovski - MG 17.11.1907;
Ivan Tsonchev - MG 01.02.1901;
Marin Tsonkov - MG 01.04.1919;
Nikola Tsvetkov - MG 15.08.1917;
Petko Tsyklev - MG 27.02.1918;
Boyan Urumov - MG 03.10.1938;
Atanas Vaptcarov - MG 31.12.1936;
Ivan Variklechkov - Rear-Admiral - 06.05.1937;
Vasil Vasilev - MG 01.05.1931;
Vasil Vasilev - MG 01.05.1934;
Vylko Vasilev - MG 01.01.1916;
Atanas (Anastas) Vatev - MG 31.10.1930;
Georgi Vazov - MG 01.01.1906; LG 05.08.1913;
Vladimir Vazov - MG 20.05.1917; LG 07.01.1920;
Damian Velchev - MG 11.09.1944; LG 10.11.1944; CG (Colonel General) 06.05.1945;
Hristo Velchev - MG 21.11.1939;
Vylko Velchev - MG 14.02.1901;
Yordan Venedikov - MG 31.12.1935;
Vyrban Vinarov - MG 15.11.1900;
Sava Vuychev - MG 14.07.1919;
Georgi Vylkov - MG 15.05.1930;
Ivan Vylkov - MG 12.07.1923; LG 26.03.1925; IG 15.05.1928;
Mihail Vylkov - MG 27.03.1910;
Dimitar Vylnarov - MG 17.11.1907;
Dimitar Yanchev - MG 06.05.1943;
Kiril Yanchulev - MG 06.05.1943;
Simeon Yankov - MG 01.01.1910;
Hristo Yordanov - MG 01.01.1940
Dimitar Yosifov - MG 31.12.1927;
Stefan Yosifov - MG 31.10.1918;
Mihail Yovov - MG 30.04.1933;
Atila Zafirov - MG 15.08.1917;
Stoyan Zagorski - MG 02.08.1915; LG 31.10.1918;
Vladimir Zaimov - MG 06.05.1935;
Mikhail Zakhariev - MG 03.10.1940;
Kiro Zhechev - MG 03.09.1928; LG 15.11.1932;
Nikola Zhekov - MG 20.08.1915; LG 06.10.1916; IG 06.05.1936;
Nikola Zhelyavski - MG 02.08.1913; LG 31.10.1918;
Georgi Zlatev - MG 13.09.1920;
Petko Zlatev - MG 31.10.1930; LG 26.08.1934;
Ivan Zlatanov - MG 31.10.1917;
Konstantin Zlatanov - MG 01.01.1935; LG 01.01.1938;
Krystiu Zlatarev - MG 01.01.1916; LG 25.06.1919.

[AJK]

Wow! Excellent material! Thanks a lot Dibo.

Best wishes,

AJK

[dibo]

Prelminary list of all the Bulgarian generals until 1944 completed

List is still full of omissions, mistakes, etc. but is so far AFAIK unique on the web.

Will update...

[Steen Ammentorp]

Hail dibo

This is marvellous!!

Kind Regards
Steen Ammentorp
The Generals of World War II

[David Thompson]

Thanks dibo!

[AJK]

Thanks dibo! You have done us a great service.

AJK

[Ostuf Charlemagne]

F..ck !
I don't read bulgarian !
Does anyone have the Cv of brigadier general Tsankov ?

[dibo]

F..ck !
I don't read bulgarian !
Does anyone have the Cv of brigadier general Tsankov ?

We did not have Brigadier Generals at that time

[DenesBernad]

Photo of Bulgarian Army Chief of Staff Major General Konstantin Lukasch (German spelling).

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[dibo]

Thanks for the photo

[DenesBernad]

Here is another General, War Minister Heidenov.

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[DenesBernad]

Not a General, but interesting portrait nevertheless. Col. Kirkov, Chief of the Royal Bulgarian Navy.

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[dibo]

Not a General, but interesting portrait nevertheless. Col. Kirkov, Chief of the Royal Bulgarian Navy.

Dénes

He is a general, although not at the time of the photo - this is Konstantin Kirkov. He commanded the fleet in 1914-1919 and reached a rank of Major-General.