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Racho Petrov

1861 - 1942

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Racho Petrov Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Рачо Петров Стоянов) (3 March 1861 – 22 January 1942) was a leading Bulgarian general and politician. Petrov was born in Shumen. A talented soldier, he was appointed Chief of General Staff at the age of 24 and was Minister of Defence at 27. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Racho Petrov has received more than 37,947 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Racho Petrov is the 12,918th most popular politician (up from 14,127th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Racho Petrov ranks 12,918 out of 19,576Before him are Nangolo Mbumba, Nikola Mushanov, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Alois Mock, Paul Eyschen, and Giru of Baekje. After him are Ri Kun-mo, Eudamidas II, Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria, Otto Tief, Hugbert of Bavaria, and Võ Văn Thưởng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Racho Petrov ranks 101Before him are Lucien Simon, Richard Sears, Fanny Brate, Herbert Hall Turner, Ludwig Thuille, and Hannes Hafstein. After him are Shirase Nobu, Krikor Zohrab, Maximilian Harden, Maxime Maufra, Ernest Renshaw, and Mikhail Matyushin. Among people deceased in 1942, Racho Petrov ranks 163Before him are Mahadev Desai, Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Heinrich Burger, Nicholas Adontz, Emil von Sauer, and Demetrios Petrokokkinos. After him are Heber Doust Curtis, Yevgeny Petrov, Romà Forns, Carl Sternheim, Hugo Distler, and Jerzy Różycki.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Racho Petrov ranks 163 out of 415Before him are Geo Milev (1895), Elisaveta Bagriana (1893), Todor Burmov (1834), Ivan II of Bulgaria (1300), Petko Slaveykov (1827), and Nikola Mushanov (1872). After him are Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Peyo Yavorov (1878), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Nora Nova (1928), Magdalena Georgieva (1962), and Aleko Konstantinov (1863).

Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Racho Petrov ranks 79Before him are Vineh of Bulgaria (740), Andrey Toshev (1867), Vladimir Stoychev (1892), Ognyan Gerdzhikov (1946), Todor Burmov (1834), and Nikola Mushanov (1872). After him are Dimitar Iliev Popov (1927), Georgi Atanasov (1933), Dobri Bozhilov (1884), Konstantin Muraviev (1893), Stoyan Danev (1858), and Petko Karavelov (1843).