Revolutionary Velko Abadzhiev

Velko Georgiev (Yorgov) Abadzhev was a figure of the Bulgarian National Revival, born on 30 November 1858 in Ruse.

Between 1867 and 1870, he was the first manager of Hristo G. Danov’s bookshop in Ruse. He then studied at the Belgrade Seminary from 1870 to 1874 and continued his education in Zagreb after 1876. Around 1875, he worked as a teacher in the village of Chervena Voda in the Ruse region and became a member of the Ruse Revolutionary Committee.

He participated in the Chervena Voda detachment in 1875 and in Panayot Hitov’s detachment. He also took an active part in the Serbian–Turkish War of 1876 and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. After Bulgaria’s Liberation, he taught in Vratsa from 1882 and in Lom.