Captain Marin Ya. Marinov – a Life in the Name of the Fatherland

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Pages: 176-184
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/JAPZ2052

Abstract:

One of the main problem swhich the newly restored Bulgarian state faced in the first months of freedom was the issue of training officers of local origin, who had to replace gradually their Russian trainers in the guidance and command of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. During this period, Russia was the only Great Power that gave Bulgarians access to its military schools. Many young Bulgarians went to the Northern Empire to receive military education. Some of these officers later made glamorous military careers and their biographies are well known to the Bulgarian reader. Unfortunately, the names of another part of young Bulgarians who studied in Russia today are little known, although they gave their lives in defence of the country during the Serbian-Bulgarian war of the autumn of 1885, including the officer whose life and career are the subject of this publication. His name is Marin Yanakiev Marinov.

Keywords:

Russia, Bulgarians, training, army, Serbian-Bulgarian war.

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