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The most important women in our country and community
Stefka Kostadinova
Ivet Lalova
Ivet Miroslavova Lalova-Colin is a Bulgarian athlete, competing
in sprint 60, 100 and 200 meters. She is called the fastest white
woman in the world. She was born in Sofia on May 18, 1984 with both
parents athletes. European champion 100m for 2012, European
champion indoors 100m in 2012 and 200m in 2005, a national record
holder in Bulgaria of 100 meters and 200 meters indoors.
Participated in two Olympics - Beijing (2008) and London
(2012).
Neshka Robeva
Neshka Stefanova Robeva is a known Bulgarian athlete who later
coached gymnastics and choreography. She was born on May 26, 1946
in Rousse. Graduated School of Choreography and then VIF. Competed
in the national team in rhythmic gymnastics. In 1969, she became
vice world champion. During the period (1976-1999) she was head
coach of the Bulgarian national team in rhythmic gymnastics. For
outstanding achievements in their work Robeva has won almost all
state awards and the award for contribution to the world women's
Olympic sport. For almost 25 years of coaching her trainees won 294
medals, 7 absolute world titles, 10 European titles and two Olympic
vice titles. She is currently president of the most successful club
in the world Levski since its 50 years of existence. The club has
won a total of 306 medals.The most successful Bulgarian coach, who
brought a lot of fame for Bulgaria.We all rember one sentence: .
(Neshka is flawless/does not make mistakes)
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics teamYesterday Bulgarian gymnasts
were evaluated with 17.700 points for their combination with 5
bands and gathered a total score of 35.450 points. So for the
second year in a row Bulgaria starts an excellent season in
rhythmic gymnastics.Victory! Our gymnasts triumphed in Moscow. They
defeated its biggest competitors the Russians.Bulgarian rhythmic
gymnastics team won gold medals in their first start of the year.
Our girls just triumphed in the home of their biggest rivals - in
the Russian capital Moscow.The team which Ina Ananieva trains is
composed of: Mihaela Maevska, Renetta Kamberova, Tsvetelina
Stoyanova, Tsvetelina Naydenova and Christiana Todorova. They
performed error-free composition with 2 hoops and 3 pairs of bats
and received a grade of 17.750 points.
Raina Kabaivanska
Raina Kabaivanska is a Bulgarian opera singer, among the most
important soprano voices during the second half of the 20th
century. Knight of the Order of Italy, 5 times the most popular
person in Italy and 2 times the musician of the year. Born in
Burgas at December 15, 1934 Her father is a veterinarian, writer,
poet and university professor, and her mother physics teacher.Raina
marks a spectacular success in her performances on world music
scenes, which brought her worldwide fame. She sings in the opera
"La Scala", Milan, which is among the world's most prestigious
opera houses.Star in the New York Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State
Opera, Arena di Verona, Bolshoi Theatre, Covent Garden, Carnegie
Hall.Lecturer in Music Academy in Italy and master classes at the
New Bulgarian University.
Valya BalkanskaValya Mladenova Balkanska (born Fame Kestebekova
on January 8, 1942 in Arda, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian folk singer
from the Rhodope Mountains region. Valya Balkanskas career began in
1960 as a soloist in the State Ensemble for Folk Songs and Dances
"Rhodope" - Smolyan, where she received her new name. The most
famous of her records the solo performance of the song "Izlel e
Delyu haidutin" - was made in the late 60s of the twentieth century
by the American researcher of Bulgarian folklore Martin Koenig and
was released on a gramophone record in the US. Several years later,
a copy of the record was accidentally brought in to audition
recordings in preparation for the Golden Record - a message from
Earth to fly outside the Solar System on board of two identical
spacecrafts of the "Voyager program of NASA. The song is included
in the final 90-minute selection of music by Carl Sagan and takes
flight first on "Voyager 2, which was launched on August 20, 1977,
and two weeks later - on September 5, 1977 - on "Voyager 1". On
August 25, 2012 "Voyager 1" becomes the first object of human
origin, who left the heliosphere and entered interstellar
medium.
Lili IvanovaLili Ivanova is Bulgarian pop singer. Lili Ivanova
was born on April 24, 1939 in Kubrat. Since 1961 she develops
continuous performing and touring, recording songs and albums,
participation in media events, television programs, appearances in
videos. As a sign of respect for her contribution to Bulgarian
popular music she is sometimes called the "prime of the Bulgarian
variety. During her career Lili Ivanova has won numerous accolades
and awards.
Stoyanka mutafovaStoyana-Maria Konstantinova Mutafova is a
Bulgarian actress, better known as Stoyanka Mutafova. After the
real name of the actress was confused in a poster she became known
to all as Stoyanka.She was born on February 2, 1922 in Sofia. Her
father is playwright director Konstantin Mutafov at the National
Theatre "Ivan Vazov". In 1941, she graduated from the First Sofia
Girls' High School. She graduated classical philology from Sofia
University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and the State Theatre School in
Sofia. From 1946 to 1949 she worked at the theater in Prague, and
from 1949 to 1956 at the National Theatre. She is a founding member
of the State Theatre of Satire "Aleko Konstantinov", where she
worked from 1956 to 1991.
Mutafova is the first Bulgarian actress with an award from the
International Foundation "Lady Diana", among Sean Connery, Peter
O`Tul, Lynn Redgrave.Honorary dimploma for "Contribution to the
culture and the enrichment of world theater as its dean" will be
awarded to Mutafova. International Foundation "Lady Diana" was
founded in 1997 in London. It is recognized by the Queen of Britain
and the royal family. Its establishment was attended by the
ambassadors of 19 countries including USA, Canada, Cuba, Argentina,
Australia, Qatar, Egypt, India, Bulgaria, Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Irina Bokova
Irina Georgieva Bokova is a Bulgarian politician and diplomat,
Director General of UNESCO, Deputy Minister (1996) and minister
(1996-1997) of Foreign Affairs in Bulgaria, Member of the VII Grand
National Assembly and XXXIX National Assembly, ambassador to France
and Monaco and a Permanent Representative in UNESCO. On November
15, 2009 Bokova became Director General of UNESCO.She became Doctor
Honoris Causa of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in
2010 in Milan, Italy.
Kristalina georgieva
Kristalina Ivanova Georgieva is a Bulgarian economist and
lecturer, European Commissioner from Bulgaria and expert on
sustainable development. World Bank Vice President (2008- 2010),
member of the Board of Trustees and Associate Professor in the
Department of "Economics" at theUniversity of National and World
Economy in Sofia. She took office as European Commissioner on
February 9, 2010, when the Commission Barroso II was approved by
the European Parliament. On November 30, 2010 she was declared
"Commissioner of the Year" and "European of the Year" at the annual
awards of the electronic publication "European Voice". She was
honored for her contributions at work and in particular the
management of humanitarian disasters in Haiti and Pakistan.
ELISAVETA BAGRYANAElisaveta Bagryana is an alias for Elisaveta
Ljubomirova Belcheva, known among friends as Lisa Bagryana. She is
a Bulgarian poet, author of children's books and translator.
Elisaveta Bagryana was born on April 29 (April 16 Old Style) 1893
in a clerical family in Sofia. She lived for an year with her
family in Tarnovo, where she wrote her first poems (1907-1908). She
graduated secondary school in Sofia in 1910, then she was ateacher
for an year in the village of Aphthane (today Nedyalsko), where she
received immediate impressions of the life of Bulgarian village and
the rural woman. The poems of Elisaveta Bagryana have been
translated in 30 languages and published in France, Czechoslovakia,
Yugoslavia, USSR, Romania, Italy, Sweden, Poland and others. She
has won the gold medal at the International Association of Poets in
Rome (1969).
Dora GAbeDora Petrova Gabe (Real name: Isidore) (1888-1983) is a
Bulgarian poet of Jewish origin. She graduated high school in
Varna, studied science at Sofia University (1904), and French
Philology in Geneva and Grenoble (1905-1906). She was a French
teacher in Dobrich.From 1911 to 1932 she resides abroad repeatedly
in connection with her translation activities : Poland, Germany,
Switzerland,Austria, Czech Republic, France, Great Britain. Dora
Gabe is a founding member of the Bulgarian-Polish Committee (1922).
Counselor for cultural affairs at the Bulgarian Embassy in Warsaw
(1947-1950). From 1917 unitl the end of her life Dora Gabe did
actively translation work. She translated from Polish, Czech,
Russian, French, and Greek the works of famous authors. Separate
books and works of Dora Gabe were translated in Austria, Argentina,
UK, Vietnam, Germany, Greece, Canada, Cuba, Lebanon, Peru, Poland,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, France, Czech Republic.
Rayna knyaginyaRaina Popgeorgieva Foutekova-Dipcheva, known as
Rayna Knyaginya is a Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and national
heroine, who sewed the main rebel flag of the Panagyurishte
revolutionary district for the April uprising. On the day of the
announcement of the uprising she holds the flag alongside
Benkovski. She studied Medicine in Moscow for three years and
became a midwife - the first graduate midwife in Bulgaria. The
Rayna Knyaginya peak on Livingston Island in the South Shetland
Islands, Antarctica is named after her.
Viktorya Angelova-Vinarova
Victoria Angelova-Vinarova is the first female architect in
Bulgaria. Born in Tarnovo on November 20, 1902, Victoria Angelova
deals with painting since childhood. After graduating from high
school, she studied two semesters at the Higher Technical School in
Vienna, but due to material considerations she graduated in Dresden
in 1925. Her great-grandfather was the famous Tarnovo teacher and
politician Nicolai Zlatarski. She won the internal competition in
1926 and designed the ministry building on her own. Today it is the
building of the Metropolitan Library and Theatre "Renaissance".
Admission at the door of the building is decorated with three stone
heads and monumental sculpture of two seated figures - a woman,
symbolizing the architecture and a man - the symbol of
construction.
Anastasya DimitrovaAnastasia Dimitrova is the first Bulgarian
secular teacher of the National Revival Period. Born in Pleven. At
first she studied under her benefactress, the mother of the bishop.
Later (1836-1839) she continued her education in Kalofer nunnery.
She studied not only for a nun but also with teachers such as Botyo
Petkov, Raino Popovich, Brayko Genovich, under whose leadership she
studied history, geography, arithmetics, grammar. In October 1839
she founded in her hometown Pleven secular girls school, which is
supported by bishop Agapi. Graduates of the school girls became
teachers or founded new mutual schools in other cities in
Bulgaria.Graduates studied Greek. In 1845 in the school were about
90 girls from Pleven, Lovech, Troyan, Tarnovo, Vratsa, etc., Some
of them founded schools in their home towns - Svishtov, Vratsa,
Lovech.
Doctor Tota VenkovaDr. Teodora / Tota / Venkova Chehlarova is a
Bulgarian doctor and philantropist. / 1855 - 1921 /Her life is an
example in Bulgarian history as a woman with a career. Along with
only men doctors on the horizon rises a lady, who devoted her
entire life to medicine and became the first woman doctor in
Bulgaria. Her name is Dr. Tota Venkova.She graduated Grammar School
for Girls. On August 1st 1873, only 18 years old she became a
teacher in primary girls school and worked there for 4 years.
During the Russo-Turkish War all schools suspended operations and
were converted into hospitals. Tota Venkova became a nurse in a
military hospital in Gabrovo. On September 15, 1878 Gabrovo town
board issued a certificate for her teaching in Gabrovo, for best
success and behavior.In 1878 Slavic Charity Society (Russia) grants
scolarships to young Bulgarians to study in Russian universities.
One of the selected is our young teacher from Gabrovo. She went to
Russia, where she prepared for admission to the university. There
she chose to study medicine. She enrolled at the University of
Petersburg.In 1866, Dr. Tota Venkova returned to Bulgaria as the
first female in the country with medical education.As a token of
appreciation from 1971 Gabrovo Hospital bears the name Dr. Tota
Venkova.
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