Dr. Vidin Sukarev
Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
https://doi.org/10.53656/his2021-2-1-vaslev
Absract. The article concerns the recently published study by Plamen Mitev and Grigor Boykov about the year of birth of the Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski. The authors firmly established 1840 instead of hitherto accepted 1837. The new evidences about the birth year of Levski require also a revision of the birth day. The article proposes that the Apostle of Freedom was born on 9/21 of July 1840.
Keywords: Vasil Levski; Day of birth; Bulgarian pre-wedding rites