Vasil Levski, Grandmother Dona Milina and the Troyan Revolutionary Activists
Pavlina Vladeva
pp. 181 - 190
 
Title: Vasil Levski, Grandmother Dona Milina and the Troyan Revolutionary Activists
Authors: Pavlina Vladeva

Abstract: The object of the study is the activity of Vasil Levski in Troyan, the organization of a committee network, the personality of grandmother Donna Milina - hiding and sheltering person to the Apostle. Тhe setting circomstances have been restored and presented on the basis of documents and memoirs from the establishment of the two revolutionary committees in the town of Troyan and in the "Troyan Monastery of the Assumption". It shows the difficult and full of hardship life of a great patriot. During the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), grandmother Dona Milina treated wounded Russian soldiers in her house.

Keywords: Vasil Levski; Apostle; Grandmother Dona Milina; Shelter Town of Troyan; Master Weaver; Famous Herbalist; Folk Healer; Revolutionary Committee; Church; Monastery.

Received: 06-04-2021     Accepted: 28-10-2021     Published: 07-12-2021

Citation: Vladeva, P. (2021). Vasil Levski, Grandmother Dona Milina and the Troyan Revolutionary Activists. Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Presentation, Digitalization (KIN Journal), 7(2), ISSN 2367-8038, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 181–190. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2021_2_017