Word: gheorghieff
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Sofia, General Kosla Gheorghieff, Deputy and one of the leaders of the revolt which overthrew Premier Stambuliski, was assassinated...
...days later, a crowd of people assembled outside and inside the gaudy Sveti Krai Cathedral whose interior is decorated with numerous and immense rainbow-colored portraits painted on the walls and pillars. All had come to pay their last respects to the remains of General Gheorghieff. In a long, solemn queue, the funeral procession, headed by the Cabinet, trailed slowly, mournfully through the grimy Sofia streets and at length drew near to the Cathedral. There was a blinding flash, a terrific roar and the entire south wall and a large section of the roof of the Cathedral crumbled and crashed...
...assassination of General Gheorghieff and the Chief of the Penitentiary Department were respectively the 38th and 39th political murder which have been perpetrated since Todor Alexandroff, Macedonian leader, was assassinated last August. Alexandroff, who repudiated Moscow influence, was allegedly murdered by Communists; and, ever since, an internecine war has been waged between non-Communists and Communists...
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