Word: gueorguieff
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...highly popular habit with their subjects. In Sofia again loanna went with Boris to the gold-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral to honor Saint Cyril who helped to invent the Cyrillic (Modified Greek) alphabet. All in a row before the cathedral stood the Cabinet of the new Premier, Kimon Gueorguieff. Crowds regarded the Cabinet coolly, but a roar like a rolling breaker followed the progress of the Tsar and his Queen from the palace to the cathedral and back again...
Part of the suspicion with which Buigars regarded their new government was that few in Sofia knew what it stood for. When Lieut.-Colonel Gueorguieff and his adherents of the Zveno Club took over the government and announced a long program of objectives, it was universally understood that the smooth coup d'etat had the silent approval of Tsar Boris. Last week an equally insistent story had it that conscientious Tsar Boris threatened to abdicate when news of the coup was brought him, was persuaded to carry on by one-time Premier Mushanoff. The ousted Mushanoff Cabinet was received...
...Zveno Club came into being in 1928 soon after Lieut.-Colonel Kimon Gueorguieff resigned in protest as Minister of Railways in a politicians' Cabinet. Mild, bespectacled Colonel Gueorguieff and his Zveno friends did not like politicians. Loyal to popular, brave King Boris, they told him some time ago that they wanted to take the Government away from Premier Nicholas Mushanoff. Trying to be neutral toward the politics of his country, Boris tush-tushed them...
...Colonel Gueorguieff was the new Premier. He named a Cabinet of Zveno men and sympathizers, including a general, a professor and a banker. Like machine-gun fire Dictator Gueorguieff presented decrees and manifestos to the King, got his signatures, shot them at the public. By noon that day the streets were again empty of soldiers. The decrees promised: 1) Fewer ministers and public employes at lower salaries. 2) Stable municipal organizations with mayors appointed by the Government. 3) A balanced budget and creation of new sources of revenue. 4) Easier credit for farmers and artisans. 5) Lower prices...