Hristo Todorov Stoyanov – Education and Personality Development

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Pages: 181-199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/NGTP2856

Abstract:

The purpose of this academic paper is to present little known and unknown facts about the early life of Hristo Todorov Stoyanov – a remarkable, but almost unfamiliar Bulgarian to our contemporaries. He was a representative of the new Bulgarian intellectual elite from the National Revival Period with a significant contribution to Bulgaria’s educational activity, struggle for church independence and political life on the eve of and directly after the Liberation from Ottoman rule. Hristo Stoyanov was born in Sofia in 1845. He received his initial education at the local Bulgarian class school. His teacher was Sava Filaretov who played a crucial role in shaping his character, ideas and views. In 1860, he went to Odessa where he studied at the Second High School. After his return to Sofia, he became head teacher at St. Cyril and St. Methodius School. From 1864 to 1868, he studied at the Imperial Moscow University’s Faculty of Law as a scholarship student of Ivan Denkoglu. Under the influence of various factors during that period, he formed his personality and clearly defined his goals which were subordinate to his desire to serve his homeland.

Keywords:

Hristo Stoyanov; intellectual elite; National Revival Period; education; class school in Sofia; Ivan Denkoglu; Sava Filaretov; Second Odessa High School; Imperial Moscow University

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