MM Park Bulgaria

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Color postcard of the Bulgarian Royal Artillery.

Manufacturer / main description

Coloured postcard of the Royal Bulgarian Artillery.

Lieutenant-General Lukov.

Minister of War from 1935 to 1938.

Politician and leader of the Bulgarian nationalist party UBNL.

Born in Varna on 6 January 1887 and died on 13 February 1943, assassinated by two members of the Bulgarian Resistance Movement.

As an artillery battery commander during the First World War, he appears as one of the bravest commanders.
During 1918, in the last days of the war, communist propaganda succeeded in manipulating soldiers who abandoned the front and headed toward the army headquarters in the town of Kyustendil, while other soldiers proclaimed the Republic of Radomir led by the Agrarian Party: Raiko Daskalov.
Taking advantage of this critical situation for Bulgaria, Serbian infantry advanced toward the town of Kyustendil in the valley between Mount Tsarev and Kalin Rock and rained shells on the almost deserted Bulgarian positions.
The Bulgarian commanders were unable to dissuade the soldiers from deserting. On the position, only Hristo Lukov remained with four guns. At this decisive moment, the Bulgarian guns under his command opened terrible fire on the advancing Serbs. They were repulsed. The armistice was signed. The next day, Colonel Tomic wished to congratulate the Bulgarian gunners who had stopped his advance. The soldiers pointed to Lukov, whose face was still blackened by smoke. “And the others?” asked Tomic. “There were only a few shepherds and goat herders, who handed shells to Major Lukov during the cannonade,” came the reply.
The Serb roared with anger, but soon mastered himself and congratulated Major Lukov for his great act of heroism.

Dimensions: 9 x 14.2 cm

Bulgarian Red Cross.