Stefan Dunjov
Stefan Dunjov (
Italian unification (Risorgimento), as well as for being the first ethnic Bulgarian Colonel
.
Biography
Born in
sentenced to death by the Austrian authorities, but his sentence was later reduced to ten years in dungeon. Dunjov was released in 1857 and interned by the authorities in Pest
.
After the outbreak of the
Battle of the Volturno
. Dunjov was heavily wounded on the battlefield, losing a leg. He was personally congratulated on his merits by Garibaldi and awarded the highest Italian military and civil decorations.
Until his death, Dunjov lived in united Italy, engaging in scientific, journalistic and translator's activity. He died in 1889 in the Italian city of Pistoia. There are streets named after Stefan Dunjov in three countries: Hungary (Budapest), Bulgaria (Sofia) and Romania (his native Vinga).
References
- Нягулов, Благовест (20 January 2000). "Сподвижникът на Кошут и Гарибалди, банатският българин Стефан Дуньов" (in Bulgarian). Демокрация. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
Further reading
- Телбизов, Карл (1965). "Биографични данни за гарибалдиста полковник Стефан Дуньов, прославен герой от битката при р. Волтурно". Исторически Преглед (in Bulgarian) (1): 84–90.
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