Vasil Kanchov
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Vasil Kanchov
Early life and education
Vasil Kanchov was born in
Career
In the following years Kanchov was a Bulgarian teacher in
After 1898 Kanchov returned to Bulgaria and went into politics. In the beginning of 1902 he became an educational minister of Bulgaria. He travelled extensively after 1888, visiting and researching all over Macedonia.
Anatolia travel
Vasil Kanchov, who went to Istanbul with the financial support of a Bulgarian magazine at the beginning of 1899, was planning to research and observe the European side of the Marmara, but without giving a full reason, he postponed his visit to the aforementioned region and decided to wander around the Bulgarian settlements on the Anatolian side of the sea Manyas Lake.
He wrote down almost every moment of his 9-day trip. He first went from Istanbul to Mudanya, then to Bursa, then to Karacabey, Bandırma and finally to Gönen, interviewed Bulgarian families, examined the structures of the villages, researched places of worship. The things they wrote had the characteristics of what we can call the "travel book".[1]
Death
Vasil Kanchov was killed in his office by a psychopath.
In popular culture
About him one of the founders of
Works
- The region of Bitola, Prespa and Ohrid. Travel notes.. 1890 ("Битолско, Преспа и Охридско. Пътни бележки").
- The present and the past of the town of Veles. 1892 ("Сегашното и недавнашното минало на гр. Велес").
- Travel along the valleys of Struma, Mesta and Bregalnica. 1894-1896 („Пътуване по долините на Струма, Места и Брегалница“).
- City of Skopje. Notes on His Present and Past. 1898 („Град Скопие. Бележки за неговото настояще и минало“).
- Македония. Етнография и статистика (in Bulgarian). 1900. OCLC 749018540.
- Orohydrography of Macedonia 1911 ("Орохидрография на Македония").
Honours
Kanchov Peak on Loubet Coast, Antarctica is named after Vasil Kanchov.
Notes
- ^ Bulgarian: Васил Кънчов, romanized: Vasil Kanchov; Spelled in Old Bulgarian Orthography: Василъ Кѫнчовъ
References
- ^ Kınçov, Vasil (2021). Marmara'nın Öte Yakasında (1899) (in Turkish). Yeditepe Yayınları.
- ISBN 9545092335.