On the 19th of February Bu
lgaria commemorates the death of Vasil Levski - one of the biggest national heroes, a person who has made a huge impact on the destiny of our nation and country. Born in 1837, he spent his life during the times of the Revival - when the Bulgarian people were still under the Ottoman rule and still were looking for their national identity lost through the long centuries without independence. He fought for, as he himself had written, "pure and sacred republic", for the liberation of Bulgaria. With his passion he created the most complex committee network around the Bulgarian lands and inspired the people to fight for their freedom."If I win, a whole nation wins; if I lose, I lose only myself."
He was lost, hanged in Sofia in 1873 at exactly
same place where the monument stands nowadays. But nevetheless he didn't lose. He sacrificed his life for the freedom of our nation. All of us have won when he was born. Thanks to his life-work and devotion ot it, the desire for freedom grew more and more and finally triumphed with the Liberation on the 3th of March, 1878.(photo of Vasil Levski - taken from http://www.vlevskimuseum-bg.org/)
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