Dobri Terpeshev

He was sentenced to death during the April events in Bulgaria in 1925 which occurred after the St Nedelya Church assault.

He was commander of the People's Liberation Insurgent Army (NOVA) and was among the Chief organizer of the resistance movement during the Second World War.

[1] After the overthrow of the government of Ivan Bagryanov, he negotiated with the cabinet of Konstantin Muraviev for a peaceful transfer of power into the hands of the Fatherland Front.

[2] Terpeshev was president of the International Federation of Resistance Fighters – Association of Anti-Fascists from 1948 to 1950.

At the April plenum of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1956, Terpeshev exposed Todor Zhivkov's insignificant participation in the partisan movement and gave a speech against his election as the new general secretary of the BCP.