Hristo Mihaylov

Hristo Mikhailov Popov (Bulgarian: Христо Михайлов Попов; April 18, 1893, Vidin – February 8, 1944, Sofia) was a Bulgarian Communist politician and military commander who was a leading participant of the anti-fascist resistance movement in Bulgaria during the Second World War.

He was drafted into the Bulgarian army during the Balkan Wars and graduated from the School of Reserve Officers.

[2] In 1924, he secretly returned to his country and tried to organize a new uprising against the ruling regime in Vidin and Plovdiv.

He was elected a member of the Central Committee of the BCP, graduated from Sofia University with a degree in law.

In 1944-45 the government of the Fatherland Front renamed the city of Ferdinand (now Montana) to Mihaylovgrad in honor of his contribution to the resistance movement.