Ivan Seliminski

Ivan Seliminski (1799 – 1866) was a prominent Bulgarian philosopher, scholar, teacher and medical doctor.

On the eve of the Russian-Turkish War (1828–1829) he organized many Bulgarians to support the Russian army.

Many Bulgarian people left their homes and emigrated to the other side of the Danube in Wallachia.

Ivan Seliminski opened a school and was a teacher in New Sliven (now Berjazka) and Bucharest.

After that he traveled to Paris (1845) and practiced as a medical doctor in Bucharest, Braila and Bessarabia until the end of his life (1845–1866).