Zahari Stoyanov From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born 1850
Medven, near Sliven, Bulgaria
Died 2 September 1889(1889-09-02)
Paris, France
Zahari Stoyanov (Bulgarian: Захари Стоянов; archaic: Захарий Стоянов) (1850 – 2 September 1889), born Dzhendo Stoyanov Dzhedev (Bulgarian: Джендо Стоянов Джедев), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, writer, and historian. A participant in the April Uprising of 1876, he became its first historiographer with his book Memoirs of the Bulgarian Uprisings. Stoyanov directed the Unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia in 1885, and was one of the leaders of the People's Liberal Party until the end of his life.