Central Sofia Cemetery

The Central Sofia Cemetery (Bulgarian: Централни софийски гробища, romanized: Tsentralni sofiyski grobishta) or the Orlandovtsi Cemetery ("Орландовци") is the main cemetery in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The cemetery has several chapels used by various Christian denominations, such as a Bulgarian Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,^[1] a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi,^[2]^[3] an Armenian Apostolic chapel,^[4] a Jewish synagogue, etc.^[5] The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian, Romanian and British military sections.

Notable interments

Georgi Asparuhov, footballer
Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian writer and poet
Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet and 2nd Vice-President of non-Communist Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Ghena Dimitrova, soprano
Dimitar Dimov
Nikola Dishkov, Bulgarian entrepreneur
Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.^[6]
Nicola Ghiuselev, operatic bass
Aleko Konstantinov
Andrey Lyapchev
Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Lyubomir Miletich
Gyorche Petrov
Vanya Petkova, Bulgarian poet, writer and Guinness World Records candidate
Vasil Radoslavov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Boris Sarafov
Petko Slaveykov
Pencho Slaveykov
Hristo Smirnenski
Stefan Stambolov
Petko Staynov
Dimitar Talev
Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev, 1st President of non-Communist Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkov, Communist politician
Wilfred Burchett Australian journalist
A WW2 account of E. P. Thompson's brother 'Frank Thompson' who has a special memorial within the British war graves section of the cemetery (later discovered to have been executed and buried in Litakovo) can be found in 'There Is A Spirit In Europe (1947)' which was re-released in 2024.^[7]

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^ "Archived copy". www.abagar1.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Галерия Словар". gallery.slovar.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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^ "Blogger: Redirecting". mmmitov.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Украински Вести/Болгарські Вісті". Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
^ Taylor, Jonathan R. P (2024). There Is A Spirit In Europe: A Memoir Of Frank Thompson 80 Years On. Imprint Lulu: Brittunculi Records & Books. ISBN 9781304479525.