Georgi Obretenov

Georgi Obretenov
Born	after 1849 Rousse, present-day Bulgaria
Died	10 May 1876 Bulgaria

Georgi Tihov Obretenov (Bulgarian: Георги Тихов Обретенов) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, best known for his participation in the April Uprising of 1876.

Georgi Obretenov, the youngest son of Tonka Obretenova, was born after 1849. He studied in the class school in Rousse, and afterwards helped his father with his business in the village of Isakcha in Northern Dobruja. In the spring of 1870 Georgi was admitted to the junker school in Odessa.

In order to take part in setting the ground for the Stara Zagora uprising of 1875, he returned to Rousse, and joined the preparations of a detachment's in Veliko Tarnovo. After the uprising's failure, he moved to Romania.

The revolutionary committee in Giurgiu estimated Georgi Obretenov's training and sent him to the region of Sliven as a military instructor and as an assistant apostle to Ilarion Dragostinov. Along with the weapons, Obretenov brought to Sliven some revolutionary proclamations, by-laws, a flag, and the inspiring poetry of Hristo Botev and Stefan Stambolov.

Dragostinov and Obretenov chose different routes to Sliven. Dragostinov travelled through Svishtov and Arbanasi, in order to bid farewell to his parents and relatives. Obretenov's route was through Rousse. After passing the Balkan mountains, he stayed in Tvarditsa at priest Stefan's, and hid the dangerous luggage in the altar of the local church. Then, he set off to the village of Korten to visit Georgi Kolev, the leader of the local revolutionary committee, with whose help he hid the items he carried in a wheat cart, and they both arrived in Sliven.

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