Radko Dimitriev
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| Born | 24 September 1859 Gradets, Ottoman Empire (contemporary Bulgaria) |
| Died | 18 October 1918 Pyatigorsk, Russia |
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 Kingdom of Bulgaria Russian Empire
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 Bulgarian Army Imperial Russian Army
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| Years of service | 1877–1886; 1898–1913; 1914-1917 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Bulgarian 3rd Army Russian 3rd Army Russian 12th Army |
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Radko Dimitriev (Bulgarian: Радко Димитриев) (24 September 1859 in Gradets – 18 October 1918 near Pyatigorsk) was a Bulgarian general, Head of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army from 1 January 1904 to 28 March 1907, as well as a general in the Russian Army during the First World War.
He was born in the village of Gradets (Sliven Province) and was raised by his grandmother in Kotel. He later studied in the Aprilov Gymnasium in Gabrovo and participated in the organization of the April Uprising (1876).
During the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) he was a translator in the 2nd Guards Division of the Russian Army. In 1879 he graduated the Military School in Sofia; in 1881 Dimitriev was promoted to a Lieutenant and in 1884 he became Captain after graduating the Saint Petersburg Academy. When only a captain he was one of the pro-Russian officers involved in the plot to kidnap Prince Alexander of Battenberg and force his abdication in 1886, for which he was exiled by Prime Minister Stefan Stambolov. He then served for ten years in the Russian army, and only returned to Bulgaria after the fall of Stambulov.
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