The Trial against the General Ivan Valkov and other officers in 1954: Key aspects Cover Image

Процесът срещу генерал Иван Вълков и други офицери през 1954 година: Основни аспекти
The Trial against the General Ivan Valkov and other officers in 1954: Key aspects

Author(s): Chavdar Angelov
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: political violence; political process; myth

Summary/Abstract: The article revises generally accepted idea of preconditions led to the trial against the general Ivan Valkov in 1954 on the basis of unpublished documents. The text is constructed around the main thesis that the real purpose of the trial is to establish in the public consciousness a strong belief that the Communist Party rewarded justice the highest order. Alongside the communist leadership approached differently to individual participants in the bloody events which had happened during the period 1923 – 1925 – some of them were convicted, while others were not even prosecuted.

  • Issue Year: 22/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 162-181
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian