Petko Rachov Slaveikov’s home

Here on the 17th November 1827 was born

the national poet and

socially active educator Petko

Rachov Slaveikov.

The successful years of Petko Slaveikov

• He was the head of the National Meeting and a Minister. He was one of the leaders of the Liberal Campaign.

The Education of Petko Slaveikov

• Slaveikov studies in Veliko Tarnovo, Dryanovo, Tryavna and the Preobrajenie Monastery. He reads a lot in the libraries in the monasteries around V. Tarnovo. Later on he studies Greek in Svishtov.

In 1843 he became a teacher in V. Tarnovo. From 1844 to 1864 Slaveikov worked as a teacher, again, in Tryavna, Vidin, Vraca, Pleven, Berkovica, Lyaskovec,

Byala and Elena.

• From 1863 until 1874 he published a lot of newspapers and magazines. Examples of those are the newspapers ‘’Gaida’’, ’’Macedondia’’ and ‘’Shutosh’’; magazines ‘’Rujitsa’’, ‘’Pchelitsa’’ and ‘’Chitalishte’’.

Made by:Nikolai Karageorgiev Vll-th gradeKaloyan Zahariev Vll-th grade