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Georgi Dimitrov

1882–1949 · 20th century

Georgi Dimitrov was a Bulgarian Communist leader who won fame in 1933 by defending himself at the Reichstag fire trial in Leipzig, then headed the Comintern from 1935 to 1943. Returning to Bulgaria, he became prime minister in 1946 and established a Stalinist regime, giving his name to the 1947 Dimitrov Constitution.

Georgi Dimitrov
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People's Republic of Bulgaria

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