Biography
Todor Hristov Zhivkov (7 September 1911 – 5 August 1998) was a Bulgarian communist statesman who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1954 until 1989 as General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He was the second longest-serving leader in the Eastern Bloc after Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, the longest-serving leader within the Warsaw Pact and the longest-serving non-royal ruler in Bulgarian history.
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Self (archive footage)
The Cars We Drove into Capitalism (2021)
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Self (archive footage)
Space Sailors (2010)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-09-07
Deathday
1998-08-05 (86 years old)
Birth Place
Pravets, Bulgaria
Religion
atheism
Children
Vladimir Zhivkov, Lyudmila Zhivkova
Citizenships
Kingdom of Bulgaria, People's Republic of Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Also Known As
Todor Živkov, Toдор Живков, Todor Jivkov
Awards
Order of the Chrysanthemum, Order of Karl Marx, Order of the October Revolution, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin, Order of the Republic, Order of the Aztec Eagle, Order of Prince Henry, Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of the Redeemer, Order of Sukhbaatar, Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star, Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of Klement Gottwald, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Order of José Martí, Order of the Nile, Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Gold Olympic Order, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Order of Playa Girón, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nile, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Yugoslav Star
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