Yako Dorosiev Bulgarian revolutionary Date of Birth: 20.01.1890 Country: Bulgaria

1. Early Life and Education
2. Military Career and Political Activism
3. Participation in Revolutionary Activities
4. Death and Legacy

Early Life and Education

Veselin Todorov was born in the town of Koprivshtitsa to a teacher's family. He enrolled in a secondary school in Plovdiv, where he joined a Marxist circle led by Vasil Kolarov. In 1908, he became a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party (BRSDP). He later graduated from teachers' academies in Plovdiv and Sofia, actively participating in the teachers' union.

Military Career and Political Activism

During World War I, Todorov served as a platoon commander on the Romanian front. In 1920, he was appointed as a teacher in Sofia and elected secretary of the Sofia Teachers' Organization. In 1921, he was stripped of his teaching rights for "anti-state" propaganda against the government of Alexander Stamboliyski. He was subsequently elected secretary of the Lozen Party Organization and a member of the Sofia Committee of the BKP.

Participation in Revolutionary Activities

Todorov played a crucial role in the preparation of the September Uprising of 1923. On September 12th, he was arrested and subjected to torture in military barracks. He was released early in 1924. At a clandestine party conference on Mount Vitosha, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the BKP.

From October 1924, Todorov was responsible for organizing the illegal printing of leaflets and the newspaper "Rabotnicheski Vestnik" ("Workers' Herald"). He became an intermediary between the Central Committee and the leadership of the Military Organization of the party. Working alongside Kocho Yankov, Ivan Minkov, and Marko Friedman, he set up safe houses and participated in perilous missions.

Death and Legacy

On March 26, 1925, Todorov was intercepted by agents of the Third Section of the Bulgarian War Ministry while on his way to a meeting of the Military Center. In the ensuing shootout, he was killed. His death galvanized leftist communists within the BKP's Military Organization to hasten plans for an attack on the St. Nedelya Cathedral, even against the wishes of the party leadership.