Д-р Васил Радославов – предател или патриот?
Dr Vassil Radoslavov – Traitor or Patriot?

Summary/Abstract: The question is discussed of the facts, passed over in silence or missed, connected with the activity of Dr Vassil Radoslavov as Minister of Justice in P. Karavelov’s Cabinet (1884–1886), his attitude to the Union of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Roumelia, to the Serbo-Bulgarian War, to the abdication of Prince Alexander Battenberg, etc. Indicated are the biased and one-sided selection and interpretation of the facts connected with the sentence of 1903, the wrong statements that he was supported by the German Government during the years of his emigration in Germany (1918–1929), etc. The conclusion is drawn that Dr Radoslavov’s complex and contradictory life needs reassessment on the basis of an all-rounded and impartial study of the available archival and documentary material, analysed and summed up in accordance with the complex of political, economical, international, psychological and other historical conditions and without the limitations of the partisan canons and cliches. The objective assessment and the writing of a solid biographical study on Dr Vassil Radoslavov, that has been absent so far, are necessitated by his active presence on the political scene (for more than 20 years) and the principal role he played in the most difficult moments in the history of the Bulgarian State, in preserving and defending its territorial integrity and sovereignty. The problem raised indicates the need for changes of principle in the approach and starting positions of the researchers in writing biographies of the Bulgarian politicians.

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