Дарителят Козма Тричков
The Benefactor Kozma Trichkov

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the will (1867) of the Bulgarian donor Kozma Trichkov, who was born in Vratsa, but capitalized on business in the Danubian principalities in the first half and the middle of the nineteenth century. Based on extensive documentary material the author traces in detail all actions of the Bulgarian Band of Virtues in the implementation of the will notably in that part which concerns public affairs and initiatives – enlightenment and social charity. The author finds the young people who studied in local and foreign educational institutions with financial support from K. Trichkov’s donations. She traces the movement of money – interest from capital and real estate intended for maintenance of Vratsa schools. A. Kirilova also pays special attention to the changes that occurred in the work on the implementation of the will after the restoration of the Bulgarian state (1878) and especially after the death of E. Georgiev (1897) and the dissolution of the Band of Virtues (1901), when the powers on the implementation of the donor’s will were gradually transmitted from the Band into the hands of state institutions.

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