Lyudmila Todorova Zhivkova was a senior Bulgarian Communist Party functionary and Politburo member.
13 Facts About Lyudmila Zhivkova
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Lyudmila Zhivkova was the daughter of Bulgarian Communist leader Todor Zhivkov, and primarily known for her interest in preserving and promoting Bulgarian arts and culture on the international stage.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova studied history at Sofia University and history of art at Moscow State University, before researching a book on British-Turkish relations at St Antony's College, Oxford.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova then became assistant president of the Committee for Art and Culture, its first vice president and its president between 1975 and her death in 1981.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova was a deputy in the 7th and 8th National Assembly of Bulgaria.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova is credited with cutting across red tape and ensuring the rapid construction of Sofia's enormous and very complex National Palace of Culture which opened around the time of her death.
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In line with her pet idea of "rounded personalities," shortly before her death Lyudmila Zhivkova produced the Banner of Peace world children's assembly in Sofia under the aegis of Unesco.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova helped establish the 1300 Years of Bulgaria Foundation, a quasi-independent entity to endow the arts.
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Alongside bringing foreign culture to Bulgaria, Lyudmila Zhivkova did much to permit and encourage Bulgarian artists to travel abroad for study and practice.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova organised the Thracian Gold Treasures from Bulgaria travelling exhibition which visited over 25 world cities, bringing much acclaim.
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Later, Lyudmila Zhivkova allegedly developed additional interests in Native American and particularly native Mexican beliefs and mysticism.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova died at the age of 38 from a brain tumor on 21 July 1981, five days before her 39th birthday.
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Lyudmila Zhivkova left a daughter, Evgeniya, from her first marriage to Lybomir Stoychev, and a son, Todor, from her second marriage to Ivan Slavkov, one-time Bulgarian National Television chairman, Bulgarian Olympic Committee president and IOC member.