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Stiliyan Kovachev

Stiliyan Kovachev
Born26 February 1860
Yanbolu, Ottoman Empire (now Yambol, Bulgaria)
Died11 July 1939 (1939-07-12) (aged 79)
Sofia, Bulgaria
AllegianceBulgaria Bulgaria
Service / branch Bulgarian Army
Years of service1879–1918
RankGeneral
Commands4th Preslav Infantry Division (1905 - 1909)
2nd Thracian Infantry Division (1909 - 1912)
4th Army
Battles / warsSerbo-Bulgarian War
First Balkan War
Second Balkan War
First World War
AwardsSee below
ChildrenDimitrina Kovachev

Stiliyan Kovachev (Bulgarian: Стилиян Ковачев; 26 February 1860 in Yanbolu (Yambol) – 11 July 1939 in Sofia) was a Bulgarian general. During the First Balkan War he commanded the Rodopi Detachment and later 4th Army. He was a Minister of Defense for short time in the beginning of the Second Balkan War in the government of Stoyan Danev (1913).


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ستيليان كوڤاتشيڤ ARZ Стилиян Ковачев Bulgarian Stilijan Kowaczew Polish Ковачев, Стилиян Russian Stiliyan Kovaçev Turkish Стиліян Ковачев Ukrainian

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