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A new document on the capture of the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski was found in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. It was located in late November by the curator at the Vasil Levski National Museum in Karlovo and is the first authentic document that captures the deacon.
According to the text of the telegram, the Ottoman authorities knew that Levski had been the instigator of riots for 3-4 years. In addition to the telegram, three other documents have been found, which pose a great challenge to historians and will answer many more questions about the capture of Vasil Levski.
The encrypted telegram is from the Tarnovo district governor Ali Bey to the Ottoman government. It was sent on December 28, 1872 and reported the capture of Levski.
“The Ottoman government has been searching for Vasil Levski for at least 7-8 months and 60-70 letters and documents from the revolutionary organization have been seized, it is also noted that Levski is the leader of the entire revolutionary organization and confirms the thesis of that the Ottoman government considered Levski an extremely serious opponent, “Viktor Kombov – curator of the” Vasil Levski “museum in Karlovo told BNT.
The telegram also claims that long before the Arabakon robbery, Levski was the instigator of the riots. The newly discovered document has already been published in a new supplemented and revised collection.
“Extremely important, interesting and curious period in Levski’s life,” said Dora Chausheva, director of the Vasil Levski Museum.
According to the curator of the Karlovo museum, there are other questions that are of interest, but have not yet been answered.
“How did the Ottoman authorities understand that he was at the Kakrin inn when he was captured?” Kombov added.
The collection contains two of the latest documents discovered related to the search and capture of Levski.
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