Spas T. Raikin papers 1922-2011

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Spas T. Raikin papers 1922-2011

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Correspondence, writings, bulletins, serial issues, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Bulgarian history, the Bulgarian Orthodox Eastern Church, Bulgarian émigré affairs, and activities of anti-communist organizations, including the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and the Bulgarian National Front.

55 manuscript boxes; (22 linear feet)

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eng,

Hoover Institution Archives

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Bŭlgarska pravoslavna tsŭrkva.

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Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations.

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Bulgarian National Front

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Raĭkin, Spas, 1922-

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Biographical Note A Bulgarian-American historian, Raikin served as secretary of the Central Executive Board, Bulgarian National Council, from 1960 to 1963. Born to a poor peasant family, Raikin herded cows and sheep until he was admitted to the Plovdiv Theological Seminary. He graduated with honors and went on to study in the School of Theology in Sofia University and teach in the Sofia Theological Seminary. Once the Bulgarian Com...