KONSTANTIN MILADINOV

1. 1830-1862,Struga – Macedonia KONSTANTIN MILADINOV

2. Konstantin Miladinov was the youngest son in the family of the potter HristoMiladinov. He was born in Struga, same as his other brothers. He studied in a few different places throughout his life but the very first teacher was his older brother Dimitar. After his graduation from the Greek institute at Yanina and the University of Athens, where he studied literature, at the instigation of his brother, Dimitar, and following the example of many young Bulgarians of that period, in 1856, Konstantin went to Russia. In Moscow, he came in contact with prominent Slavic writers and intellectuals, scarcely mentioned in any of the Greek textbooks. While in Russia he helped his older brother Dimitar in editing the materials for the collection of Bulgarian songs, that have been collected by Dimitar in his field work. The collection was subsequently published in Croatia with the support of the bishop Josip Strosmayer, who was one of the patrons of Slavonic literature at that time. Very glad that he printed the book, on the way back Konstantin received the bad news that his brother was jailed. With the thought of helping his brother he went inTsarigrad. Denounced by the Greek Patrisarchate as a dangerous Russian agent, he was arrested. It is not clear whether he was placed in the same cell with his brother, or whether the two brothers saw each other. Very soon both of them became ill and in matter of few days died. Biography

3. 7th grade student at St. KlimentOhridski, Skopje Macedonia Created by JovanaBozinovska