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  • Location Mausoleum. ... It was built in 1949 to house the embalmed body of Georgi Dimitrov (1882–1949), the first leader of Communist Bulgaria.
  • In the six days it took for Dimitrov’s body to return to Sofia from Barvikha, the Georgi Dimitrov Mausoleum was completed, made possible in part by a...
  • The Georgi Dimitrov mausoleum stood as a prominent memorial in Battenberg Square across from the royal palace from 1949 until 1999.
  • Two cases are analysed: the deconstruction of Georgi Dimitrov’s already-empty mausoleum in 1999 and the Monument to the Soviet Army...
  • In 1990, at the request of Georgi Dimitrov’s relatives, Andrey Lukanov’s government decided to remove the body from the mausoleum and to bury it.
  • In regard to the architectural implementations in this fragment of the city space, the highlight is the Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov and special significance is...
  • Deifying A Dictator – Preserving Dimitrov The death of Georgi Dimitrov was just as rapid and improbable as the construction of his mausoleum.