The grave of Marin Drinov is located in Sofia. The purpose of this brief reference is to present the state in which he is today.
Marin Drinov was born in 1838 in Panagyurishte, at that time still in the Ottoman Empire. He died in 1906 in the city of Kharkov, then in the Russian Empire. Drinov is considered one of the founders of scientific Bulgarian historiography. Marin Drinov carried out much of his research in Russia. Along with his key role in the formation of modern Bulgarian science, Drinov was also an active participant in the first steps in the construction of the new Bulgarian statehood in the period 1877-1879. Initially he advised the Tsar-Liberator Alexander II. Between 1878 and 1879 Marin Drinov was already in charge of the Department for National Education and Spiritual Affairs within the Provisional Russian Government of Bulgaria. This was the prototype of the future Bulgarian Ministry of Education. In this period Drinoff actively participated in the construction of the state structure of the Third Bulgarian State. Marin Drinov was one of the drafters of the Tarnovo Constitution. On his proposal Sofia was designated to become the new capital of the restored Bulgarian state.
The grave of Marin Drinov
Marin Drinov died in Russia but was buried in the Central Cemetery Park in Sofia. His grave is in Plot No. 44, where some of the most prominent figures of Bulgarian entrepreneurship, politics, military work, but especially of science and culture have found eternal peace. Let us mention only the names of colossi in our national spiritual life such as Krastyo Sarafov (1876-1952), Lazar Dobrich (1881-1970), Konstantin Kisimov (1897-1965), Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978), Leo Conforti (1911-1970), Margarita Duparinova (1921-2005), Apostol Karamitsev (1923-1973), Grigor Vachkov (1932-1980) and many others.
A few years ago, in 2016, on the initiative of the Kiparis Mourning Agency, Anamnesis magazine took a picture of the state of the grave of the great Bulgarian historian. Due to his unfortunate condition at that time, we limited ourselves to publishing only one photo, which you can see on the HISTORICAL PORTAL website. The photo shows the traditional cemetery eyesores - stolen metal letters, disheveled slabs, dirt, etc. Last week, the Kiparis Mourning Agency again photographed the actual condition of the grave and was pleasantly surprised by the improvements. Marin Drinov's grave has been cleaned, the slabs repaired, the letters restored. We publish the photos below.
