Nikola Gabrovski ( Bulgarian and ) was a military figure and a colonel in the Bulgarian army. He was born in the village of Krushevo (present-day

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) in 1871 and died in 1962 in

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. He studied in a gymnasium and then in the Military school in

. Gabrovski took part in all three of the so-called "Wars of National Unification" - the

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and Second Balkan and the

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. He became a member of the "Union of Macedonian brotherhoods" in 1924. He has been awarded numeral medals and honors during his military career. Today, one of the main streets in Veliko Tarnovo bears his name.

References

*Kumanov, Milen. "Macedonia. Short history guide", Sofia, 1993. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabrovski, Nikola 1871 births 1962 deaths Bulgarian military personnel People from Kruševo Bulgarian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Bulgarian military personnel of World War I Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Bulgaria