Nikolay Hristoforovich Palauzov (; 1821 – 2 March 1899) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n-Russian journalist and a Bulgarian Renaissance activist. Palauzov was born in

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. He initially studied in his home town and in 1842 graduated from Richelieu Lyceum in

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. During his period in Odessa Palauzov was given a Russian citizenship. He was among the founders of the Bulgarian Board of Trustees in Odessa and its president until the end of his life. Through his work Palauzov won the Bulgarian cause important Russian activists and policy makers. He also translated from Russian into Bulgarian and worked for newspapers in Odessa and Carigrad.

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Biography
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Article on focus-news.com
in Bulgarian 1821 births 1899 deaths People from Gabrovo Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire Journalists from the Russian Empire {{europe-journalist-stub