Over 23,000 names have been entered so far, with brief biographical information accompanying each name. The site also contains links to various bibliographic and educational materials on the subject of totalitarian regimes as well as video materials, including several documentary films and interviews with survivors of labor camps.

NB! The Bulgarian version of the name database currently contains more details, which will be translated in due course; if you are using the English version, please consult also the Bulgarian database in order to see all of the available information for a given name.

Name Age Birth Place Profession Death Date Death Place
Yavashev, Boris MarinovKaltinets, Gorna Oryahovitsa District
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: TsDA, f. 1449, №1366, str. 13
Yavrichev, Lyuben NikolovSamokov
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: TsDA, f. 1449, №446, str. 155
Yavurkov, Andrey Kostov11/21/1944
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: Vasil Stanilov - Represiite. T. IV, 2010
Yaytsarov, Hristo
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: prof. d-r Kiril Milenkov, Balgarski lekari i studenti po meditsina zhertvi na komunisticheskiya teror (1944-1989)
Yazadzhiev, Georgi09/21/1944
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: D-r Ivan Gadzhev Lushin-nikoga ne shte zabravim t. 5 str. 326
Yazadzhiev, Georgi OdiseevSilistraSilistra
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: Kalendar 1944-2004. Vasil Stanilov, Ivaylo Manev, Sofiya 2003, 2
Yazadzhiev, Stefan09/09/1944
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: Ivan Gadzhev, t. 2, Lushin - nashata golgota, str. 277
Yazov, Petar Iliev
Biography: Details to be translated or supplied further. See Bulgarian version for more information.
Source: prof. d-r Kiril Milenkov, Balgarski lekari i studenti po meditsina zhertvi na komunisticheskiya teror (1944-1989)
Yazova, Yana62LomWriterJuly 1974Sofia
Nickname: Lyuba Todorova Gancheva-Yordanova
Birth Date: 23.05.1912
Marital Status: Married
Death Reason: Other circumstances
Death Details: Strangled in her apartment by the DS
Source: Velichkov, Petar. "Yana Yazova: The curse of talent"
Yeremiev, Yeremiya IvanovBratsigovodentist09/09/1944
Education: University degree
Marital Status: MARRIED
Children: 1
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Biography: Graduates with Dentistry and Dental Mechanics in Odessa and Kiev. Editor of a journal related to his profession in Bulgaria. With a daughter: Dafina.
Yonchev, IliyaofficerNovoseltsi
Education: Military Academy
Death Reason: Executed by People's Tribunal
Evidence and Documents: Death Sentence at the Novoseltsi Trials (1945).
Biography: Lieutenant-colonel.
Yonchev, Lilofarmer
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Slaughtered together with 10 other people in Mahlata (Mahalata), village of Pleven District (present day town of Iskar).
Yondev, IvanShatrovo, Dupnitsa Districtmember of ZMS01/01/1970
Source: Ogoyski, Petko. Zapiski po balgarskite stradaniya. v. 2, Sofia, 1995, p. 88.
Yonevski, Dushko
Source: Victims of Communism Memorial in Sofia
Yonkov, Petarpriest12/29/1944Plovdiv Region
Marital Status: MARRIED
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Killed in 1944.
Biography: Priest in Plovdiv and the Plovdiv District.
Origin: Bulgarian
Yonkov, Rachomerchant
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Slaughtered together with 10 other people in Mahalata, village of Pleven District (Present day town of Iskar).
Yordanov, Dimitarlawyer10/03/1944Veliko Tarnovo
Education: Law School
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Biography: Mayor of Veliko Tarnovo. President of reading club Nadezhda (Hope). President of the Liberal Party in Veliko Tarnovo.
Community Status: liberal
Yordanov, Yordan
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Killed in the Balyuv Dol area near the village of Shtraklevo.
Yordanov, Yordan
Education: University level - not completed
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Killed in the Home for the Blinds in Sofia.
Yotev, Jordan
Source: Memorial plate in the village of OshtavaMVR Archive, II, case №357, v. 4, l. 129 [АМВР, ІІ сл. д. №357, т. 4, л. 129].
Yotov, Ivan
Death Reason: MISSING
Biography: Member of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian National Legions Union in Pazardzhik.
Community Status: Legionnaire
Yotov, Nikolaypriest12/29/1944Vratsa Region
Marital Status: MARRIED
Death Reason: Executed without trial
Death Details: Killed in 1944.
Biography: Priest of the District of Vratsa.
Origin: Bulgarian
Yovev, Nikola Gochev
Biography: Resident of Goranovtsi. Tried and sentenced in absentia for drawing Bulgaria into the World War against the nations of the Alliance and the resulting evils.
Yovkov, Kolio
Source: Victims of Communism Memorial in Sofia
Yugov, IliyaGevgeli01/01/1970
Source: Огойски, Петко. Записки по българските страдания. Кн. 2, С., 1995, с. 431.
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