Biography

Koljo Karagiosov was born on July 17, 1896 in Gabrovo.
The only son of Vassil Karagiosov and Deshka Kalpazanova. He was a grandson of Ivan Kolchev Kalpazanov

Ivan Kolchev Kalpazanov

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He studied the Gabrovian Gymnasium. Koljo Karagiosov played viola and did paintings. Then became student in Legal in the town of Erlangen

Erlangen

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), but a few years later he graduated Handel Hochschule in Leipzig

Leipzig

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Working Experience

Koljo Karagiosov worked as an accountant in Gabrovo and later, in 1926, he took the management of the family textile company. As an industrialist Koljo Karagiosov travelled to Germany many times and bought new machines for the factory.

During 1934 Koljo Karagiosoff also became German honorary vice consul. In the field of business and in the field of diplomacy, he was his perfect father successor who kept on developing commercial and diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Germany.

Koljo Karagiosov was Company first director up to 1947 when the Communist government nationalized the private property in Bulgaria. He and many Bulgarian industrialists were punished by the Communist Government. They were imprisoned and sent into exile because of their foreign education, knowledge, skillfulness and wealth. In the camps in Nojarevo and Belene these men worked and lived like prisons tormented by the supervisors. The Socialist party stained the reputation of all of them, announced them “enemy of the nation” and cruelly chased them. Koljo Karagiosov died in 1972.

Charity

Koljo Karagiosov donated money for different charity organizations, schools, churches and monasteries – The Gabrovian Library, The Women Charity organization “Mother Care”, the Red Cross. He helped his father supplying the Zograph Monastery  with provisions which he bought in Bulgaria and sent them in Mount Athos.

Family

Koljo Karagiosov had three children – two sons and one daughter. The elder son Vassil was born in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 in 1920. He lived in Pleven

Pleven

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 and worked as a musician – piano player. The second son Bozhidar was born in Gabrovo. He worked in a PVC manufacturing company and was a singer in the Military choir in Gabrovo. The daughter Veselinka graduated engineer in Plovdiv. She worked in the field of Milk industry and Catering establishment. She was a skilful teacher too.

Sources

• инж. Карагьозова Веселинка, „Биографична справка за Васил Карагьозов”, Габрово, 2006
• Карагьозов Божидар, „И докоснах написаното с върха на пръстите си”, в-к „Габрово днес”, бр. 36, 13.06.1991 г.
• Колева Ивелина, Колева Елена, „Васил Карагьозов – in memoriam”, сп. „Минало”, бр. 2, 2008 г., с. 88-96
• в-к „Балкански екъ”, бр. 62, 04.12.1943 г., с. 4
• Колева Елена, Колева Ивелина, „Мястото на фамилия Карагьозови в историята на България“, сп. Минало, бр. 2, 2011
• Колева Елена, Колева Ивелина, "Кольо Василев Карагьозов - достойният наследник на своите деди", в-к Габрово днес, 21 юли 2011г., стр. 4
• Колева Елена, Колева Ивелина, "Да продължиш достойно делото на своите деди", в-к 100 вести, бр. 16 юли 2011 г., стр. 7
• Илимонков Ив., "Анонимно акционерно дружество за търговия и индустрия Иванъ К.Калпазановъ - Габрово", в-к "Таласъмъ", 1933 г., с. 2

External links

• От светската суета до Бога, Елена Колева, Ивелина Колева, Православие.БГ
• Кратка биография на Васил Карагьозов, Елена Колева, Ивелина Колева