Stambuloff, STEPHAN NIKOLOF,

Stambuloff, STEPHAN NIKOLOF, Bulgarian statesman, was born, the son of an innkeeper, in 1855, at Tirnova, studied there and at Odessa, and bore a part in the rising of 1875-76. He held office during the Russian occupation after the war of 1878, and, now an advocate in Tirnova, became conspicuous as a radical leader in the new National Assembly. He was the chief member of the regency after Prince Alexander's abdication (1886), and strenuously opposed all Russian partisans. After the election of Ferdinand he was premier 1887-94, and ruled with as little regard for the prince as for the Assembly. Forced then to retire, on 15th July 1895 he was attacked by assassins and savagely mutilated, and died on the 18th. See Life by A. Hulme Beaman (1895).