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He was married to Mary Kisselov, the daughter of Georgi Kisselov, a Bulgarian Industrialist who was sent by his government to Turkey as an emissary in hopes of establishing a pact with the Allies to avoid the threat of a German Alliance. She is also the granddaughter of General Pantelay Kisselov a Bulgarian hero who returned a region back to Bulgaria taken by Romania in an earlier conflict. During the war in 1916, Bulgaria was determined to retake the Dobrudja. The decisive factor was the takeover of the Romanian fortress around the city Tutrakan. My grandfather was the commander of a corps of two divisions and was tasked with the mission to retake Tutrakan. He was able to take over the fortress within two days, thus making the way for the conquest of all of Dobrudja to once again be free. For this coup my grandfather was revered as a hero and by decree of King Ferdinand. the village where he had his headquarters was named after hin, as well as streets in the cities of Varna, Swishtov, Russe, and Tutrakan.