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	SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Umbrella Assassin \| PBS
		Markov became a broadcast journalist and commentator for the BBC, reporting on news and cultural affairs behind the Iron Curtain.
		Reenactment showing Georgi Ivanov Markov standing at the bus stop where he was pricked with a specially-modified umbrella containing a pellet with the poison ricin.
		Markov was in pain, but went to work and told his colleagues what had happened.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/secrets/case_umbrella/index.html (495 words)

	Georgi Markov
		Georgi Ivanov Markov (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident who was assassinated in London by agents of the KGB.
		Markov remembered feeling a stinging pain from where he had been hit by the umbrella tip, and when he arrived at work at the BBC World Service offices he noticed a small red pimple had formed and the pain from being jabbed had not gone away.
		Markov had worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service since his defection from Bulgaria, then a communist republic under the leadership of President Todor Zhivkov[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/Georgi_Markov.html (259 words)

	Bulgaria: The killing of a dissident - twenty-five years on
		In 1977, when Georgi Markov learned that his father was dying of cancer, he asked for permission either to return to Bulgaria, or have his father visit him in the West.
		Markov persisted and peeled away the artichoke leaves of lies and corruption in Bulgaria until his death, A grotesque fl comedy followed during 1978 when three attempts to kill Markov.
		In November 1999, the chief Bulgarian investigator in the Markov case said in a radio interview that the legal time limit of investigation in the Markov case had expired the previous September, and the case was now waiting to be officially closed but we know who the killer was.
	www.indexonline.org /en/news/articles/2003/3/the-killing-of-a-dissident-twenty-five-years.shtml (1860 words)

	Georgi Markov Essay
		Georgi Markov began his career as a novelist, playwright, short story and screenplay writer, and literary critic.
		Markov follows the established model for literary essays of that period, demonstrating how history molds the individual, but he does not stop there.
		Markov went much further than the legendary tale: he actually explained in his essays that the king is not only naked, but also ugly and mean.If Georgi Markov were Russian or Czech, he might be known as one of the best essayists from Eastern Europe.
	www.custom-essay.net /essay-encyclopedia/Georgi-Markov-Essay.htm (1237 words)

	Georgi Markov Information
		Georgi Ivanov Markov (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident.
		Markov originally worked as a novelist and playwright, but in 1969, he defected from Bulgaria, then a communist state under the leadership of President Todor Zhivkov.
		On September 7, 1978 (the anniversary of Todor Zhivkov), Markov walked across Waterloo Bridge, which crosses the River Thames, and was waiting at a bus stop on the other side, when he was jabbed in the leg by a man holding an umbrella.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Georgi_Markov (582 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Georgi Markov was born on March 1 1929 in Knyazhevo, a Sofia neighborhood.
		Markov was one of the authors of the popular TV series 'On Every Milestone' which created the character of the Second World War detective Velinsky and his nemesis the Resistance fighter Deyanov.
		During that time and despite the ban of some of his works Georgi Markov was an acclaimed author who among other writers and poets the Communist leader Todor Zhivkov tried to co-opt and coerce into serving the regime with their works.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Georgi_Markov (1570 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotsman Magazine - Georgi Markov
		GEORGI MARKOV (1929-1978), writer and dissident, was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 1 March 1929.
		Markov himself was told a number of times that his life was threatened but at first he was not unduly concerned, believing that his murder would make him a martyr.
		This time Markov was told that he would not be made a martyr because his death would not appear as murder: he would die of a poison which western scientists would not be able to isolate or identify and his death would therefore be seen as natural.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /magazine.cfm?id=389842006 (743 words)

	Georgi Markov at AllExperts
		Georgi Ivanov Markov () (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident.
		Markov originally worked as a novelist and playwright, but in 1969, he defected from Bulgaria, then a communist state under the leadership of President Todor Zhivkov.
		On September 7, 1978 (the anniversary of Todor Zhivkov), Markov walked across Waterloo Bridge, which crosses the River Thames, and was waiting at a bus stop on the other side, when he was jabbed in the leg by a man holding an umbrella.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/ge/georgi_markov.htm (676 words)

	SECRETS OF THE DEAD . Umbrella Assassin . Clues & Evidence \| PBS
		It revealed that Markov's lungs were full of fluid -- due to heart failure -- and that his liver was damaged due to blood poisoning.
		None of that wax remained on the Markov pellet, but forensic scientists were able to deduce its presence when they pulled a second identical pellet from a wound on the back of Bulgarian exile Vladimir Kostov.
		Markov's jeans showed almost no sign of damage, and the pellet was also not deformed as it was 'shot' from the device and entered Markov's leg.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/secrets/case_umbrella/clues.html (1032 words)

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		Georgi Markov was not allowed to attend a university reserved for family members from the ruling elite.
		Markov later married a fellow BBC co-worker, Annabel Dilke, and their daughter Sasha was born in 1976.
		Nikola Markov later said in a 1991 interview with RFE that between January and the end of July 1978, the Politburo contact repeatedly told him, "Georgi Markov's days are numbered." Nikola passed along every warning to Georgi, whose reactions changed from disbelief to defiance and finally to resignation.
	www.cs.columbia.edu /~radev/bulgaria/archive/markov.archive (3673 words)

	Georgi Markov (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Georgi Ivanov Markov (Bulgarian : Георги Иванов Марков) (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident.
		Georgi Markov was born on March 1st 1929 in Knyazhevo, a Sofia neighborhood.
		Georgi Markov is awarded post mortem (2000) with Stara Planina ordain “for his significant contribution to the Bulgarian literature, drama and non-fiction and for his exceptional civic position and confrontation to the Communist regime.”
	edict.homelinux.net /216/156803.html (2694 words)

	videofact
		Georgi Markov was an acclaimed novelist and playwright ("The Archangel Michael" and "Personal meetings with Todor Zhivkov") in Bulgaria.
		In June 1969 Markov succeeded in getting official permission to leave Bulgaria, on the pretext of visiting his émigré brother Nikola Markov, who was living in Bologna, Italy.
		Georgi Markov subsequently remembered that the apology was made with a foreign accent.
	www.videofact.com /english/defectors_33_en.html (1655 words)

	Death by Umbrella - October 3, 2006 - The New York Sun
		On September 7, 1978, the pellet was either injected or shot, via the point of a KGB-designed umbrella, into the right thigh of the Bulgarian defector and dissident author Georgi Markov as he waited for a bus on Waterloo Bridge in London.
		Once inside Markov's bloodstream, the wax melted and the toxin spread slowly through his body, shutting down his organs until he died of heart failure four days later on September 11.
		Markov died an agonizing death, vomiting blood as his organs hemorrhaged.
	www.nysun.com /article/40821 (441 words)

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		Georgi Markov was not allowed to attend a university reserved for family members from the ruling elite.
		Markov later married a fellow BBC co-worker, Annabel Dilke, and their daughter Sasha was born in 1976.
		Nikola Markov later said in a 1991 interview with RFE that between January and the end of July 1978, the Politburo contact repeatedly told him, "Georgi Markov's days are numbered." Nikola passed along every warning to Georgi, whose reactions changed from disbelief to defiance and finally to resignation.
	www.blythe.org /Intelligence/readme/picadilly (3606 words)

	the umbrella assassin \| revealed \| five.tv
		Within three days, Georgi Markov was dead - killed by an unknown poison somehow injected into him by the umbrella.
		The incident became known as the “Umbrella Murder,” a classic detective story peppered with intrigue and spy gadgets, but also featuring the senseless death of an innocent man. The Georgi Markov case has always been one of the most elusive stories of the 1970s.
		Georgi Markov was a successful playwright in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital.
	www.five.tv /programmes/revealed/umbrella (702 words)

	Thirteen/WNET - Online Pressroom - Press Release
		On September 7, 1978, writer Georgi Markov was waiting on Waterloo Bridge for a bus to carry him to work at the BBC when he felt something sting his right thigh.
		Markov's shocking Cold War assassination sparked a multi-national investigation into a bizarre act of espionage that smacked of James Bond and reeked of government cover-up.
		Backed by crucial documents hidden for decades in the Bulgarian state archives, SECRETS OF THE DEAD finally reveals the full story of Georgi Markov's assassination, a crime that may have died with him had it not been for an astonishing discovery: he wasn't the only victim.
	www.thirteen.org /pressroom/release.php?get=2176 (1063 words)

	THE MARKOV AND MAXWELL MURDERS COME HOME TO ROOST IN WESTMISTER
		The murder of Markov, whom the Bulgarians were tricked into killing by a double agent, aimed at the cynical exploitation of his widow, and displays the sustained evil and vanity of the secret state at its worst.
		The prerequisite for the British involvement in the Markov murder was of course the remarkable influence of Mrs.
		The Markov case is directly involved with the conspiracy that led to the foiling of the August 1991 coup in Moscow.
	cryptome.sabotage.org /markov-file2.htm (14476 words)

	Poison Umbrellas
		Markov was an acclaimed novelist and playwright in Bulgaria prior to his defection to the West in 1969.
		Markov subsequently remembered that the apology was made in a foreign accent.
		His wife called a colleague at BBC, who took Markov to a London hospital, where he was treated for an undetermined form of blood poisoning.
	www.geocities.com /project_coast/page_7.html (1247 words)

	The Moscow Coup and MI6's Murders
		She will be glad to know that, thanks to the author, Georgi Markov's murder led fairly directly to the downfall of the Soviet Union, which is described with considerable documentation in the 'Markov File' currently in the House of Commons library in London.
		Markov had been staked out in London prior to his murder by another elderly English lady, a Mrs Bartlett, who of course had no idea she was really working for MI6.
		Markov, being interviewed on BBC Television News bewailing the death of her husband at the hands of the Bulgarians.
	www.elastic.org /~fche/mirrors/cryptome.org/markov-file.htm (8412 words)

	Sofia News Agency - Presidential Elections - Bulgarians Abroad Info
		Georgi Markov was born March 20, 1950 in Sofia.
		Markov joined the presidential run at a time when Bulgaria's right-wing was torn apart over their nomination, and he claimed that he was the true democrat candidate.
		Markov seems to happily ride that wave, as he appeared in the pre-game TV studio ahead of the club's clash with Barcelona.
	www.novinite.com /elections/profiles.php?candidate_id=7 (710 words)

	Georgi Markov
		Georgi Ivanov Markov (March 1, 1929 - September 11, 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident who was assassinated in London by agents of the Bulgarian secret police assisted by the KGB.
		On September 7, 1978 he walked across Waterloo Bridge, which crosses the River Thames, and was waiting at a bus stop on the other side, when he was jabbed in the leg by a man holding an umbrella.
		Markov had worked as a broadcaster and journalist for the BBC World Service since his defection from Bulgaria, then a communist state under the leadership of President Todor Zhivkov.
	encyclopedie-en.snyke.com /articles/georgi_markov.html (273 words)

	The Moscow Coup and MI6's Murders
		Markov was unpopular with powerful colleagues at the BBC, who were connected with the British Security Services, and was excessively critical of the BBC's much vaunted 'neutrality'.
		The widow of Georgi Markov has been manipulated by the British security services for over twenty years, spending a large amount of her own money in futile attempts to bring her husband’s murderers to justice.
		That Markov should be got rid of was suggested by one short sentence in Alexander Lilov’s ear: "He's not very discrete, is he?" Once the communists had failed twice to kill Markov, Mrs.
	cryptome.org /markov-file.htm (8522 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Flashback: Dissident's poisoning
		Some say a ricin-laced pellet was either fired or injected from an umbrella tip as Markov waited at the bus stop, on his way to the headquarters of the BBC's World Service.
		It is believed that the assassination was supported by the technical staff of the KGB and may have involved some senior members of the Bulgarian secret police.
		He was particularly known for his harsh criticism of the autocratic rule of the then communist leader, Todor Zhivkov, and his broadcasts were seen as providing inspiration to the dissident movement in Bulgaria.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2636459.stm (478 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Boevski beats teammate on final lift
		After Markov broke Boevski's world record by lifting 363¾ pounds (165 kg) in the snatch, Markov broke his world record in the clean and jerk by lifting 434½ pounds (196.5 kg) and tied his record for total lift at 788 pounds (357.5 kg).
		With the Olympic gold medal secure after Markov failed to lift 424¼ pounds (192.5 kg) on his final attempt in the clean and jerk, Boevski added the extra few pounds to break his record of 352½ pounds (160 kg) set in last year's world championships.
		Markov, who has the image of a snarling bulldog tattooed onto most of his left shoulder, lifted 777 pounds (352.5 kg) for the silver.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/news/2000/0920/759957.html (426 words)

	Poison Umbrellas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bulgarian dissident and BBC radio journalist Georgi Markov died on 11 September 1978 after being shot with a pellet fired from a device fitted in the ferrule of an umbrella.
		Prague, 18 September 1996 - It was on September 11, 1978, that Bulgarian emigre writer and journalist Georgi Markov died in London at age 49.
		Markov noticed a small blood spot on his jeans.
	www.lsic.ucla.edu /classes/mimg/robinson/micro12/m12webnotes/Biowarfare/umbrella/umbrella.htm (1090 words)

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