The “Grigoriy Naydenov” Museum
Grigoriy Naydenov was born on January 30th, 1854 Vratsa. He was involved in “the conspiracy” in Vratsa during the April uprising in 1876, and after it was suppressed, he was put under arrest by the Turkish authorities and served a term of imprisonment in Vratsa and then in Vidin. By virtue of the amnesty granted by the Sultan he was released. On the eve of the Russian-Turkish war for liberation, he left for Wallachia together with his comrades and enlisted in the Bulgarian army of volunteers.

Together with Mito Ankov, Kosta and Ivan Boshnyakovi and Ivancho Tsvetkov he laid the foundations for the cavalry squadron of the Bulgarian army of volunteers.
The establishment of this military unit and its heroic participation in the war was a remarkable contribution on the part of the people of Vratsa for the liberation of the Bulgarian people from the Ottoman rule. It was not by chance that Grigoriy Naydenov and the other founders of the cavalry squadron decorated their chests with the most prominent order for heroism – “St. George’s Cross” for prowess in battle.
Following the Liberation, Grigoriy Naydenov succeeded in coming up to the position of a major entrepreneur and he took part in the construction of the railway infrastructure in Bulgaria. He was reelected as a Member of Parliament numerous times. He chaired the Central Revolutionists – the Volunteers Corps Association in Sofia and was an active figure of the Slavonic society in Bulgaria.
Grigoriy Naydenov ranks among the most generous contributors to his native place, bequeathing his heritage of millions for its economic and cultural development.
Grigoriy Naydenov’s house of birth – which forms part of the Ethnographic national revival complex “St. Sofronii Vrachanski” – accommodates the unique ethnographic exposition “The World of the Child at the End Of The 19th And Beginning Of The 20th c.” It traces out the life of a child in a rural and an urban setting from his birth until his first steps in school – his family environment, some objects of daily life related to his rearing, his place in the rites of our people, his traditional games and pastimes.