Ilya Zhivkov

About
Ilya Zhivkov (aka. Ilya Drobomir Zhivkov) was the last chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia from the early 80s till his eventual suicide in Kradovo in 1995, to the world he was seen as a brutal dictator and to the people in Crimsonia as a great leader that contributed to the country.

He was also known for being responsible for the terrorist attacks carried abroad during the Crimsonian-Bistonian War and also responsible for the massive genocide that occured in Bistonia, because of his suicide the crimes he did were not brought to justice.

Early Life
Ilya Drobomir Zhivkov was born in 23rd March 1910 in a small rural village outside the capital city of Kradovo in the Kingdom of Crimmitonia, throughout his first months his family struggled to make ends meet due to their low income, when he was 4 years old his father was drafted to fight for the Crimmitonian army in 1914, and because of this he was raised without a father.

When he was 8 years old, the news of his fathers death in the First Great War devastated him despite growing up for 4 years without recognizing his fathers face, this inspired him in the following years to fight for his country and his inspiration led to him joining the Crimmitonian Communist Party, and then eventually rising to the ranks.

Early Career
Throughout the years, he graduated highschool and in mid 1928, joined the Crimmitonian Communist Youth Union, which was linked and closely related to the Crimmitonian Communist Party, in the following years he obtained a post at a official government publisher in Kradovo, currently in the Republic of Crimmitonia, 4 years later he joined the proper party and obtained the Second Borough Committee and as a member of its Kradovo County Committee.

However the coup d'etat commenced by far-right military groups in Crimmitonia forced Ilya Zhivkov to give up his role in the Crimmitonian Communist Party after a ban of major political parties in Crimmitonia and the establishment of a one party totalitarian fascist state, however the state forced Ilya Zhivkov to remain at his post in the Kradovo political structure.

Second Great War
During the Crimmitonian invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Ilya Zhivkov escaped from Kradovo and managed to burn his office with all the documents left behind in time, during this he fled to the rural areas of Crimmitonia and joined the Crimsonian People's Partisan Army, the predecessor of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army, there he was sympathetic to Crimmitonia's 50,000 Jews.

In 1943, he was involved in organizing a partisan division around the rural areas of Crimmitonia where he lived during childhood, because of his connections to the communist party he was ranked as a deputy commander of the Kradovo operations area, During his role in the Second Great War as part of the partisan groups, many fellow combatants rose to positions of prominence in the Crimmitonian affairs, rumors within the surrounding areas of Kradovo have claimed that he had coordinated partisan movements during the Crimsonian Civil War.

After the end of the Second Great War and the establishment of the Second Republic of Crimmitonia, he returned to the city of Kradovo and there he was assigned as the head of the Kradovo Police Force, however due to the prosecution and anti-communist policies by the republic targeting him for his actions and past role in the Second Great War, he rejoined the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army in 1947.

Crimsonian Civil War
During the Crimsonian Civil War, Ilya Zhivkov rejoined the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army in 1947 after the strict anti-communist policies implemented in Crimmitonia and the prosecution of former partisan members in the capital, it is during the Crimsonian Civil War that he gained a respectful reputation in the civil war and was allowed within the Crimmitonian Communist Party after the civil war.

During his role in the Crimsonian Civil War, he was reranked as deputy commander in the civil war and was also responsible for the coordinations of operations within Kradovo, similar to the ones he did in the previous years, however the end of the Crimsonian Civil War and the establishment of the People's Republic of Crimsonia in 1949 contributed to his rise in power over the following decades.

Rise to power
in 1949 after the establishment of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, He was elected to the Crimmitonian Communist Party Central Committee as a candidate member in 1949 and a full member in 1951. During his roles as a full member in the Crimmitonian Communist Party, he criticised the party in a treason trial and judicial authorities for what he claimed was their leniency.

His criticism led to him being placed in the hardline political sides of the party, In the years which followed, he was involved in countering countryside resistance to forced farm collectivisation in north-western Crimsonia. He became a candidate member of the politburo leading to a full membership in 1953.

Zhivkov's ascendancy
The hardline era and the spread of Communism was halted after the death of the leader of the Eastern Bloc, many hardliners admired the leader after his death and some wished to succeed him in order to preserve the hardline communist ideology, this led to an emphasis on shared leadership emerging, with the previous hardline leader of the People's Republic of Crimsonia who succeeded Georgi Dimitrov after his death in 1949 giving up his role as General Secretary of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, after a referendum, Ilya Zhivkov took over as General Secretary, but the hardline leader retained most of his powers as the prime minister.

Crimsonian opinion at the time interpreted this as a self-preservation move by the former hardline leader, since Ilya Zhivkov was not a known figure within the party, after the new leader of the Eastern Bloc delivered his famous speech against the former hardline leaders and some loyal to them at the 20th Communist Congress, a Crimmitonian Central Commitee meeting was convened in 1956 to adopt a new line for a new era, during the plenum, Ilya Zhivkov criticised the former hardline leader as a disciple of hardline communism, and demoted him to a cabinet post and promoted a former CSS head to prime minister, from this point he became the legitimate leader for the People's Republic of Crimsonia.

Subsequently, Zhivkov was associated with anti-hardline credentials, the former hardline leader of the People's Republic of Crimsonia publicly accepted the criticism and conceded, admitting to mistakes and excesses to take place in the country, later on the following day, he resigned from political life and moved to the city of Telvinra till his death sometime in 1979.

Liberalisation
During his recent days in power, Zhivkov carried out liberalisation aiming to destroy hardline policies within the People's Republic of Crimsonia including major agricultural forms aimed at improving Georgi Dimitrov's agricultural reforms instated earlier, Zhivkov cracked down on what he saw as personality cults such as admiring the hardline leader of the Eastern Bloc or to other figures, Monuments considered as being part of these personality cults were taken down including many public places, the most prominent of these are the Mount Marx, renamed to its prewar name of Mount Masala, and that the city of Lenin renamed to Telvinra.

Zhivkov later also resented the idea of himself being the main subject of a personality cult, when the residents of his hometown village in rural Crimsonia erected a monument bearing his likeness and his contributions to the communist state, he personally thanked him for their gesture and creativity, before ordering the statue to be removed and stored in a random area, this statue dedicated to the leader would be restored after the collapse of the People's Republic of Crimsonia in 1995 after his suicide.

Zhivkov also discontinued many so called excesses and removed monopolies on art and culture, vastly restraining although not fully abolishing it, during Zhivkov's rule, he would also pardon and rehabilitate many of those he viewed as unfairly sentenced by the People's Courts in the practice of penal labour, the Crimmitonian Communist Party appreciated and endorsed the liberalisation and policies instated during his rule, which was seen by many as a sign of distancing from hardline policies and the hardline communist ideology. The promotion of these new cadres, unaffiliated with cliques and untainted by corruption, served to create a loyal following of local leaders and administrators for Zhivkov, further increasing his control of the Communist party, whilst simultaneously increasing popular support for his government.

Consequences of the liberalisation began to appear as groups began petitioning Zhivkov for further increases of cultural freedom, and open protests formed as part of the consequence, Zhivkov reacted to these consequences by sacking and punishing local and regional leaders whose policies had led to local unrest instead of beginning a program of promoting younger and more ambitious cadres to fill their roles.

At the 8th Congress of the Crimmitonian Communist Party in late 1958, Zhivkov accused his prime minister of anti-Party activity and expelled him from the Crimmitonian Communist Party and placed him under house arrest in his residence in the city of Kradovo.

Bistonian Conflict
The Bistonian Conflict was a controversial event in the People's Republic of Crimsonia, it exposed many flaws within the agricultural systems instated by Zhivkov and Georgi Dimitrov, and nearly devastated the People's Republic of Crimsonia, Zhivkov responded to the Bistonian Conflict in both threatening and peaceful ways and scenarios to convince people to stop the conflict or face consequences.

Zhivkov's first response to the Bistonian Conflict and demonstrations brought on by the conflict was cracking down on demonstrators in the city of New Vilnius and Mazoji, he would later announce a speech in 1958 demanding the end of the demonstrations, including a promise to send aid to people struggling within the famine, he also blamed his prime minister of not doing anything to stop the devastating famine, and expelled him and placed him under house arrest.

Eventually, most of his actions on the Bistonian Conflict were halted, as the increasingly strengthening positions of Zhivkov as the leader of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, former partisan hardline leaders and active military took a critical stance on what they viewed as revisionist policies of his leadership, eventually the coup d'etat failed, but this contributed to Zhivkov not doing anything to end the demonstrations.

In late 1959, an agreement was signed after an ultimatium was sent by the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations and the United States of Megaton and Columbia, allowing the independence of the Republic of Bistonia, Zhivkov was also at their first democratic conference and participated in the event of the independence of Bistonia, ending the Bistonian Conflict.

Policies
Many policies of Zhivkov remained till his death and the eventual collapse of the People's Republic of Crimsonia in 1995, many policies included socialist-style centralised planning produced economic indicators showing that Crimsonians were returning to their prewar lifestyle in some respects: real wages increased 75%, consumption of meat, fruit, and vegetables increased markedly, medical facilities and doctors became available to more of the population, and in 1957 collective farm workers benefited from the first agricultural pension and welfare system in Eastern Mesothemia. In the 70s, Zhivkov's reforms resulted in some expansion of trade with the West.

However, there were many flaws with Zhivkov's policies, his agricultural policies had eventually contributed to the agricultural systems in Bistonia to be stressed, eventually leading to the Great Famine, Zhivkov's policies also prohibited other languages within the mainland, although many of his policies worked across several different areas within the mainland, overseas provinces such as Bistonia have been ineffective towards Zhivkov's policies. Despite the thaw period he initiated, dissent could still be punished under Zhivkov's rule.

Goals
Zhivkov's goals were to establish a centralized economy under his rule and to shape Crimsonia into a agrarian state into an industralized great power in the sphere of politics within the Eastern Bloc, as for his social ideals he had aimed for the increase of life expectancy and decreasing infant mortality rates, this had made significant progress and by the 80s, the People's Republic of Crimsonia had over 20 million people within its borders, his consistent social policies led to an increase in life expectancy to 68.1 years for men and 74.4 years for women.

Zhivkov's goals were also to gain presence within the Bistonian Sea and advocated closer cooperation with many countries such as the Union of Ruralia.

Crimsonian-Bistonian War
The Crimsonian-Bistonian War was a war between the People's Republic of Crimsonia and the Republic of Bistonia which began in July 1987 and ended in 1990 with the Treaty of Kraibrezhen, the war had lasted over 3 years and ended in over an estimated 1 million lives lost and the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations recognizing the mass genocide that had occured during the war.

Zhivkov saw the Crimsonian-Bistonian War as challenging to his leadership and saw it as an advantage to gain power and force the world to recognize the People's Republic of Crimsonia as another great power within the Eastern Bloc, however his actions and goals were completely different in reality, as Zhivkov had directed many death squads in the Crimsonian military to Bistonia which resulted in the deaths of thousands of civillians in the process, Zhivkov had also planned genocide against the Bistonian minority and had sent them to concentration camps, claiming them as disobedient.

In the early moments of the war, many of Zhivkov's generals which were leading Crimsonian troops in the war were incompetent, Zhivkov had kidnapped most of these generals and had them executed, resulting in Zhivkov to take over the main command and had further escalated the situation of the war, during Zhivkov's main directions, he had directed many death squads within the Crimsonian military to Bistonia as an attempt to control the unrest within its occupied territories, however, the consequences were fatal as these death squads began committing genocide against Bistonian civillians and had organized them to concentration camps across the Bistonian mainland, and acted as Zhivkov's personal troop division, eventually throughout the 90s, his crimes would be revealed.

Atrocities commited by Zhivkov was the mass detention of Bistonians to concentration camps with disobedience as an excuse for their detention, Zhivkov would also allow many of Crimsonian scientists affiliated with the creation of experimental weapons to experiment on many of these Bistonian prisoners which would often result in brutal methods, Zhivkov had denied many of the massacres committed by the Crimsonian military and his personal death squad during the years of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War.

Zhivkov had also directed many of the Crimsonian airforce to bombard and use heavy amounts of chemical warfare on civillians in the cities of Mazoji, Kriadavia and New Vilnius, killing thousands of people in the process, it wasn't until the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations had revealed the atrocities committed by many of his personal death squads and the chemical attacks in New Vilnius that Zhivkov had been revealed as a war criminal and brutal tyrant and eventually many world governments had placed him as the most wanted man.

Terrorist Attacks
In the late 80s, the situation of the People's Republic of Crimsonia was desperate, the economy had been deteriorating and stressed by embargos by the Mesothemian Organization and the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations, and the situation of the troops in the frontline have been desperate and the Crimsonian military was forced to rely on local militia groups in Central Bistonia and many other regions to fight against the Free Bistonian Army, an army infamous and notorious for its brutal actions on the Crimsonian military.

In 1989, Ilya Zhivkov during his speech had addressed the people of the state that the Commonwealth of United and Free Nations and the Mesothemian Organization was the cause of the deterioration and the exhaustion of the economy, with many generals and political members of the Crimmitonian Communist Party to support his cause, during this situation, he had made deals with the Crimsonian intelligence and directed many of their spies to commit terrorist attacks across the world, including the United States of Megaton and Columbia, the St. Ark Federation, the Provisional Government of Bistonia, United Kingdom, and Bostan.

Parliaments, town halls, metro stations and military bases were bombarded by Crimsonian terrorists, planes and transportations were vulnerable to a hostage crisis aimed to end the war, most of these incidents include the New Shingleton Incident, as Petrusca Village terrorists began firing at a Boeing 747 airplane after the execution of Crimsonian spies. The People's Republic of Crimsonia was held responsible to these terrorist attacks in the surrounding villages, Crimsonia responded that they were not responsible for the attacks and claimed these terrorists were supposed nationalists aiming to end the war, ending all allegations of the responsibility of these terrorist attacks by Crimsonian terrorist groups. The most devastating and dangerous terrorist attack by the People's Republic of Crimsonia was in 1989, in the St. Ark Federation, as they seized Petrusca Village and eventually destroyed an Orange Airlines Boeing 747 aircraft heading to Bistonia due to the St. Ark Military Police executing 4 spies sent to ignite a hostage crisis within one of the planes, from the Georgi Dimitrov Military Base an order was sent to Zhukov to fire a missile from his village area, and shot the plane down.

Because of the New Shingleton Incident, Crimsonia's alleged terrorist attacks across the country were proven, and the Mesothemian Organization responded by bombarding Kradovo and preparing an invasion. Crimsonia, after 4 years of war and their economy and resources drying up, finally surrendered, and met their ultimatium, to finally withdraw from West Bistonia and the Bistonian Sea, the generals were finally caught in Georgi Dimitrov's Military Base, and found survivors, they were held at a trial instead of being executed immediately, and the trial sentenced 5 of them to execution, 8 of them to 20 years in prison, and 3 of them to 1 year of house arrest due to no history of war crimes. Crimsonia, after 4 years of war and their economy and resources drying up, finally surrendered, and met their ultimatium, to finally withdraw from West Bistonia and the Bistonian Sea, the generals were finally caught in Georgi Dimitrov's Military Base, and found survivors, they were held at a trial instead of being executed immediately, and the trial sentenced 5 of them to execution, 8 of them to 20 years in prison, and 3 of them to 1 year of house arrest due to no history of war crimes.

Downfall
In the aftermath of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War and the two treaties of Kraibrezhen and Telvinra, Ilya Zhivkov still retained his position as the leader of the People's Republic of Crimsonia despite his notorious reputation as the most wanted leader and dictator in the world, despite the treaties and his reputation, Zhivkov refused to step down as the chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia and continued to rule until his eventual death, however Zhivkov had tried everything to reform the Crimsonian government and its economic structure as an attempt to reinforce the country from total collapse.

By 1991, the People's Republic of Crimsonia and Zhivkov had no personal allies and no money to pay reparations for Bistonia, because of this Zhivkov had enacted a law forcing the government to rely on taxing the population including a series of political reforms in an attempt to revive the economy and industry, however this transparency contributed to the opening of public information and access throughout the country and unrest had grew against him, eventually Zhivkov eventually tried to take absolute power over Crimsonia by directing his personal squads to parliament, detaining many of his members in house arrest.

Eventually, his complete takeover of the communist party and the state had been too late, as the Kradovo Spring, which began as small demonstrations against the government for better ration cards to sustain themselves during the economic crisis had turned into a violent riot by students for freedom and rights by the government, by this point, Zhivkov had caught an illness and ordered many of his generals to crack down on protestors in the riot and used his personal death squads to crack down on many of the violent crowds, killing thousands in the process, eventually many of his generals had committed suicide or either fled the country as a result of the crackdown, the situation had worsened as police and the Crimsonian military joined the protests and gave protestors weapons to clash against the death squads.

However, despite Zhivkov pushing many of the protestors away from the capital of Kradovo, the Kradovo Spring and the support by the Crimsonian military and police, contributed to the beginning of a bloody civil war in 1992, and the eventual downfall of the communist state.

Second Crimsonian Civil War
The Second Crimsonian Civil War began in mid 1992 after the events of the Kradovo Spring, the Free Bulgarian Army was formed by the Crimsonian military and the revolting population after Ilya Zhivkov's refusal to step down, the Second Crimsonian Civil War began in Eastern Crimsonia, and turned the Free Bulgarian Army into a massive rebellion group aimed to liberate and end the communist government.

During the Second Crimsonian Civil War, Ilya Zhivkov had announced a speech, addressing and congratulating many of his soldiers in the frontlines and to many of the troops forced out of the mainland in the Telvinra Sea for their performance and capabilities in the war during the anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, however Zhivkov had also sent personal messages towards his generals demanding that the war should end immediately, these personal messages were intercepted.

In conclusion, Ilya Zhivkov had done no effort within the Second Crimsonian Civil War, anticipating that he would win with the help of his generals and would continue to deny the failure of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army's efforts in eliminating the rebels in Eastern Crimsonia, he would eventually worsen the situation in Crimsonia and then would flee to his bunker, where he would eventually suicide ending his leadership.

Final Speech
Ilya Zhivkov's final speech as the chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia would make a statement addressing to the people about the situation of the civil war, continuing to decline and admit his failures within the Crimmitonian Communist Party, he would invite many workers from the factories of the outskirts of Kradovo to the speech at the headquarters of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, however eventually his speech would further escalate tensions within the city of Kradovo.

Siege of Kradovo
The Siege of Kradovo in 1995 was the final clash between the People's Republic of Crimsonia and the Free Bulgarian Army in which who would finally seal the fate of the city of Kradovo, eventually after days of fierce clashing, the Free Bulgarian Army had emerged victorious in the Siege of Kradovo, officially winning the Second Crimsonian Civil War and ending the People's Republic of Crimsonia, including the leadership of Ilya Zhivkov.

The Siege of Kradovo began after rebel divisions belonging to the Free Bulgarian Army had captured and secured many highway points east of the city of Kradovo, although Ilya Zhivkov had placed no effort within clashing rebels in the civil war, he had ordered many of his generals to secure the entrances of the city, destroying highways in an attempt to slow down their efforts in capturing the city, despite his efforts to contain the siege by the Free Bulgarian Army, he failed to secure the outskirts of the city and many factions had pushed and cut out many divisions of the CPLA in northern Kradovo.

Ilya Zhivkov had forced many of his generals to reinforce and recapture the outskirts of north Kradovo and forced many of the civillians within the city to stay, and forced many of the workers within the factories to continue working, which further escalated the amount of civillian casualties within the siege of Kradovo, his directions would result in many infrastructure within north Kradovo to be decimated and had been too late, many reinforcements of the Free Bulgarian Army had now secured the north front and had now resulted to clash between the CPLA in the eastern districts of Kradovo, although despite their incapabilities, Ilya Zhivkov continued to direct divisions to clash with rebels in the east and southern parts of Kradovo, and eventually forced many civillians residing within the city to evacuate outside of the city or stay within the bunkers.

Eventually, Ilya Zhivkov would see his attempts to secure the city of Kradovo as pointless, and along with his generals and members of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, and his family, fled to Bunker 178 in the residential districts of Kradovo, miles away from the presidential palace and headquarters of the Crimmitonian Communist Party and relocated their main center of command, however eventually after days of living in Bunker 178, Ilya Zhivkov would eventually commit suicide and Crimsonia would collapse due to the lack of leadership.

Bunker 178
Bunker 178 was one of the bunkers built specially for the chairman of the People's Republic of Crimsonia in the residential districts of Kradovo, miles away from the presidential palace and the headquarters of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, Ilya Zhivkov in 1989 as a temporary main center of command during the Crimsonian-Bistonian War, although it had been neglected in 1990, during the Siege of Kradovo in 1995 the main center of command had been relocated to Bunker 178 including Ilya Zhivkov and his family, generals of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army and members of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, there he had continued to direct many of the soldiers to defend the city of Kradovo from falling into rebel hands.

There, he had criticized the incompetence of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army, stating that they only cared about themselves for their own interest instead of caring about the leadership, the people and the country itself, after failing to direct 2 divisions into defending the areas of West and Central Kradovo due to them fleeing from the rebels, however throughout the days he would send many of his last messages and calls towards generals involved in the Siege of Kradovo, and would evacuate many civillians from the city of Kradovo as he could.

Suicide
The suicide of Ilya Zhivkov in Bunker 178 came as a result of him admitting defeat after realizing the incompetence of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army in defending the areas of west and central Kradovo and the further destruction of his own domain, his suicide would eventually contribute to people residing within the large bunker to suicide further and would leave the People's Republic of Crimsonia without a proper leadership, further collapsing the People's Republic of Crimsonia and forcing many of the CPLA to the forests of western Crimsonia, where they would continue to fight as remnant forces until the 2000s.

During the morning hours of the Siege of Kradovo, Ilya Zhivkov in his personal living quarters committed suicide with a self inflicted gunshot wound to his head after pointing a rifle directly towards his head, blowing his own head into pieces with many of his brain pieces scattered across the ceiling and walls, his generals would eventually find his corpse lying on the desk, eventually hours later, his death would be announced by officials within Bunker 178 towards soldiers and generals outside the bunker, eventually many of Zhivkov's generals within Bunker 178 including half of his family would follow after him, committing suicide within the bunker until nobody was left.

By the time rebels had captured the presidential palace of Ilya Zhivkov and the headquarters of the Crimmitonian Communist Party in the city of Kradovo, Ilya Zhivkov had already committed suicide including many of his generals, leaving no successor to the leadership of the People's Republic of Crimsonia, which contributed to the collapse of Crimsonia, eventually after 5 days, divisions of the Crimsonian People's Liberation Army had agreed to surrender to the Free Bulgarian Army, forcing them to locate Bunker 178, where they would find his corpse lying on the desk in his personal living quarters, including the corpses of generals and half of his family, the survivors of Bunker 178 had fled to the neighboring countries of Yugoslavia and Macedonia. Eventually, rebels had captured and secured the city of Kradovo including its outskirts, ending the People's Republic of Crimsonia and forcing many soldiers within the CPLA to flee through the forests of West Crimsonia.

Burial
Ilya Zhivkov would be buried 12 days after his suicide, by that time he had begun to rot and his corpse would be dragged across the streets of Kradovo, where his rotting corpse would be displayed for the crowd to see, eventually after 2 days of being displayed, Ilya Zhivkov would be placed within an airtight metal coffin filled with water, he would eventually be buried within the outskirts of Kradovo within a park in an unmarked grave, there hundreds of generals which had surrendered to the rebels attended his funeral.

Eventually, 5 years after his death in the year 2000, Bulgarian authorities had ordered the exhumation and excavation of Ilya Zhivkov's unmarked grave, where he would be buried within his hometown outside the city of Kradovo, now called Sofia, there many of his relatives had also been buried and a special tombstone was built by his supporters for the long dead ruler.

Family
Zhivkov married Mara in the early 40s, they had three children during their marriage, Ivan Zhivkov, Georgi Zhivkov and Vladimir Zhivkov, Mrs. Zhivkova was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 1972 leading to a two year long and ultimately futile fight with the disease. She reportedly did not wish to undergo surgery, but Zhivkov insistently convinced her to go. The operation was successful, but the cancer was already late-stage. She was described as undergoing unbearable pain and became bedridden. In his memoirs, Zhivkov mentioned that the last time he had seen her, he noticed that she had played a recording of one of his speeches on repeat, so that she could keep listening to his voice. She died of the disease on 23 October 1974. Her death deeply affected Zhivkov and he was described as becoming unpredictable and lacking self control in the few weeks after her death.

Mrs. Zhivkova
Mrs. Zhivkova was born in 1911 in the Kingdom of Crimmitonia, in the early 40s she married Ilya Zhivkov and had three children during their marriage, their marriage had lasted 30 years until her death by stomach cancer in 1974 and was described as undergoing unbearable pain and became bedridden.

Ivan Zhivkov
Ivan Zhivkov was born in the mid 40s in the Republic of Crimmitonia, he became the chairman of Crimsonia's state television company until his eventual suicide in 1995 after the suicide of his father and many of Zhivkov's generals.

Georgi Zhivkov
Georgi Zhivkov was the second son of Ilya Zhivkov and was born in 1943, he was not involved too much within politics as requested by his father, although Georgi Zhivkov did not have a job, he was one of the last survivors of Bunker 178, claiming that he didn't want to die and that he saw many opportunities in later life, because of the persecution of relatives of members of the Crimmitonian Communist Party including many of the generals, Georgi Zhivkov fled to Romania, where he would write his book about his fathers personal life.

Vladimir Zhivkov
Vladimir Zhivkov was born in 1940 in the Republic of Crimmitonia, Ilya Zhivkov saw Vladimir as a dedicated son, although despite not being in politics he also fled and survived Bunker 178 with the same reasons as Georgi Zhivkov, he would later flee to Serbia after the persecution of relatives of members of the Crimmitonian Communist Party, there he would eventually live the last days of his life until dying in 2009.