High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vasil Levski, (Bulgarian: Васил Левски, originally spelled Василъ Львскій, pronounced ) born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev, (Васил Иванов Кунчев; 18 July 1837–18 February 1873), is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Founding the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, Levski sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees.