Kutincheva Lyuba (w3440)
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- Description: Lyuba Kutincheva was a Bulgarian traveller, journalist, photographer and polyglot who spoke at least seven languages including French, Romanian, Turkish, Russian, Arabic and Esperanto. Between 1929 and 1939 she travelled for almost a decade through the Middle East, Far East, North Africa and Europe, visiting Syria, Palestine, Transjordan, Egypt, Abyssinia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Persia, Afghanistan, Oman, India, Burma, Ceylon, Borneo, Sumatra, the Philippines, Formosa, Siam, China, Japan, Southern Sakhalin, Madagascar, Algeria, Spanish Morocco, Tunisia and Libya. She financed her travels partly by giving public lectures about Bulgarian culture and life, and partly through journalism for Western publications. She claimed to be the first European woman to visit Mecca, Medina, Yemen, Oman and Muscat, and the first European woman to cross the jungle on foot from Madras to Bangkok. She was photographed with numerous heads of state and rulers, including King Faisal I of Iraq, the Sultan of Muscat and the Maharajah of Baroda. Her archives - including detailed notes, photographs inscribed in Arabic, Hindi, Pashto, Japanese, Chinese and other languages, and a travelogue on Japan - were donated to the State Archives of Sofia in 1968. The exact purpose of her travels has never been established; her close contacts with Soviet diplomats have led to speculation about an intelligence role, which she never acknowledged. She published one book, Japan - Personal Impressions, Observations and Research (Stara Zagora, 1942)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Lyuba Kutincheva Dagorova
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Bulgaria
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1910-1998
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Vari, Divers
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Vari, Divers
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyuba_Kutincheva
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60442367
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kutincheva, Lyuba. Japan - Personal Impressions, Observations and Research. Stara Zagora: Rodina Printing House, 1942.
