Baba Vanga
Baba Vanga | |
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Баба Ванга | |
| Born | Vangeliya Pandeva Surcheva 3 October 1911 |
| Died | 11 August 1996 (aged 85) |
| Citizenship | Ottoman, Bulgarian, Yugoslav |
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| Spouse |
Dimitar Gushterov
(m. 1942; died 1962) |
Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova (née Surcheva; Bulgarian: Вангелия Пандева Гущерова, née Сурчева, [vɐnˈɡɛlijɐ ˈpɑndevɐ ɡuˈʃtɛrovɐ (ˈsurt͡ʃevɐ)]; 3 October 1911 – 11 August 1996), commonly known as Baba Vanga (Bulgarian: Баба Ванга, lit. 'Grandmother Vanga'), was a Bulgarian attributed mystic and healer who claimed to have foreseen the future. Blind since her teenhood, she spent most of her life in the Rupite area of the Belasica mountains in Bulgaria.
During the Cold War, she became widely known in parts of Eastern Europe for her alleged abilities of clairvoyance and precognition. After the fall of communism, including after her death in 1996, her persona has remained popular.