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Bulgarian umbrella : ウィキペディア英語版 | Bulgarian umbrella
A Bulgarian umbrella is an umbrella with a hidden pneumatic mechanism which injects a small poisonous pellet containing ricin. It has a hollowed stalk into which the pellet neatly sits. Such an umbrella was allegedly used in and named for the assassination of the Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on 7 September 1978 (the birthday of the Bulgarian State Council chairman Todor Zhivkov who had often been the target of Georgi Markov's criticism) on Waterloo Bridge in London, (Markov died three days later) and also allegedly used in the failed assassination attempt against the Bulgarian dissident journalist Vladimir Kostov the same year in the Paris ''Métro''. The poison used in both cases was ricin. Both assassination attempts are believed to have been organized by the Bulgarian Secret Service of the time of the Cold War with the assistance of the KGB.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2158765/Poison-tip-umbrella-assassination-of-Georgi-Markov-reinvestigated.html〕 ==Cultural influence== These two cases inspired the 1980 French film ''Le Coup du parapluie'' (''The Umbrella Coup'') directed by Gérard Oury, starring Pierre Richard and Bulgarian writer Stefan Kisyov to write his novel ''The Executioner''. A Bulgarian umbrella was featured in the 2013 ''The Americans'' episode, "The Clock". A similar assassination (and attempt) were central to the plot of the 1978 ''Quincy, M.E.'' episode, "Hot Ice".
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