. ▁Latin , ▁Bulgar ian , ▁Roman ian ▁and ▁Church ▁S lav onic ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁curr icul um . ▁The ▁school ' s ▁own ▁ed ifice ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁The ▁g ymnasium ▁was ▁finan cially ▁independent ▁from ▁state ▁and ▁church , ▁as ▁it ▁re lied ▁on ▁income ▁from ▁r ents . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Bol hr ad ▁High ▁School ▁was ▁S ava ▁Rad ul ov ▁of ▁Pan agy ur ish te . ▁Between ▁ 1 8 5 8 ▁and ▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁ 6 8 5 ▁people ▁en rolled ▁at ▁the ▁g ymnasium ▁and ▁ 2 1 4 ▁graduated ; ▁of ▁these ▁ 2 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 3 ▁were ▁eth nic ▁Bulg ari ans . ▁Notable ▁students ▁included ▁Aleks and ar ▁Mal in ov , ▁Angel ▁Kan chev , ▁Dan ail ▁Nik ola ev , ▁Dim itar ▁Ag ura , ▁Dim itar ▁Gre kov , ▁Ivan ▁K ole v ▁and ▁Aleks and ar ▁Te odor ov - Bal an . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁after ▁southern ▁B ess arab ia ▁revert ed ▁once ▁again ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁Empire , ▁the ▁school ▁gradually ▁lost ▁its ▁entirely ▁Bulgar ian ▁character . ▁A ▁significant ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁students , ▁however , ▁remained ▁Bulg ari ans , ▁and ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁language , ▁history ▁and ▁ge ography ▁have ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁g ymnasium ' s ▁curr icul um ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁its ▁later ▁existence ,