▁Buch ar est , ▁Roman ia ▁( 1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 5 ), ▁under ▁Professor ▁Paul ▁Vas iles cu ' s ▁benef icial ▁guidance , ▁Ivan ▁Mine kov ' s ▁striking ▁talent ▁quickly ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁Bulgar ian ▁art istic ▁society . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁career , ▁Ivan ▁Mine kov ▁participated ▁in ▁all ▁common ▁exhib itions ▁in ▁Bulg aria , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁representative ▁exhib itions ▁in ▁Europe . ▁In ▁the ▁period ▁between ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁he ▁completed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁large ▁monument al ▁works ▁in ▁many ▁Bulgar ian ▁cities , ▁among ▁which ▁his ▁native ▁Paz ard zh ik , ▁Burg as ▁( 1 9 7 8 ), ▁R ous se , ▁Love ch , ▁D ork ovo ▁and ▁others . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁period ▁he ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Bulgar ian ▁Fine ▁Arts . ▁The ▁Bulgar ian ▁National ▁Television ▁produced ▁a ▁short ▁film ▁about ▁his ▁monument al ▁work ▁Lev ski ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁and ▁a ▁document ary ▁about ▁the ▁artist ▁( 1 9 8 8 ), ▁which ▁is ▁now ▁included ▁in ▁B NT ' s ▁golden ▁fund . ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Mine kov ' s ▁work ▁was ▁chosen ▁as ▁a ▁symbol ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁al lied ▁space ▁journey ▁of ▁Bulg aria ▁and ▁Russia . ▁ ▁The ▁portrait ▁of ▁Professor ▁D ent on ▁Co ole y ▁( 1 9 9 0 ),