Raiko Nikolov Aleksiev, Bulgarian humorist, artist, caricaturist, columnist, publicist, publisher, was born on March 7, 1893 in Pazardzhik in a family of Bulgarian refugees from Thessaloniki. He studied literature at Sofia University and Painting at the Academy of Arts. He specializes in Painting in Germany and Italy. And was involved in caricature printing while he was a student (1907). He had his first solo exhibition in 1913 and organized five more by the end of the year. Participated in the First World War as a military artist.In 1917-1918, he edited "Baraban" magazine, "Bulgaran" magazine (together with Al. Bozhinov and D. Podvarzachev) in 1919, collaborated with humorous stories, feuilletons, memories and travelogues for "Kambana" magazine, "Literaturen glas" magazine, "Zora" magazine, "Mir" magazine, "Baraban" magazine, "Macedonia" magazine, "Smqhr" magazine, "Ludokos" magazine, "Maska" magazine, the newspapers "I know everything", "Balkanska tribuna", "Razvigor", "Dnevnik", "Slovo", "Ribarski pregled" and others.In 1923-1924 he visited Western Europe and spent a year and a half in Austria, Germany and Italy. In 1925, he compiled and co-authored reading books for the II, III and IV departments. From 1932 to 09/08/1944, he published the weekly satirical newspaper "Sturets", his collaborators over the years were Toma Izmirliev, Dimitar Podvarzachev, Boris Makovsky, Elin Pelin, Simeon Andreev, Dobri Nemirov, Angel Karaliychev, Stoyan Chilingirov, Georgi Raichev, Dimitar Talev, St. L. Kostov, N. V. Rakitin, Dimitar Stoychev, Konstantin Petkanov, Geo Kranzov, Dimitar Simidov,Hristo D. Brzytsov, Boris Vasilev, Ivan Fichev, Vasil Pavurdzhiev, Ivan Genadiev, Dimitar Dyankov, Zmey Goryanin, Dimitar D. Stoychev, Dimo ​​Syarov, Mitko Gorchivkin, Damian Kalfov, Zvezdelin Tsonev, Petar Voynski-Kiten, Matvey Valev, Ilia Beshkov , Stoyan Venev, Alexander Dobrinov, Chudomir. Uses the pseudonyms Fra Diavolo, Fra Diavolo, Capricorn, Feribichi (Feribachi), Gunyo Gaskov, Cricket, Gratis, Dead Guard, Wanderer Pero, Spartacus, Thomas Cherny.From 1940, his publication acquired a clearly pro-Nazi, anti-communist and anti-Soviet orientation, while at the same time being sharply critical of Anglo-American imperialism. He married the actress Vesela Grancharova in 1939, the godfather of the family was Nikola Mushanov, they had three children. Several times he was the chairman of the Union of Artists' Societies in Bulgaria. He helped his distressed fellow artists after the Anglo-American bombing of Sofia.Participated in a number of art exhibitions. Author of the collections of humorous stories and feuilletons "Unfortunate Events" (1929), "Gencho Zavaliyata" (ch. I-II, 1933-34), "The Gossip" (1935), "Horski Usta" (1937), "Humorous History of the Bulgarians" (1937) and others. On September 10, 1944, he was arrested by Lev Glavinchev. He died on 11/18/1944. One version is - beaten to death, the official version - death from an ulcer. In March 1945, he was sentenced posthumously by the People's Court in Case No. 6. Rehabilitated in 1989.