November 21 belongs, at least in the annals of organized crime, to Konstantin Dimitrov — known by the street name "Samokovetsa" — a Bulgarian mobster who rose to prominence in the turbulent underworld that emerged from the collapse of communist Eastern Europe. Operating in the chaotic post-Soviet transition years, when state structures weakened and criminal networks moved swiftly to fill the vacuum, Dimitrov became one of the more consequential figures in Bulgarian organized crime before his violent death at thirty-three. His brief life traces a pattern familiar to that era: rapid ascent, significant reach, and an abrupt, foreseeable end.