Born in Prilep, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia), Talev studied at the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian pedagogical school of Skopje and later in Stara Zagora and Bitola.
Talev was born in Prilep, within the Ottoman Empire's Manastir Vilayet (now North Macedonia), where he studied at institutions such as the Bulgarian Boys' High School of Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian Pedagogical School of Skopje, and later attended schools in Stara Zagora and Bitola.