Aleksandar Ivanov Andreev ( bg, Александър Иванов Андреев) (20 July 1883 – 1928), nicknamed Chapata, was a
Bulgaria
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n revolutionary, a leader of an
(IMARO) revolutionary band.
Biography
Aleksandar Andreev was born in 1883 in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
. After he finished high school in Sofia, he became a revolutionary in the armed band of
Krastyo Asenov in
Gevgeliya. Later, he was a member of the revolutionary bands of
Hristo Chernopeev
Hristo Chernopeev ( bg, Христо Чернопеев) (1868, Dermantsi – 6 November 1915, Krivolak) was a Bulgarian Army officer and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the Bulgarian People's Macedo ...
and
Ivan Naumov Alyabaka
Ivan Naumov ( bg, Иван Наумов), nicknamed Alyabaka or Alyabako was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).
Biography
Ivan Naumov was born in the village of Oraovec, ...
, with whom he operated in the regions of
Kichevo and
Veles. In August 1907, he became a leader for the region of Veles.
After the
Young Turk Revolution, in July 1908, he returned in Sofia, but the next year, when the IMARO was restored by
Todor Aleksandrov
Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, best known as Todor Alexandrov (Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Тодор Александров), also spelt as Alexandroff (4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and tea ...
,
Hristo Chernopeev
Hristo Chernopeev ( bg, Христо Чернопеев) (1868, Dermantsi – 6 November 1915, Krivolak) was a Bulgarian Army officer and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the Bulgarian People's Macedo ...
and other eminent members of the organization, he took an active involvement in the revolutionary movement. In May 1911, he again became a leader of a revolutionary band in the region of Veles, and in 1912 he operated with the band of
Tane Nikolov in the regions of
Thessaloniki
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and
Enidzhe Vardar.
He participated in the
Balkan Wars
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and the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, in the guerrilla bands, organized and led by the IMARO.
In 1918, he retired from revolutionary activity and settled in Sofia, where he died in 1928.
[„Алманах на българските национални движения след 1878 г.“, Академично издателство „Марин Дринов“, София, 2005.]
References
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1883 births
1928 deaths
Politicians from Sofia
Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Bulgarian revolutionaries
Bulgarian military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Bulgarian people of World War I