Dimitar Arsov Pindzhurov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, and activist of the

Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; ; ), was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1893 in Salonica, it initia ...

(IMARO) and a Bulgarian teacher.

Early life and education

Dimitar Pindzhurov was born in 1883 then Ottoman village of

Vataša Vatasha () is a village in the municipality of Kavadarci, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the statistics of the Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov from 1900, the settlement is recorded as "Vatosha" and as having 1808 inhabitants, 114 ...

, today in

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

. He studied in

Kavadarci Kavadarci ( ) is a town in the Tikveš region of North Macedonia. In the heart of North Macedonia's wine country, it is home to the largest winery in Southeast Europe, named after the Tikveš plain. The town of Kavadarci is the seat of Kavadarc ...

and later at the

Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki The Sts. Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki (, ''Solunska balgarska mazhka gimnazia „Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy“'') was the first Bulgarian language, Bulgarian high school in Macedonia (region), Macedonia. One of th ...

. After graduation, he returned to

, where he worked as a Bulgarian teacher. Later he joined the

IMARO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; ; ), was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1893 in Salonica, it initia ...

Activism

In the spring of 1905, he joined the detachment of Dobri Daskalov. After the

Young Turk Revolution The Young Turk Revolution (July 1908; ) was a constitutionalist revolution in the Ottoman Empire. Revolutionaries belonging to the Internal Committee of Union and Progress, an organization of the Young Turks movement, forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II ...

of 1908, Pindzhurov moved to

Gevgelija Gevgelija (; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point which links the motorway f ...

and became one of the leaders of the

Bulgarian People's Federative Party The People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section) () or just People's Federative Party (PFP) () was a Bulgarian political party in the Ottoman Empire, created after the Young Turk Revolution, by members of the left-wing of the Internal Macedon ...

. He fought the

Grecoman Grecomans or Graecomans (; ; ; ; ; ) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-speaking, Aromanian-speaking, and Slavic-speaking people who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. In the region ...

s in this area. In 1911, he returned to his native Tikvešia. He married the same year, but after the repressions of the

Young Turk The Young Turks (, also ''Genç Türkler'') formed as a constitutionalist broad opposition-movement in the late Ottoman Empire against the absolutist régime of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (). The most powerful organization of the movement, a ...

s began, he joined the detachment of

Hristo Chernopeev Hristo Chernopeev () (c. 1868, Dermantsi – 6 November 1915, Krivolak) was a Bulgarian Army officer and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia (region), Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the Bulgarian People's Macedonian-Adrianopl ...

with which he participated in the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans, Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg), Greece, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Montenegro, M ...

, supporting the Bulgarian troops. In June 1913, he took part in the anti-Serbian Tikvesh Uprising. His mother, Naca, a longtime IMARO activist, took part in the uprising and was brutally abused by Serbs. After the suppression of the uprising, he moved with his family to

Strumica Strumica (, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedonian (PDF) in so ...

, which was handed over to Bulgaria, and worked in the town as a Bulgarian teacher.

Later life

In March 1915, his son was born in Strumica, and his godfather Chernopeev gave him the name Strahil Pindzhurov. He took part as a non-commissioned officer with the Bulgarian Army in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

and died in the

Battle of Krivolak The Battle of Krivolak (in , Битка при Криволак) was a World War I battle, fought between 21 October and 22 November 1915. It was fought in the initial stage of the Macedonian campaign, in the Balkans Theatre. On 21 October, Bul ...

in the autumn of 1915.Сто години од смртта на Димитар Пинџуров од Ваташа, Петре Камчевски, директор на музејот во Кавадарци
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. 15.10.2015.

References

1915 deaths Year of birth missing Bulgarian educators Bulgarian revolutionaries Macedonian Bulgarians Bulgarian military personnel {{Bulgaria-bio-stub

Early life and education

Activism

Later life

See also

References