Yordan Piperkov (; ; 1870–1903), widely known as Yordan Piperkata, (, ) was a
Macedonian Bulgarian
Macedonians or Macedonian Bulgarians (), sometimes also referred to as Macedono-Bulgarians, Macedo-Bulgarians, or Bulgaro-Macedonians are a regional, ethnographic group of ethnic Bulgarians, inhabiting or originating from the region of Ma ...
revolutionary from the early 20th century, member of the
Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and later 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).
Life
He was born in
Kozica, Ottoman Empire, today in
Kičevo Municipality
Kičevo Municipality (; ) is a municipality in the western part of North Macedonia. The municipal seat is the city of Kičevo. Kičevo Municipality is located in the Southwestern Statistical Region.
Geography
The municipality borders Mavrovo and ...
,
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 ...
to a poor family. He could not graduate at the Bulgarian secondary school in Bitola, because his family moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, where he met insurgents from the
Kresna-Razlog Uprising and other
vojvods. This sparked in him an interest for the Macedonian liberation movement. Later Piperkata was active in the
Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action in 1895 in Ottoman Macedonia. He joined the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization in 1897. The assassination of a Turkish bey, in which he also participated, forced him to leave Ottoman Macedonia and return to Bulgaria. With the detachment of Mirche Atsev, he returned to Macedonia in June 1900, after which he formed his own detachment in the Krushevo region. Afterwards he several times entered Macedonia from Bulgaria with different
chetas. During the Ilinden uprising, he attacked the Albanian village of
Pribilci with 900 insurgents, then fought near
Kicevo. After the burning of the village of Cer by the Ottomans, Piperkata and three other rebels went to investigate the damages in the burned village, where Piperkata was killed by Turks, who had organized an ambush there. After the death of Yordan, his assistant, the
Bulgarian Army
The Bulgarian Army (), also called Bulgarian Armed Forces, is the military of Bulgaria. The commander-in-chief is the president of Bulgaria. The Ministry of Defense is responsible for political leadership, while overall military command is in ...
officer
Dimitar Dechev, took his place. Dechev took revenge against the Turks for Yordan's murder. He was buried on a hill in the vicinity of the village of
Velmevci.
In 1943 when
Vardar Macedonia was annexed by Bulgaria, his widow, Ruzha Silyanova, then 64 years old, submitted an application under the Law on granting national pensions to especially meritorious workers of the liberation struggles, which was approved by the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Bulgaria. At the same time on his grave was erected a monument by the Bulgarian authorities.
[Николета Войнова, Йордан Пиперката - прославеният войвода на ВМОРО в Западна Македония]
Македонски научен институт, 21.08.2017 г.
References
Sources
* "Революционната дейность въ Демирхисаръ (битолско) по спомени на Алексо Стефановъ Демирхисарски войвода)", Съобщава Боянъ Мирчев, София—Печатница П.Глушковъ — 193
* "Илюстрация Илинден", година І, брой 3, стр
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1870 births
1903 deaths
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Revolutionaries from the Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian revolutionaries
Macedonian Bulgarians