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Gotse Delchev (1872-1903) was born on that date
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Gotse Delchev (1872-1903) was born on that date
1/23/2024 8:00:00 AM
Gotse Delchev, one of the most famous Macedonian revolutionaries, was born in Kukush, Aegean Macedonia (now Kilkis in northern Greece), on January 23, 1872. He was one of the founders and leaders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Gotse Delchev was a chief organizer and leader of the armed forces (chetas) of IMRO. He was then author of the first statute of IMRO, named "Statute of the Bulgarian Macedono-Adrianopol Revolutionary Committees".
Inspired by the eminent Balkan revolutionaries Vasil Levski and Hristo Botev, Gotse Delchev dedicated himself to the cause of a free Macedonia, organizing a network of underground cells for the IMRO, while publicly leading the life of a teacher. An enlightened and unusually liberal revolutionary, he was similar to his idol Levski in refusing to target local Turks, considering them victims of Ottoman oppression too. Loyal to the Bulgarian revolutionary tradition, he stood for an autonomous Macedonia as part of a future Balkan federation, as opposed to the right-wing Sofia-based Supremists seeking its union with Bulgaria.
Killed in a skirmish with Turkish troops three months before the long awaited and abortive Ilinden uprising, Delchev neither witnessed nor was tarnished by the IMRO's decline into sectarian butchery, and is still honoured as a hero in both Bulgaria and the Republic of Macedonia. Initially buried in the Rila Monastery, his bones were taken after World War II to the Macedonian capital Skopje, where his tomb now lies in the courtyard of the "Sveti Spas" Church.
The German tourists back to the Rhodope resorts
10/7/2003 12:00:00 AM
(Based on an article in the Maritsa newspaper)\r\n After a ten-year break, the leading German tour-operator TUI starts sending German tourists to Pamporovo again. Contracts have been si...
The Royal Train ?Crown Express?
10/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Today, October 6th, 2003, turns 115 years from the establishment of the Bulgarian State Railways. To celebrate that anniversary, a steam engine 01.02 with an elite train composition called Crown Ex...
John Atanassov ? the Father of Computers
10/4/2003 12:00:00 AM
Today starts the national celebrations of the 100th anniversary from the birth of the Father of the Computer, by unveiling a monument of John Atanassov in Sofia. The monument is located right outsi...
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An investor needed
10/3/2003 12:00:00 AM
(The information is based on a publication in the Maritsa newspaper)\r\n Today?s news refers to a team of scientists from the North-Bulgarian-town of Rousse (right on the Danube R...
The Kouklen Industrial Park
10/2/2003 12:00:00 AM
Based on an interview in the Maritsa newspaper with the Chairman of the ?Rhodopes and Kouklen Park? Consortium, founded in Plovdiv, Mr. Simeon Yankov:The consortium was founded in the beginning...
The famous jazz-musician Milcho Leviev back to Plovdiv again
10/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
After the jazzmen Milcho Leviev, Billy Cobham and Vicky Almazidou have raised the two-thousand-people audience in the Thessaloniki Open-air Theatre to their feet, we will be able to enjoy Milcho Le...
The latest production facilities of the Peshtera Winery
9/30/2003 12:00:00 AM
Yesterday, in the town of Saedinenie (near Plovdiv), the Agricultural Minister Mehmed Dikme officially opened the new ?wine cellar? facilities of the Peshtera Winery JSC. According to the minister,...
The opening of the Autumn International Technical Fair in Plovdiv
9/29/2003 12:00:00 AM
According to the Maritsa newspaper, Mrs. Lydia Shouleva, a Vice-Premiere and Economy Minister, will declare the traditional the Autumn International Technical Fair open, today in Plovdiv. This year...
Excursions in Bulgaria ? Sights:
9/26/2003 12:00:00 AM
-Zheravna-Museum,Art gallery,the Yordan Yovkovs own house,the St.Nikolai church(1834)-Kotel-The Museum of History,Natural Science and Etnography museum;110 houses ?Architecture of the Bulgarian...
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