Gyorche Petrov

For the municipality, see Municipality of Gjorče Petrov (Skopje).
Gyorche Petrov
Born(1865-04-02)April 2, 1865
Varoš (Prilep), Ottoman Empire
DiedJune 28, 1921(1921-06-28) (aged 56)
Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Cause of deathAssassination
NationalityOttoman/Bulgarian
Teachers and pupils from Bulgarian boys' school in Bitola. Petrov is the fourth person on the first row from left to right.

Gyorche Petrov Nikolov[Note 1] born Georgi Petrov Nikolov[Note 2] (April 2, 1865 – June 28, 1921), was a Bulgarian teacher[1] and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).[2][3] He was its representative in Sofia, the capital of Principality of Bulgaria.[4] As such he was also a member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC),[5] participating in the work of its governing body.[6] During the Balkan Wars, Petrov was a Bulgarian army volunteer, and during the First World War, he was involved in the activity of the Bulgarian occupation authorities in Serbia and Greece. Subsequently, he participated in Bulgarian politics, but was eventually killed by the rivaling IMRO right-wing faction. According to the Macedonian historiography, he was an ethnic Macedonian.[7]


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  1. ^ Симеон Радев, Ранни спомени, (Ново, коригирано и допълнено издание под редакцията на Траян Радев, Изд. къща Стрелец, София, 1994) стр. 194.
  2. ^ Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe, Klaus Roth, Ulf Brunnbauer, LIT Verlag Münster, 2009, ISBN 3-8258-1387-8, p. 135.
  3. ^ Alexis Heraclides (2021). The Macedonian Question and the Macedonians: A History. Routledge. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9780429266362.
  4. ^ Angelos Chotzidis, Anna Panagiōtopoulou, Vasilis Gounaris, The events of 1903 in Macedonia as presented in European diplomatic correspondence. Volume 3 of Museum of the Macedonian Struggle, 1993; ISBN 9608530334, p. 60.
  5. ^ From 1899 to 1901, the supreme committee provided subsidies to IMRO's central committee, allowances for Delchev and Petrov in Sofia, and weapons for bands sent to the interior. Delchev and Petrov were elected full members of the supreme committee. For more see: Laura Beth Sherman, Fires on the Mountain: The Macedonian Revolutionary Movement and the Kidnapping of Ellen Stone, East European monographs, 1980, ISBN 0914710559, p. 18.
  6. ^ Duncan M. Perry, The Politics of Terror: The Macedonian Liberation Movements, 1893-1903; Duke University Press, 1988, ISBN 0822308134, pp. 82-83.
  7. ^ Ǵurčinov, Milan (1996). Нова македонска книжевност 1945-1980. Студентски збор. p. 163.