Apostol Petkov

Voivode

Apostol Petkov
Apostol Petkov during the Macedonian Struggle
Native name
Апостол Петков
Birth nameApostol Petkov Terziev (Апостол Петков Терзиев)
Nickname(s)Sun of Yenice-i Vardar
Born6 May 1869
Boymitsa, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Axioupoli, Greece)
Died2 August 1911
Krushari, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Ampeleies, Greece)
Buried
Allegiance IMRO
Years of service1897-1911
Battles / wars
RelationsGonos Yiotas

Apostol Petkov Terziev (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Апостол Петков Терзиев; May 6, 1869 – August 2, 1911) was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the national liberation movement in Ottoman Macedonia.[1][2][3] He was a leading Komitadji in the armed units of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees and later participated in the Bulgarian People's Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. He took part in the battles against the Ottoman authorities in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising and Macedonian Struggle.[4]

Petkov was often referred to by his admirers as the Sun of Yenice-i Vardar.

  1. ^ Христо Силянов. Борбите към Енидженското езеро, ч.2 (из „Освободителните борби на Македония“, т.ІІ)
  2. ^ Алберт Сониксен. „Изповедта на един македонски четник“.
  3. ^ Христо Силянов. Борбите към Енидженското езеро, ч.2 (из „Освободителните борби на Македония“, т.ІІ)
  4. ^ "Дино Кьосев и Ламби Данаилов. „Илинденско-Преображенското въстание 1903—1968", Издателство на Националния съвет на Отечествения фронт, София, 1968 г., стр. 142-143". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-08.