Boris Petrov Sarafov | |
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 Portrait of Boris Sarafov | |
| Native name | Борис Петров Сарафов |
| Born | 12 June 1872 Libyahovo, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 28 November 1907 (aged 35) Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria |
| Allegiance | |
| Service |  Bulgarian Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Alma mater | Sofia Military Academy |
| Signature | .png) |
Boris Petrov Sarafov (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Борис Петров Сарафов; 12 June 1872 – 28 November 1907) was a Bulgarian Army officer and revolutionary, one of the leaders of Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC) and Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).[1][2][3] He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in North Macedonia,[4] having identified occasionally as a Macedonian in his life.[5]
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- ^ The Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation, Keith Brown, Princeton University Press, 2003, ISBN 0691099952, p. 175
- ^ In the autumn of 1903 Boris Sarafov in conjunction with Dame Gruev, both members of the general staff of the Bitola revolutionary district during suppression of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising, wrote a letter to the Bulgarian government with demand for direct Bulgarian military intervention, arguing for this with the words: "With a view to the critical and fearsome situation, in which the Bulgarian population of Manastir Vilayet is at that moment" and "the circumstances and the danger, which threaten Bulgarian fatherland today".
- ^ Who Are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85065-534-3, p. 55.
- ^ Македонска енциклопедија, том II (in Macedonian). Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите. 2009. pp. 1300–1301. ISBN 9786082030241.
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