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Voivode Todor Aleksandrov | |
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![]() A portrait of Aleksandrov with an autograph and dedication to Yavorov (Sofia, 1912). | |
Native name | Тодор Александров Попорушев |
Birth name | Todor Alexandrov Poporushev |
Born | 4 March 1881 Novo Selo, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 31 August 1924 Sugarevo, Tsardom of Bulgaria |
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Unit | Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps |
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Alma mater | Bulgarian Pedagogical School of Skopje Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki |
Spouse(s) | Vangelia Aleksandrova |
Children | Alexander Aleksandrov Maria Aleksandrova |
Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, best known as Todor Alexandrov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Тодор Александров), also spelt as Alexandroff (4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and teacher. He favored initially the annexation of Macedonia to Bulgaria,[1][2][3] but later switched to the idea of an Independent Macedonia as a second Bulgarian state on the Balkans.[4][5][6] Alexandrov was a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and later of the Central Committee of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO).[7][8][9]
In North Macedonia, Aleksandrov, who was previously dismissed by the post-WWII Yugoslav Macedonian historiography as a controversial Bulgarophile and national traitor,[10] was added to the country's historical heritage as an ethnic Macedonian.[11] Though, this has caused political and public controversies.[12]