Gjorche Petrov

War Hero

Birthday April 2, 1865

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Macedonia

DEATH DATE Jun 28, 1921 (56)

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About

Bulgarian-Macedonian revolutionary and leader of the Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Movement.

Before Fame

He attended school in Bulgaria before working as a teacher in Macedonia.

Trivia

He was assassinated by members of his own organization (IMRO) in 1921.

Family Life

His family lived in the town of Pirlepe (now the Macedonian city of Prilep), in what was then the Ottoman Empire, at the time of his birth.

Associated With

Like author Grigor Parlichev, whose son, Cyril, was a revolutionary, Petrov identified as both Bulgarian and Macedonian.