Dimitar Arsov Pindzhurov was a

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revolutionary, and activist of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) and a

teacher.

Early life and education

Dimitar Pindzhurov was born in 1883 then Ottoman village of

Vataša Vataša ( mk, Ваташа) is a village in the Municipalities of North Macedonia, municipality of Kavadarci Municipality, Kavadarci, North Macedonia. Demographics According to the statistics of the Bulgarians, Bulgarian ethnographer Vasil Kanchov ...

, today in North Macedonia. He studied in Kavadarci and later at the

Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki The Sts. Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki ( bg, Солунска българска мъжка гимназия „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“, ''Solunska balgarska mazhka gimnazia „Sv. sv. Kiril i ...

. After graduation, he returned to

, where he worked as a Bulgarian teacher. Later he joined the

IMARO The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр� ...

Activism

In the spring of 1905, he joined the detachment of Dobri Daskalov. After the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, Pindzhurov moved to

Gevgelija Gevgelija ( mk, Гевгелија; ) is a town with a population of 15,685 located in the very southeast of the North Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the country's main border with Greece (Bogorodica-Evzoni), the point ...

and became one of the leaders of the Bulgarian People's Federative Party. He fought the

Grecoman Grecoman or Graecoman (Greek: Γραικομάνοι, ''Grekománoi'', Bulgarian: Гъркомани, ''Garkomani'', Macedonian: Гркомани, ''Grkomani'', Romanian: ''Grecomani'', Albanian: ''Grekomanë'', Aromanian: ''Gricumanji'') is a pe ...

s in this area. In 1911, he returned to his native Tikvešia. He married the same year, but after the repressions of the Young Turks began, he joined the detachment of

Hristo Chernopeev Hristo Chernopeev ( bg, Христо Чернопеев) (1868, Dermantsi – 6 November 1915, Krivolak) was a Bulgarian Army officer and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the Bulgarian People's Macedo ...

with which he participated in the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

, supporting the Bulgarian troops. In June 1913, he took part in the anti-Serbian Tikvesh Uprising. His mother, Naca, a longtime IMARO activist, took part in the uprising and was brutally abused by Serbs. After the suppression of the uprising, he moved with his family to

Strumica Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city2002 census results
in English and Macedon ...

, which was handed over to Bulgaria, and worked in the city as a Bulgarian teacher.

Later life

In March 1915, his son was born in Strumica, and his godfather Chernopeev gave him the name Strahil Pindzhurov. He took part as a non-commissioned officer with the Bulgarian Army in the First World War and died in the Battle of Krivolak in the autumn of 1915.Сто години од смртта на Димитар Пинџуров од Ваташа, Петре Камчевски, директор на музејот во Кавадарци
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Early life and education

Activism

Later life

References

See also