Dimo Hadzhidimov ( bg, Димо Хаджидимов; 19 February 1875 – 13 September 1924) was a 20th-century
Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
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teacher, revolutionary and politician from Ottoman
Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the left wing of
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
(IMRO), which he considered a Bulgarian creation.
Life
Hadzhidimov was born on 19 February 1875 in
Gorno Brodi, Ottoman Empire, now located in
Serres regional unit,
Greece
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. In 1880 his family emigrated from the Ottoman Empire and settled in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. He studied
pedagogy
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
in
Kyustendil
Kyustendil ( bg, Кюстендил ) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
The town is situated in the southern part of the Kyustendil Valley, ...
and then in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
. At that time he was a member of the
Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party. After that he worked as a teacher in the Bulgarian schools in
Dupnitsa
Dupnitsa, or Dupnica ( bg, Дупница (previously ), ), is a town in Western Bulgaria. It is at the foot of the highest mountains in the Balkan Peninsula – the Rila Mountains, and about south of the capital Sofia. Dupnitsa is the second l ...
and later in
Samokov
Samokov ( bg, Самоков ) is a town in Sofia Province in the southwest of Bulgaria. It is situated in a basin between the mountains Rila and Vitosha, 55 kilometres from the capital Sofia. Due to the suitable winter sports conditions, Sam ...
. He also participated in
Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. After the
Young Turks revolution he returned to Ottoman Macedonia and was one of the founders of the
People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section)
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The People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section) ...
. After 1909 he went back to
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
, where Hadzhidimov joined the
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists). During the
Balkan Wars and WWI Hadzhidimov was a Bulgarian sergeant. He was captured in Thessaloniki during the Second Balkan War and was exiled by the Greek authorities to the island of
Paleo Trikeri
Paleo Trikeri ( gr, Παλαιό Τρίκερι) or Old Trikeri, also known as Trikeri Island, is a small island in the Pagasitic Gulf off the end of the Pelion peninsula in Thessaly, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Trikeri within the ...
, where he contracted jaundice. He was later released and returned to Bulgaria. During the First World War, due to his deteriorating health, he served as a non-combatant. After the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
he was elected as a member of Bulgarian Parliament from the
Bulgarian Communist Party
The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP; bg, Българска Комунистическа Партия (БКП), Balgarska komunisticheska partiya (BKP)) was the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1946 until 198 ...
. He was assassinated by right-wing IMRO activist
Vlado Chernozemski
Vlado Chernozemski ( Bulgarian: Владо Черноземски; born Velichko Dimitrov Kerin, bg, Величко Димитров Керин; 19 October 1897 – 9 October 1934), was a Bulgarian revolutionary. Also known as "Vlado the Chauff ...
in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...
in 1924. His surname was given to Zhostovo village (now a town since 1996) in
Blagoevgrad Province in 1951; It was renamed as
Hadzhidimovo
Hadzhidimovo ( bg, Хаджидимово ) is a small town and the centre of Hadzhidimovo Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province, south-western Bulgaria.
It is located in the southernmost part of Bulgaria, bordering on Greece in the Chech (region) ...
.
Footnotes
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1875 births
1924 deaths
People from Salonica vilayet
Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Bulgarians from Aegean Macedonia
People murdered in Bulgaria
Assassinated Bulgarian politicians
Bulgarian educators
Macedonia under the Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian revolutionaries
Bulgarian military personnel of the Balkan Wars
Macedonian Bulgarians
Members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria)
Deaths by firearm in Bulgaria
20th-century Bulgarian politicians
People from Serres (regional unit)