Hristo Silyanov (1880 in

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– 1939 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 ...

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) ( bg, Христо Силянов) was a Bulgarian revolutionary,Die Jungtürken und die Mazedonische Frage (1890-1918)
Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2003, , p. 20.

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and

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. He was among the activists of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees and in his memoirs uniquely described the history of the organization in its early period. Silyanov was born in a rich family in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

. His father was a Bulgarian from

Ohrid Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording ...

, Macedonia, and his mother was

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. He studied in Istanbul and

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, but graduated from the Bulgarian school in Bitola. Later Silyanov worked as the Bulgarian Exarchate's teacher in various towns in Ottoman Macedonia. After his participation in the

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

(IMARO), he joined the cheta lead by Marko Lerinski. As result of a severe illness in 1902, Silyanov moved to Sofia for treatment and from there criticized sharply the decision made by IMARO's Central Committee in Thessaloniki concerning the

Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, or simply the Ilinden Uprising of August–October 1903 ( bg, Илинденско-Преображенско въстание, Ilindensko-Preobrazhensko vastanie; mk, Илинденско востание, ...

. However, in 1903 he was elected secretary of the Preobrazhenie Uprising committee in a session near

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. During the Uprising he was a member of Mihail Gerdzhikov's cheta and participated in the battles in Strandzha for the taking of Vasiliko and

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. After the Uprising, he graduated in history from

Sofia University Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...

and afterwards specialized in Switzerland. In 1908 Siljanov was elected to the leading body of IMARO and made unsuccessful attempts to save the unity of the organization. During the Balkan Wars he was the leader of a cheta in Southern Macedonia and supported the Greek and later the Bulgarian Army during their invasions. During 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 imprisoned in Sofia as a Russophile, when Bulgaria was fighting against Russia. After the wars he settled in Sofia and worked there as a writer, publicist and journalist. Later he also became a politician and a member of the

Macedonian Scientific Institute The Macedonian Scientific Institute (MSI; bg, Македонски научен институт) is a Bulgarian scientific organization, which studies the region of Macedonia and mostly the Macedonian Bulgarians. Establishment and activity It w ...

. His son Evgeny Silyanov was a prominent Bulgarian diplomat. Silyanov Peak in

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is named after Hristo Silyanov.

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Освободителните борби на Македония, том I, София, 1933

* ttp://www.promacedonia.org/hs/index.html Писма и изповеди на един четник - Спомени от Странджа - От Витоша до Грамос
"Към историята на Гръцката Терористическа Пропаганда в Македония"
Hristo Silyanov on the history of the Greek terrorist propaganda in Macedonia. Published in Istanbul in 1909 (In Bulgarian). {{DEFAULTSORT:Silyanov, Hristo 1880 births 1939 deaths Politicians from Istanbul Bulgarians in Istanbul Bulgarian educators 20th-century Bulgarian historians Sofia University alumni Bulgarian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Members of the Macedonian Scientific Institute Bulgarian revolutionaries Macedonian Bulgarians