Kiril Parlichev ( bg, Кирил Пърличев, mk, Кирил Прличев; 1 March 1875 – 9 February 1944) was a

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Makedonskoto osvoboditelno dvizhenie sled Pŭrvata svetovna voĭna, 1918-1924, Kostadin Paleshutski, Published by Izd-vo na Bŭlgarskata akademia na naukite, 1993, p. 209. revolutionary and public figure. He was a member of Internal Macedono-Adrianopolean Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) and a popular teacher, journalist, translator and writer.

Biography

Parlichev was born in Ohrid,

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

in 1875. His father was

Grigor Parlichev Grigor Stavrev Parlichev (also spelled Prlichev, Parlitcheff or Prličev; bg, Григор Ставрев Пърличев; gr, Γρηγόριος Σταυρίδης, translit=Grigorios Stavrides, mk, Григор Прличев) was a Bulgar ...

- a popular Bulgarian educator. On 5 August 1898 Dimitar Grdanov, a Serbian teacher in Ohrid, and pro-Serbian activist in Macedonia was murdered by

Metody Patchev Metody Patchev ( bg, Методи Патчев; mk, Методија Патчев; May 7, 1875 – April 7, 1902) was a Bulgarians, Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary, voivode of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (First sta ...

, after which Patchev and his fellow conspirators Hristo Uzunov, Parlichev and

Ivan Grupchev Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgar ...

were arrested. Parlichev later taught in 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 ...

, where he was accepted in IMARO. During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising he was a member of the

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 ...

's band. After the end of the unsuccessful uprising, he started studying history in Sofia University. In the meantime he worked as a secretary of the IMARO committee in

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. After the Young Turk Revolution, Parlichev participated in the inauguration of the

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. He taught in

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, where he and Hristo Zaneshev contributed to the activity of

. In 1918 Parlichev wrote his first work - ''The Serbian Regime and the Revolutionary Struggle in Macedonia'' (in bg, Сръбският режим и революционната борба в Македония, italic=yes). He was also one of the founders of the Macedonian Scientific Institute in 1923. Parlichev translated into Bulgarian works of

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and others. After the murder of

Todor Alexandrov 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 t ...

, Parlichev was forced by

Ivan Mihailov Ivan Mihailov Gavrilov ( bg, Иван Михайлов Гаврилов; mk, Ванчо Михајлов Гаврилов;He is credited in English-language sources as ''Mihailov'', while the Bulgarian and Macedonian transliteration schemes w ...

to stop his participation in the activities of IMRO. In the period 1941-1944, when the area was under Bulgarian control, he was director of the Historical Museum in Ohrid. He died there on 9 February 1944. Parlichev is survived today by his grandson, Kiril, who has published his previously unknown works in

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Works

* ''The Serbian Regime and the Revolutionary Struggle in Macedonia (1912 - 1915) ('') * ''Kyustendil Congress of IMRO from 1908.'' VEDA-MZH, Sofia 2001 (in bg, Кюстендилският конгрес на ВМРО 1908 г., издателство ВЕДА-МЖ, 2001, * ''36 Years in the IMRO - Memories of Kiril Parlichev.'' VEDA-MZH, Sofia 2001. (in bg, 36 години във ВМРО - Спомени на Кирил Пърличев, издателство ВЕДА-МЖ, 1999, * ''Towards a Characterization of Grigor S. Parlichev (''), '' Macedonian Review'' 4 (2), pp. 99 - 140 (1928)

Sources

Cveta Trifonova, ''Danail Krapchev and the newspaper Zora'' (in Bulgarian)

The Grandson of Our Famous Revolutionary Grigor Parlichev - Kiril Parlichev, (in Bulgarian)

References

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