Lazar Madzharov ( bg, Лазар Маджаров) was a

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revolutionary, member of the

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) and Bulgarian

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.Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893-1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, София, 2001, стр. 95 - 96.

Biography

He was born in 1872 in the village of

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. Madzharov was the son of Archimandrite Ivan Madzharov, a Bulgarian archbishop in

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. In 1892 he graduated from the Thessaloniki Bulgarian School. Later he went to Bulgaria and became a teacher in

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and in the

Rila Rila ( bg, Рила, ) is the highest mountain range of Bulgaria, the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula and Southeast Europe. It is situated in southwestern Bulgaria and forms part of the Rila–Rhodope Mountains, Rhodope Massif. The highest summit is Mus ...

. In 1897 he was appointed by the

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as chief teacher of the Bulgarian schools in Lozengrad. He entered the

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

and headed the local Revolutionary Committee. Madzharov expanded the revolutionary committee network in Lozengrad area. In 1899 he became illegal. He had accompanied

Gotse Delchev Georgi Nikolov Delchev (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian/Macedonian language, Macedonian: Георги/Ѓорѓи Николов Делчев; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев ...

during his tour around

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in 1900. After the Keremidchioglu affair, he headed a cheta, which restored the broken committee network. In April 1902 he participated in the

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Congress of IMRO, where he was elected leader of the Lozengrad Revolutionary Region. Madzharov was a delegate is at the

Petrova Niva Petrova Niva ( bg, Петрова нива, "Peter's field") is a historic area in the Strandzha mountains of southeastern Bulgaria where, between 11 and 13 July 1903, a group of Bulgarian Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization ...

congress, where he was elected as a member of the main Committee. He participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in

Strandzha Strandzha ( bg, Странджа, also transliterated as ''Strandja'', ; tr, Istranca , or ) is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. It is in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of T ...

. After the uprising, he strengthened the organization in the

Rhodopes The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder in ...

and

Western Thrace Western Thrace or West Thrace ( el, �υτικήΘράκη, '' ytikíThráki'' ; tr, Batı Trakya; bg, Западна/Беломорска Тракия, ''Zapadna/Belomorska Trakiya''), also known as Greek Thrace, is a Geography, geograp ...

. At the congress of the

Adrianople revolutionary district The Adrianople revolutionary district (Macedonian/Bulgarian: Одрински револуционерен округ/Одрински револуционен окръг) was an organizational grouping of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revol ...

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in 1904 he was elected a member of the main body of the Adrianople region. Madzharov participated in the Rila Congress in 1905. He was killed in 1907 near the village of Ladzhakoy, Dedeagach area in a clash with an Ottoman detachment. together with Petar Vaskov, Georgi Geshanov, Chanko Karabrakanov and Yanaki Milkov.

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