Milan Trajkov Stoilov ( mk, Милан Траjков Стоилов, bg, Милан Трайков Стоилов; 1881–1903) was a

socialist revolutionary The Socialist Revolutionary Party, or the Party of Socialist-Revolutionaries (the SRs, , or Esers, russian: эсеры, translit=esery, label=none; russian: Партия социалистов-революционеров, ), was a major politi ...

from the

region of Macedonia Macedonia () is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid 19th century. T ...

. According to Macedonian historians, he was a

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activist. However according to Bulgarian historians, he is regarded as a

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revolutionary.According to Russian researcher Dmitri Labauri, both Bulgarian and Macedonian historians have created two different views on the early 20th century Slavic Macedonian student emigration in Russia, to which Stoilov belonged. Bulgarian historians mainly emphasize the activities of the Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Circle, while Macedonian historians focus on the Slavic-Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society. For more see: Мемуары Христо Шалдева как источник по истории болгарских студенческих объединений в России в начале XX в. (Уральский государственный университет, Екатеринбург) в Россия - Болгария: векторы взаимопонимания. XVIII-XXI вв. Российско-болгарские научные дискуссии. Ритта Петровна Гришина (отв. редактор); Институт славяноведения РАН, Москва 2010
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Biography

Born in

Kilkis Kilkis ( el, Κιλκίς) is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece. As of 2011 there were 22,914 people living in the city proper, 28,745 people living in the municipal unit, and 51,926 in the municipality of Kilkis. It is also the capital city o ...

, then in the

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) ...

, Stoilov graduated from the town's Bulgarian primary school and junior high school in 1892 and in 1895, respectively. In 1902, he graduated from the Bulgarian Theological Seminary in Constantinople.Istorija: spisanie na Sojuzot na društvata na istoričarite na SR Makedonija, Sojuz na društvata na istoričarite na Republike Makedonija, 1975, str. 69. That year, he began his studies at the Saint Petersburg Military Medical Academy. In Saint Petersburg, he participated in the

Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Circle The Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Circle was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900. Members of it were Bulgarians, Bulgarian students in the Russian Empire. Its purpose, according to its founding protocol, was: "To support the Macedonian Struggle, Macedo ...

, which was an offshoot of the

Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC), ( bg, Върховен македоно - одрински комитет, (ВМОК)), also known as Supreme Macedonian Committee was a Bulgarian paramilitary and political organization, active i ...

. Stoilov was a member of the

Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society The Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society, called also Slavic-Macedonian Scholarly and Literary Society was an organization of Macedonian Slavs in Russia in the first decades of the twentieth century. Activity Its founders were Dimitrij ...

and served as its secretary. He was involved in the third official act of the Society, which included documenting minutes of its 29 December 1902 session. In 1903, he left Russia to join the

Ilinden Uprising Ilinden (Bulgarian/ Macedonian Cyrillic: Илинден) or Ilindan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning "Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to: Events * Republic Day (North Macedonia), 2 August Geographic locations Bulgaria * Ilinden, Blagoev ...

against the Ottomans. In July, he arrived in

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and presented himself as a volunteer at the Overseas Representation of the IMARO, from where he was assigned to a detachment going to Ottoman Macedonia under Nikola Dechev. Stoilov headed a medical squad. He was killed in a fighting in Orizari, near

Kočani Kočani ( mk, Кочани ) is a town in the eastern part of North Macedonia, situated around east from Skopje. It has a population of 28,330 and is the seat of the Kočani Municipality. Geography and population The town spreads across the Nort ...

, on 5 September 1903. According to other reports, he was heavily wounded and captured by the Turks and died in prison in Kočani in 1904. As a socialist-internationalist, he claimеd that he was not going to die for a certain nation or as a patriot, but as a revolutionary fighting for the good of humanity. Stoilov also authored "The Kilkis Vampire" ("Кукушкият вампир"), a

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novel written in

.Известия на Института за литература, Том 4, Институт за литература (Българска академия на науките) 1956, стр. 124.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stoilov, Milan 1881 births 1903 deaths Early Macedonists People from Kilkis Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society Bulgarian revolutionaries