Jordan Nikolov (7 January 1916 in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

, occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria – 4 January 1942, Kukavica, annexed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a Macedonian

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

and

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from Macedonia. His life and work are connected with the organizing and firming of the

syndicalist Syndicalism is a revolutionary current within the left-wing of the labor movement that seeks to unionize workers according to industry and advance their demands through strikes with the eventual goal of gaining control over the means of pr ...

movement in

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. Under his leadership in today North Macedonia, the first protests were undertaken, and the workers succeed for the first time to conclude collective contracts with the employers. In August 1940 Orce Nikolov was arrested on account of the break-up of the 1st of May proclamation of Central Committee of CPY, and the organizing of 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 ...

celebration in then Vardar Banovina. He was taken to Great Kikinda, where in prison he organized a protest. Then in Lepoglava, he was sentenced for two years in a strict prison and is transferred to the prison in

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. While he was in prison, on the 5th earthy meeting he was chosen as a candidate for a member of CC of CPY. On 22 August 1941, together with several other prisoners he escapes from captivity and manages to enter the free territory of the

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where the supreme headquarters of the Yugoslav partisan forces was stationed. He was given a task to go to the Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia and work on the organizing of an armed uprising. In December 1941, he tried to achieve his task over the mountain of

Kukavica Kukavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Кукавица) is a mountain in southern Serbia, near the town of Vladičin Han Vladičin Han ( sr-cyrl, Владичин Хан, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As o ...

, but was unsuccessful. On the second attempt he dies near Vladicin Han on 4 January 1942, shot by the Bulgarian police.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolov Orce, Jordan 1916 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Skopje Macedonian communists Yugoslav Partisans members Recipients of the Order of the People's Hero Yugoslav military personnel killed in World War II Macedonian Partisans