Pano Angelov Apostolov ( bg, Пано Ангелов Апостолов), known also as Karabadzhakov ( bg, Карабаджаков), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a worker of the
(IMARO).
Life
Pano Angelov was born in 1879 in the village of
Bashklise, in the
Ottoman Empire
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. Pano Angelov Apostolov comes Karite family, who were emigrants from the region of
Chirpan
Chirpan ( bg, Чирпан, ) is a town on the Tekirska River in Stara Zagora Province of south-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Chirpan Municipality. As of 2021, the town had a population of 13,391 down from ...
and founders of Bashkyoy (Bashklise). His grandfather Angel was a famous wrestler. His son Apostol, who was a member of the revolutionary band of Angel voyvoda, died near
Soflu.
After the liberation of
Bulgaria
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, Pano Angelov and his family moved to the village of
Brod,
Haskovo region. After he finished the elementary school in Brod, he studied in the Pedagogic school in
Kazanlak
Kazanlak ( bg, Казанлък , Thracian and Greek Σευθόπολις (''Seuthopolis''), tr, Kazanlık) is a Bulgarian town in Stara Zagora Province, located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain ...
.
In 1902, when Pano Angelov stopped to teach, he went to Burgas where he met
Mihail Gerdzhikov
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Mihail Gerdzhikov ( bg, Михаил Герджиков; 1877–1947) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and anarchist.
Biography
He was born in Plovdiv, then in the Ottoman Empire, in 1877. He studied at the French College in Plovdiv, where ...
,
Lazar Madzharov
Lazar Madzharov ( bg, Лазар Маджаров) was a Bulgarian revolutionary, member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and Bulgarian teacher.Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одри ...
,
Georgi Kondolov Georgi may refer to:
* Georgi (given name)
* Georgi (surname)
See also
*Georgy (disambiguation)
*Georgii (disambiguation) Georgii may refer to:
;Given name
*Georgii Zantaraia (born 1987), Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin
*Georgii Karpechenko ( ...
,
Levter Mechev,
Nikola Ravashola,
Kiro Uzunov and other members of the
(IMARO). He was chosen a leader of regions of
Sarmashik,
Zvezdets,
Stoilovo,
Kalovo and
Byala Voda. He toured the villages of
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 ...
, formed groups for executions, made conspiracies, collected finances and supplied the organization with weapons. He showed remarkable organizational qualities, courage, coolness, honour and manners, because of which his revolutionary band earned the confidence of the population. All villages of his region of supervision founded groups for executions, organized a network of couriers, supplied weapons and ammunition and provided new freedom fighters to join the bands.
On 28 March 1903 the revolutionary band of Pano Angelov, together with its members
Nikola Ravashola,
Georgi Mutafov,
Atanas Valkanov and
Petko Puhov, was in the village of Sarmashik (today known as Brashlyan), where the band was betrayed. Pano Angelov and Nikola Ravashola were killed in the battle that had begun. Their death and heroism was glorified in the song "Yasen mesets", that is known as the Marseillaise of Strandzha.
In 1997, on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the organization in
Thrace
Thrace (; el, Θράκη, Thráki; bg, Тракия, Trakiya; tr, Trakya) or Thrake is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to t ...
and 94-year anniversary of the heroism in Sarmashik, a remembrance plaque was erected in Dimanova polyana (Brashlyansko zemlishte), where Pano Angelov was killed.
Маджаров, Панайот. Свято съзаклятие, Издателство "П&П Славейкови", София, 1998, стр. 125-133.
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References
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1879 births
1903 deaths
Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Bulgarian revolutionaries
Bulgarians from Western Thrace
Thracian Bulgarians
People from Evros (regional unit)