Yordan Hadzhipetrov Asenov ( bg, Йордан Хаджипетров Асенов; 28 December 1869 – 29 March 1936) was a

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

revolutionary, a worker of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).Биография от сайта на ВМРО
Yordan Asenov was born in 1869 in Sliven, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He was a nephew of the legendary revolutionary figure, the voyvoda

Hadzhi Dimitar Dimitar Nikolov Asenov ( bg, Димитър Николов Асенов ; 10 May 1840 – 10 August 1868), better known as Hadzhi Dimitar ( ), was one of the most prominent Bulgarian voivode and revolutionaries working for the Liberation of Bulg ...

, and an elder brother of

Krǎstyo Asenov Krastyo Hadzhipetrov Asenov, nicknamed Mechkata (the Bear), Ogneniot daskal (the Fiery Teacher) and Cherkeza (the Circassian), was a Bulgarian revolutionary figure active in the region of Macedonia, one of the voyvodas of the Internal Macedonian- ...

. He graduated from the Sliven High School and participated in the activity 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 ...

. After the split that happened in the SMAC on its Tenth Congress of the organization in July 1902, Yordan Asenov, as a friend of Gotse Delchev, supported the wing of engineer Hristo Stanishev, which supported the IMARO. Asenov was elected a treasurer of the organization, whose president was Hristo Stanishev.

Toma Karayovov Toma Ivanov Karayovov ( bg, Тома Иванов Карайовов) was a Bulgarian diplomat and publicist. Biography Toma Karayovov was born c. 1875 in Skopje, Ottoman Empire. He graduated from the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessalonik ...

was a vice-president, while

Peyo Yavorov Peyo Yavorov ( bg, Пейо (Кр.) Яворов; born Peyo Totev Kracholov, Пейо Тотев Крачолов; 13 January 1878 – 29 October 1914) was a Bulgarian Symbolist poet. He was considered to be one of the finest poetic talents in th ...

and Stoyan Petrov were advisers. Yordan Asenov participated also in the preparation of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. After the Young Turk Revolution, Yordan Asenov withdrew from the active revolutionary activity and practiced his profession. He died in Sofia in 1936.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Asenov, Yordan 1869 births 1936 deaths People from Sliven Bulgarian revolutionaries Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization