Stojan Kočov ( mk, Стојан Кочов) (25 December 1930 - 5 January 2023) is a
Macedonian historian, scientist and publisher. From 1946 to 1949 he fought as
Partisan in
Democratic Army of Greece
The Democratic Army of Greece (DAG; el, Δημοκρατικός Στρατός Ελλάδας - ΔΣΕ, Dimokratikós Stratós Elládas - DSE) was the army founded by the Communist Party of Greece during the Greek Civil War (1946–1949). At ...
during
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...
and also participated in the ethnic Macedonian
communist organizations in northern Greece (
NOF). After the defeat of the communists in the Civil War, Kochov fled to the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
where he lived and studied from 1950 to 1957. In 1957 he emigrated to
SR Macedonia.
[Идеолошкиот активизам над Македонците под Грција. Матица Македонска, Скопје.] Stojan Kočov is one of the most active researchers of the participation of the Macedonian people in the Greek Civil War and has published many books related to the subject.
Some of Stojan Kočov's most famous works:
[Нова година во земјанките на Грамос. Матица Македонска, Скопје.]
* Идеолошкиот активизам над Македонците под Грција (The ideological activism of Macedonians in Greece)
* Ѓорѓи Пејков - Македонскиот воин низ историјата на ДАГ (1945–1949) (George Pejkov - The Macedonian warrior throughout the history of DAG (1945-1949))
* Мртвото лице на војната (The death face of war)
* Средба (Meeting)
* Една мртва војска (One dead army)
References
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1930 births
Living people
Macedonian communists
Yugoslav historians
Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia
People granted political asylum in the Soviet Union
People from Florina