Post by BMPO KOMuTA on Apr 19, 2007 1:31:48 GMT -5
More about Yane Sandanski:

"Yane Ivanov Sandanski or Jane Ivanov Sandanski (May 18, 1872, Vlahi, present day Bulgaria - April 22, 1915 near Melnik, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia, one of the leaders of the BMARC since 1895 (SMARO from 1902 and IMRO from 1906).Yane Sandanski was born in the village of Vlahi near Melnik (present-day Bulgaria) on May 28, 1872. His father Ivan participated as a flag carrier in the well known Kresna Uprising. After the crush of the uprising, in 1879 his family moved to Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, where Sandanski received his elementary education. Until 1895 Sandanski was a Bulgarian state employee.
With the fall of the Ottoman Empire Macedonia was partitioned between Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. Sandanski supported the Bulgarian army in the Balkan wars of 1912-1913."
One famous quote of Sandanski:
"Famous Quotes
The Macedonian revolutionaries, which after long and cruel fight with the Turkish tyrants lived to see their dream - freedom of their Fatherland, cannot allow her to fall under Serb and Greek rule again: they will not be afraid to resort to even the most fearsome terrorist means to realize their sacred dream - liberated Bulgarian Macedonia. (interview for Italian newspaper Sekulo, Tirana, 1912)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Sandanski
More facts and pics about the Great Dame Gruev:

Damyan Yovanov Gruev (Macedonian: Äàì¼àí £îâàíîâ Ãðóåâ; Bulgarian: Äàìÿí Éîâàíîâ Ãðóåâ) - (January 19, 1871, Smilevo, present day Republic of Macedonia - December 10, 1906, near Petlec peak, present day Republic of Macedonia) was a 19th-20th century Bulgarian revolutionary. He was among the founders of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees (BMARC)[1] in October 1893. BMARC (IMARO since 1906) was a rebel group active in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Damyan "Dame" Gruev (also transliterated as Grueff) was born in 1871 in the village of Smilevo, district of Bitola, (present day Republic of Macedonia). He received his elementary education in Smilevo, and later studied in Resen, Bitola, Thessaloniki in the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. While still in the Bulgarian Gymnasium of Thessaloniki, Gruev felt the unbearable Turkish oppression and mistreatment of his fellow countrymen.Next, he left the University and returned to Macedonia to apply himself to the revolutionary organization. In order to carry out his plans more successfully and possibly to avert the suspicion of the Turkish authorities, he decided to become a Bulgarian school teacher.
Later, Gruev established himself in Thessaloniki and here laid the foundation of the BMARC (Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee) (renamed in 1906 to IMARO Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization). With the cooperation of Hristo Tatarchev, Petar Pop Arsov and others, he formulated the Constitution and By-laws of the BMARC. It was to be a secret organization under the direction of a Central Committee, with local branches of revolutionary committees throughout Macedonia and the Vilayet of Adrianople.
As most of the events and developments in late 19th century Macedonia, the national and ethnic affiliations of Dame Gruev are a contentious issue. He is regarded as an ethnic Bulgarian by the majority of historians not only in Bulgaria, but in the Western states!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Gruev

"Yane Ivanov Sandanski or Jane Ivanov Sandanski (May 18, 1872, Vlahi, present day Bulgaria - April 22, 1915 near Melnik, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia, one of the leaders of the BMARC since 1895 (SMARO from 1902 and IMRO from 1906).Yane Sandanski was born in the village of Vlahi near Melnik (present-day Bulgaria) on May 28, 1872. His father Ivan participated as a flag carrier in the well known Kresna Uprising. After the crush of the uprising, in 1879 his family moved to Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, where Sandanski received his elementary education. Until 1895 Sandanski was a Bulgarian state employee.
With the fall of the Ottoman Empire Macedonia was partitioned between Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. Sandanski supported the Bulgarian army in the Balkan wars of 1912-1913."
One famous quote of Sandanski:
"Famous Quotes
The Macedonian revolutionaries, which after long and cruel fight with the Turkish tyrants lived to see their dream - freedom of their Fatherland, cannot allow her to fall under Serb and Greek rule again: they will not be afraid to resort to even the most fearsome terrorist means to realize their sacred dream - liberated Bulgarian Macedonia. (interview for Italian newspaper Sekulo, Tirana, 1912)"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Sandanski
More facts and pics about the Great Dame Gruev:

Damyan Yovanov Gruev (Macedonian: Äàì¼àí £îâàíîâ Ãðóåâ; Bulgarian: Äàìÿí Éîâàíîâ Ãðóåâ) - (January 19, 1871, Smilevo, present day Republic of Macedonia - December 10, 1906, near Petlec peak, present day Republic of Macedonia) was a 19th-20th century Bulgarian revolutionary. He was among the founders of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees (BMARC)[1] in October 1893. BMARC (IMARO since 1906) was a rebel group active in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Damyan "Dame" Gruev (also transliterated as Grueff) was born in 1871 in the village of Smilevo, district of Bitola, (present day Republic of Macedonia). He received his elementary education in Smilevo, and later studied in Resen, Bitola, Thessaloniki in the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, and the University of Sofia, Bulgaria. While still in the Bulgarian Gymnasium of Thessaloniki, Gruev felt the unbearable Turkish oppression and mistreatment of his fellow countrymen.Next, he left the University and returned to Macedonia to apply himself to the revolutionary organization. In order to carry out his plans more successfully and possibly to avert the suspicion of the Turkish authorities, he decided to become a Bulgarian school teacher.
Later, Gruev established himself in Thessaloniki and here laid the foundation of the BMARC (Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee) (renamed in 1906 to IMARO Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization). With the cooperation of Hristo Tatarchev, Petar Pop Arsov and others, he formulated the Constitution and By-laws of the BMARC. It was to be a secret organization under the direction of a Central Committee, with local branches of revolutionary committees throughout Macedonia and the Vilayet of Adrianople.
As most of the events and developments in late 19th century Macedonia, the national and ethnic affiliations of Dame Gruev are a contentious issue. He is regarded as an ethnic Bulgarian by the majority of historians not only in Bulgaria, but in the Western states!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Gruev