Voivode Petar Chaulev | |
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Петър Чаулев | |
Born | c. 1882 |
Died | 23 December 1924 (aged 41–42) |
Cause of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Ottoman/ Bulgarian |
Military career | |
Allegiance | |
Service/ | |
Battles/wars |
Ilinden Uprising Balkan Wars |
Petar Chaulev ( Bulgarian: Петър Чаулев; 1882 – December 23, 1924) was a Bulgarian [1] revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia. [2] [3] [4] He was a local Bulgarian leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).
Born into an Orthodox Albanian family in Ohrid. His father was a Tosk Albanian fisherman from southern Albania. Chaulev was fluent in Albanian, and spent several years living in Albania where he got the nickname 'Petrush'. [5] [6] He graduated from the Bulgarian gymnasium in Bitola, moving in revolutionary circles. He participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising and later became a Bulgarian teacher and secretary within the local revolutionary organization. After the Young Turks Revolution in 1908 he associated with the left wing of IMRO - People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section). During the Balkan Wars Chaulev supported the Bulgarian Army. After the Second Balkan War he led the Ohrid-Debar Uprising in 1913 against the Serbs. During the First World War he served as a sergeant in the Bulgarian army and later was appointed as governor of Ohrid.
Chaulev was also a writer, publishing the book Skipia (Albania) in 1924 in Istanbul. [7] After the First World War Chaulev rejoined the IMRO. In 1924 IMRO forged connections with the Comintern. Chaulev later signed the " May Manifesto" in Vienna along with Alexandar Protogerov concerning the formation of a Balkan Communist Federation and cooperation with the Soviet Union. [8] They did this in secrecy despite the position of IMRO leader Todor Alexandrov. Chaulev was assassinated for this action in Milan in December 1924.[ citation needed]
Voivode Petar Chaulev | |
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Петър Чаулев | |
Born | c. 1882 |
Died | 23 December 1924 (aged 41–42) |
Cause of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Ottoman/ Bulgarian |
Military career | |
Allegiance | |
Service/ | |
Battles/wars |
Ilinden Uprising Balkan Wars |
Petar Chaulev ( Bulgarian: Петър Чаулев; 1882 – December 23, 1924) was a Bulgarian [1] revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia. [2] [3] [4] He was a local Bulgarian leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).
Born into an Orthodox Albanian family in Ohrid. His father was a Tosk Albanian fisherman from southern Albania. Chaulev was fluent in Albanian, and spent several years living in Albania where he got the nickname 'Petrush'. [5] [6] He graduated from the Bulgarian gymnasium in Bitola, moving in revolutionary circles. He participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising and later became a Bulgarian teacher and secretary within the local revolutionary organization. After the Young Turks Revolution in 1908 he associated with the left wing of IMRO - People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section). During the Balkan Wars Chaulev supported the Bulgarian Army. After the Second Balkan War he led the Ohrid-Debar Uprising in 1913 against the Serbs. During the First World War he served as a sergeant in the Bulgarian army and later was appointed as governor of Ohrid.
Chaulev was also a writer, publishing the book Skipia (Albania) in 1924 in Istanbul. [7] After the First World War Chaulev rejoined the IMRO. In 1924 IMRO forged connections with the Comintern. Chaulev later signed the " May Manifesto" in Vienna along with Alexandar Protogerov concerning the formation of a Balkan Communist Federation and cooperation with the Soviet Union. [8] They did this in secrecy despite the position of IMRO leader Todor Alexandrov. Chaulev was assassinated for this action in Milan in December 1924.[ citation needed]