The revolution as destiny. Lieutenant Boris Sarafov in the liberation struggles of the Bulgarians from Macedonia and Eastern Thrace
The revolution as destiny. Lieutenant Boris Sarafov in the liberation struggles of the Bulgarians from Macedonia and Eastern Thrace

Summary/Abstract: The Bulgarian army officer Boris Sarafov was one of the most prominent figures of the Bulgarian national liberation movement in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace (Adrianople District). Still very young, he became the chairman of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC) established in the Bulgarian Principality and led it during its strongest period. The Supreme Committee under his chairmanship provided valuable assistance to the Internal Macedonian Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO), which was established a little earlier in Macedonia. Sarafov was one of the main leaders of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising of 1903. At the end of his stormy and dynamic life, he entered the IMARO leadership, where he again demonstrated his talent as a leader and organizer. A little later, he became a victim of the infighting in the Macedonian-Adrianople revolutionary movement.

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