Dimo Hadzhidimov

Dimo Hadzhidimov
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Born (1875-02-19)19 February 1875
Gorno Brodi, Salonica Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present day Greece)
Died 13 September 1924(1924-09-13) (aged 49)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Cause of death Assassination
Nationality Ottoman/Bulgarian
Occupation Educator
Politician
Organization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Political party People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section)
Bulgarian Communist Party

Dimo Hadzhidimov (Bulgarian: Димо Хаджидимов) (19 February 1875 – 13 September 1924) was a 20th-century Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia.[1][2][3] He is considered a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the left wing of IMRO.

Life

Hadzhidimov was born on 19 February 1875 in Gorno Brodi, Ottoman Empire, now located in Serres regional unit, Greece . He studied pedagogy in Kyustendil and then in Sofia, Bulgaria. After that he worked as a teacher in the Bulgarian schools in Dupnitsa and later in Samokov. He also participated in Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. After the Young Turks revolution he returned to Macedonia and was one of the founders of the People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section). After 1909 he went back to Sofia, where Hadzhidimov joined the Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists). During the Balkan Wars Hadzhidimov served as a Bulgarian soldier. After the First World War he was elected as a member of Bulgarian Parliament. He was assassinated by right wing IMRO activist Vlado Chernozemski in Sofia in 1924. His surname was given to Zhostovo village (now a town since 1996) in Blagoevgrad Province in 1951; It was renamed as Hadzhidimovo.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Marinov, Tchavdar (June 13, 2013). "Famous Macedonia, the Land of Alexander". In Daskalov, Roumen; et al. National Ideologies and Language Policies. Entangled Histories of the Balkans. 1. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 305. ISBN 9789004250765.
  2. ↑ Димо Хаджидимов. Живот и дело. Боян Кастелов (Изд. на Отечествения Фронт, София, 1985)стр. 209 - 210
  3. ↑ Лист на македонската емиграция. С., № 1, април 1919.
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