Georgi Sugarev
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Georgi Kostov Sugarev was a Bulgarian revolutionary, vojvoda of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. In the Republic of Macedonia he is considered an ethnic Macedonian.
Sugarev was born in 1876 in Bitola
, then in the Ottoman Empire
, today in the Republic of Macedonia. Sugarev completed fourth grade of Bitola Exarhate School. Afterwards he became a Bulgarian teacher firstly in Demir Hisar
, then in Kichevo, and finally in Bitola. However he left the school system and decided to join the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation. In 1901 he became a chetnik of Nikola Rusinski. With the assistance of the vojvoda Rusinski, they operated together trough the regions of Demir Hisar
, Smilevo
and Bitola
. The same year he was elected a member of the Bitola District Revolutionary Committee of the IMRO, and in February 1902 he went underground. Sugarev was a delegate to the Smilevo Congress of the Bitola revolutionary district of IMRO. At the beginning of the Ilinden uprising he was Bitola revolutionary district leader, participating in several battles. Together with the vojvodas Hristo Uzunov
he supported Dame Gruev
to restore the organization after the suppression of the uprising. Sugarev participate in the Prilep Congress of the IMRO in 1904. He started also anti-Serb campaign in the late summer of 1905. Thеse actions he coordinated with the IMRO leaders Pancho Konstantinov and Ivan Naumov Alyabaka. Later Sugarev left for Bitola to arrange joint actions against the pro-Serbian bands in the Bitola and Skopje revolutionary districts. By this activity Sugarev was helped by the Bulgarian vojvodas Petar Yurukov and Petar Radev.
In March 1906 Georgi Sugarev heads to Mariovo
to counter the intensifying Greek bands. Because of betrayal, of March 23, 1906 the cheta
was surrounded near the village of Paralevo of numerous Turkish forces and after a fierce battle was completely destroyed..
Sugarev was born in 1876 in Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
, then in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, today in the Republic of Macedonia. Sugarev completed fourth grade of Bitola Exarhate School. Afterwards he became a Bulgarian teacher firstly in Demir Hisar
Demir Hisar
Demir Hisar , or in Slavic translation known as Železnec , is an area spreading on the South West part of Macedonia to the North West of the Pelagonian plain, around the river flow of the Black River with her inflows...
, then in Kichevo, and finally in Bitola. However he left the school system and decided to join the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation. In 1901 he became a chetnik of Nikola Rusinski. With the assistance of the vojvoda Rusinski, they operated together trough the regions of Demir Hisar
Demir Hisar
Demir Hisar , or in Slavic translation known as Železnec , is an area spreading on the South West part of Macedonia to the North West of the Pelagonian plain, around the river flow of the Black River with her inflows...
, Smilevo
Smilevo
Smilevo is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, municipality of Demir Hisar.It is famous for the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising which started in the village in the morning of August 2, 1903...
and Bitola
Bitola
Bitola is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. The city is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the...
. The same year he was elected a member of the Bitola District Revolutionary Committee of the IMRO, and in February 1902 he went underground. Sugarev was a delegate to the Smilevo Congress of the Bitola revolutionary district of IMRO. At the beginning of the Ilinden uprising he was Bitola revolutionary district leader, participating in several battles. Together with the vojvodas Hristo Uzunov
Hristo Uzunov
Hristo Dimitrov Uzunov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, head of the Ohrid branch of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and its ideological leader in the Ohrid region...
he supported Dame Gruev
Dame Gruev
Damyan Yovanov Gruev or Damjan Jovanov Gruev, often known by his short name Dame Gruev, was an insurgent leader in Ottoman Macedonia and Thrace...
to restore the organization after the suppression of the uprising. Sugarev participate in the Prilep Congress of the IMRO in 1904. He started also anti-Serb campaign in the late summer of 1905. Thеse actions he coordinated with the IMRO leaders Pancho Konstantinov and Ivan Naumov Alyabaka. Later Sugarev left for Bitola to arrange joint actions against the pro-Serbian bands in the Bitola and Skopje revolutionary districts. By this activity Sugarev was helped by the Bulgarian vojvodas Petar Yurukov and Petar Radev.
In March 1906 Georgi Sugarev heads to Mariovo
Mariovo
Mariovo is a region in the southern part of Macedonia , situated between the mountains Selechka on the west, Nidze and Kozhuf on the south, Kozjak on the east and Dren...
to counter the intensifying Greek bands. Because of betrayal, of March 23, 1906 the cheta
Cheta
Cheta was an armed band, organized by the Christian population on the territory of the Ottoman Empire, aiming at anti-Turkish activity. The cheta was usually led by a leader, called voivoda. The members of the chetas were called chetnik....
was surrounded near the village of Paralevo of numerous Turkish forces and after a fierce battle was completely destroyed..