Yordan Asenov
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Yordan Hadzhipetrov Asenov was a Bulgarian
revolutionary, a worker of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).
Yordan Asenov was born in 1869 in Sliven, then part of the Ottoman Empire
. He was a nephew of the legendary revolutionary figure, the voyvoda Hadzhi Dimitar
, and an elder brother of Krǎstyo Asenov
. He graduated from the Sliven High School and participated in the activity of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. After the split that happened in the SMAC on its Tenth Congress of the organization in July 1902, Yordan Asenov, as a friend of Gotse Delchev
, supported the wing of engineer Hristo Stanishev, which supported the IMARO. Asenov was elected a treasurer of the organization, whose president was Hristo Stanishev. Toma Karayovov was a vice-president, while Peyo Yavorov and Stoyan Petrov were advisers. Yordan Asenov participated also in the preparation of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
.
After the Young Turk Revolution
, Yordan Asenov withdrew from the active revolutionary activity and practiced his profession.
He died in Sofia in 1936.
Bulgarians
The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...
revolutionary, a worker of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).
Yordan Asenov was born in 1869 in Sliven, then part of 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...
. He was a nephew of the legendary revolutionary figure, the voyvoda Hadzhi Dimitar
Hadzhi Dimitar
Dimitar Nikolov Asenov , better known as Hadzhi Dimitar , was one of the most prominent Bulgarian voivods and revolutionaries working for the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule.-Early life:...
, and an elder brother of Krǎstyo Asenov
Krastyo Asenov
Krastyo Hadzhipetrov Asenov, nicknamed Mechkata , Ogneniot daskal and Cherkeza , was a Bulgarian revolutionary figure active in the region of Macedonia, one of the voyvodas of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization for the Enidzhe Vardar region...
. He graduated from the Sliven High School and participated in the activity of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. After the split that happened in the SMAC on its Tenth Congress of the organization in July 1902, Yordan Asenov, as a friend of Gotse Delchev
Gotse Delchev
Georgi Nikolov Delchev was an important revolutionary figure in Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Thrace at the turn of the 20th century...
, supported the wing of engineer Hristo Stanishev, which supported the IMARO. Asenov was elected a treasurer of the organization, whose president was Hristo Stanishev. Toma Karayovov was a vice-president, while Peyo Yavorov and Stoyan Petrov were advisers. Yordan Asenov participated also in the preparation of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising or simply the Ilinden Uprising of August 1903 |Macedonia]] affected most of the central and southwestern parts of the Monastir Vilayet receiving the support mainly of the local Bulgarian peasants and to some extent of the Aromanian population of the region...
.
After the Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution
The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman parliament by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, marking the onset of the Second Constitutional Era...
, Yordan Asenov withdrew from the active revolutionary activity and practiced his profession.
He died in Sofia in 1936.