Andrei Mazanov

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Andrej Mazanow (also Andrey Mazanov ; Bulgarian Андрей Мацанов ; born October 16, 1880 in Köprülü , then in the Ottoman Empire ; † 1947 in Pleven , Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian military, freedom fighter and is considered a leading figure in the BMARK ( Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianopeler Revolutionary Committees / Български Македоно-Одрински революционни комитети , a predecessor organization of the IMRO ) in Macedonia and Thrace . He headed the Adrianople Revolutionary Committee (bulg. Одрински революционен окръг / Odrin Revolutionary Committee) of the organization in the “7. revolutionary region ”in Eastern Thrace during the Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising .

Life

Andrej Mazanow was born in 1880 in the Macedonian city ​​of Köprülü (now Veles in the Republic of Macedonia ), part of the Ottoman Empire . Mazanow first attended the local Bulgarian school before coming to Thessaloniki , where he graduated from the highly regarded Bulgarian boys' high school in 1899 . Here he also became a member of the BMARK. After graduating from high school in Thessaloniki, Mazanow moved to the Bulgarian capital Sofia , where he studied chemistry at the local "Kliment-Ohridski" University . In 1902 he successfully completed his studies and became a chemistry teacher at the Bulgarian school in Adrianople (also Odrin, now Edirne in Turkey) and active in the local revolutionary committee of the BMARK.

In 1903, when the chairman of the Andianopol Revolutionary Committee Spas Martinow became a member of the Central Committee of the BMARK, Mazanow succeeded him in Eastern Thrace. This made him the confidante of Goze Deltschew and involved in the organization and implementation of the Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising (1903). In 1904 he became a teacher in Thessaloniki and also active in the BMARK. In 1906 he was arrested by the Ottoman police. His diary was also found, which provided the Ottoman rulers with important information on the organizational structure of the BMARK and names. The wave of arrests caused enormous damage to the organization in the Thessaloniki region and became known as the Mazanov affair (Bulgarian Мацанова афера). Mazanow himself was later freely bought by the Bulgarian government.

In the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, Andrei Mazanov took part as a volunteer in the Macedonia-Adrianople Volunteer Corps of the Bulgarian Army and was involved in fighting with the Ottomans and Serbs . He was part of the Tscheta of Todor Orowtschanow , which was able to take his hometown Veles on October 5, 1912 by the Ottomans. During the First World War he was an officer in the 3rd Battalion of the 11th Macedonia Division of the Bulgarian Army.

After the war, Andrei Mazanov moved to Pleven, where he again taught chemistry and died in 1947.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Milen Kumanov: Македония. Кратък исторически справочник , София, 1993, p. 163.
  2. ↑ Николов, Борис. Й. Вътрешна Македоно-Одринска Революционна Организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893–1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, София, 2001, стр. 101.
  3. ↑ http://www.vmro.bg/modules.php/?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=15 (link not available)
  4. ↑ Македонски войводи и четници, заселили се в Плевен
personal data
SURNAME Mazanov, Andrei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mazanov Andrey (English transcription); Андрей Мацанов (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bulgarian revolutionary, military
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Veles (Macedonia) , now Macedonia
DATE OF DEATH 1947
Place of death Pleven , Bulgaria