Ilija Georgov

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Ilija Andreew Georgow (common transliteration: Ilija Georgov, Bulgarian Илия Андреев Георгов ; * 1860 in Veles , today Macedonia ; † July 12, 1945 Sofia , Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian journalist and politician of the Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria. He was the brother of Ivan Georgov .

Life

Ilija Georgow was born in 1860 in the Macedonian city ​​of Veles in the family of Andrei Georgow . Like many other Macedonian Bulgarians , his family moved to Bulgaria , liberated from the Ottoman Empire .

Ilija Georgow graduated in law at the University of Prague and was an avowed Russo Phil , Slawophil and supporters of the ideas Ján Kollar . After his return to Bulgaria he joined the Supreme Macedonia-Adrianople Committee (Bulgarian Върховен македоно-одрински комитет / Warchowen makedono-odrinski komitet) and in 1895 became its secretary. He supported the government of Leonid Nikolayevich Sobolev and its pro-Russian course. After the unsuccessful " Tscheta Aktion " he was a member of a delegation of the Macedonia-Adrianople Committee to the Russian Tsar. The aim of the delegation was to help with the implementation of the autonomy prescribed in the Berlin Treaty for Macedonia under the Russian Tsar Alexander III. to request from the Ottoman Empire. In the following time he edited the newspaper " Makedonski Glas " (bulg. Македонски глас , in German Macedonian voice) together with Dimitar Rizoff

He also became a member of the liberal Democratic Party , but belonged to the wing that split off in 1905 and founded the likewise liberal Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria in 1906 . In the formation of the new party, the time at that time played an important role (uprisings in Macedonia - the Gorna Dschumaya uprising in 1902, the Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising in 1903), but also politicians from Macedonia in the party. Georgov, who was responsible for the Macedonian question in the party, wrote:

“An uprising in Macedonia can improve the situation of the Bulgarians there if it lasts long, so that Turkey's economic relations with the outside world are disrupted and it must disrupt the peace in Macedonia until the great powers force the Sultan to have Macedonia autonomy this situation has come to an end. "

So the view of the Bulgarians from Macedonia on the Macedonian question also influenced the party's line and their sympathies with the Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization . As a politician of the Radical Democratic Party, Ilija Georgow was elected to the Bulgarian parliament several times . He was also the editor of the party-affiliated newspapers " Democrat " (bulg. Демократ ) and "Radikal" (bulg. Радикал ) and the time step "Demokratitscheski pregled" (bulg. Демократически преглед, in German: Democratic overview).

During the persecution of the pro-Russian forces during the reign of Prime Minister Stefan Stambolow , Ilija Georgow fled to his familiar Bavaria. However, when Macedonian forces tried in 1891 to kill Stambolov because of his moderate policy towards Macedonia, but instead killed the finance minister Christo Beltschew , Georgov was accused of being a possible mastermind and was extradited by Bavaria to Bulgaria. However, Ilija Georgow was acquitted in the subsequent process.

Georgov supported the putsch of June 9, 1923 , which was directed against the "Bauernvolksbund". On September 17, 1923, Georgov was seriously injured by troops of the "Peasant People's League" when he tried to free politicians of the Liberal Party interned in Gorna Orjachowiza . During the formation of the alliance Democratic Unity (Bulgarian Демократически сговор / Demokratitscheski Sgowor), which was under the right-wing conservative Aleksandar Zankow , he spoke out against joining the Radical Democratic Party.

After the end of the Second World War and the Bulgarian Communists came to power , Ilija Georgow was persecuted - along with other leading figures. Ilija Georgow died on July 12, 1945 in Sofia.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simeon Radew : The builders / creators of modern Bulgaria. Volume 1 (Bulgarian Строителите на съвременна България. Том 1). 1910, pp. 412-413.
  2. ↑ Swetozar Eldarow: The Supreme Macedonia-Adrianople Committee and the Macedonia-Adrianople Organization in Bulgaria (1895-1903). (from Bulgarian "Върховният македоно-одрински комитет и македоно-одринската организация в в България в България в Б1лгария (1895–1903)", p. 2453.
  3. ↑ The Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria and the Macedonian Question, quote from the Radical Democratic Party in Bulgaria website (Bulgarian)
  4. ↑ Borislaw Gardew: The end of a tsar. (Bulgarian)

literature

  • Karlheinz Mack: Route network of the European mind II: Universities and students: The importance of student migrations in Central and Southeastern Europe from the 18th to the 20th century , Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 1987, ISBN 3486540912 , p. 347
  • Joachim V. Königslöw: Ferdinand of Bulgaria (from the beginning of the candidacy to the throne until recognition by the great powers 1886 to 1896) , R. Oldenbourg, 1970

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personal data
SURNAME Georgov, Ilija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Georgov, Iliya Andreev; Илия Андреев Георгов (Bulgarian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Veles , Bulgaria
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1945
Place of death Sofia , Bulgaria