Ivan Katardžiev
Ivan Katardžiev ( Macedonian Иван Катарџиев ) (born January 6, 1926 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Oblast , Bulgaria ; † December 1, 2018 ) was a Yugoslav or Macedonian historian .
biography
He was considered the country's most important expert on VMRO-DPMNE and Macedonian history at the time of the existence of the state of Yugoslavia and during the first years of Macedonia's independence.
In October 2014, the Macedonian Lustration Commission accused him of being an informant for the state police in the 1950s. He was accused of spying on history students from Pirin . Katardžiev was head of the university library in Skopje and the diaspora office. Katardžiev denied the claims, saying that between 1955 and 1960 he was pressured by the police themselves.
Publications
- The Serres District from the Kresna Uprising to the Young Turks Revolution , 1968
- Time of the Maturation: The Macedonian National Question between the Two World Wars, 1919-1930 , 1977
- The Struggle for the Development and Affirmation of the Macedonian Nation , 1981
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dimitar Bechev: Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia . Scarecrow Press, April 13, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6295-1 , pp. 114-.
- ^ Macedonia Names Top Historian as Communist Informer. October 15, 2014 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Katardžiev, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav and Macedonian historian and library manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ploski, Blagoevgrad Oblast , Bulgaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 2018 |