Jonko Wapzarow

Ivan Nikolov Prodanitschin (also Ivan Nikolov Prodanichin written Bulgarian Иван Николов Проданичин ) known as Jonko Vaptsarov (bulg Йонко Вапцаров, *. 1861 or 1880 in Bansko , † 29. January 1939 in Sofia ) was Bulgarian freedom fighter, politician and leading figure of the BMARK ( Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee / Български Македоно-Одрински революционни комитети , later renamed Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO for short)). The poet-communist Nikola Wapzarow was his son.

Life

Jonko Wapzarow was born in what is now the Bulgarian city of Bansko, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire . The city was a center of Bulgarian revival and the struggle for independence of the Bulgarian state and the Bulgarian Church. Jonko Wapzarow's father, Nikola Prodanitschin, also fought for these ideals and was murdered by the Ottoman rulers. Jonko attended the Bulgarian school in his hometown and finished sixth grade there.

In 1896 Jonko Wapzarow was accepted into the BMARK and subsequently Secretary of the Bansko Revolutionary Committee (bulg. Бански революционен комитет). 1901 Vaptsarov took the Tscheta of Jane Sandanski on some actions of the organization in part, including the affair Miss Stone , in the American Methodist Ellen Stone for ransom kidnapped was. The ransom was used to buy weapons for the organization. In 1902 Wapzarow rose to the position of Vojdode of BMARK in his home region. During the Ilinden Preobraschenie uprising he was arrested by the Ottomans and imprisoned in Thessaloniki . After the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, in which the Young Turks were supported by the BMARK, Wapzarow was released.

From left to right: Stojan Filipow , Ivan Michajlow , Jonko Wapzarow and two other VMRO voivods

During the Balkan Wars of 1912/13 Jonko Wapzarow headed a Cheta within the Macedonia-Adrianople Volunteer Corps . Together with the Cheetas of Chirsto Tschernopeew , Pejo Jaworow and Lasar Kolchagow , Bansko , Mechomija (today Raslog ) and Kavala were liberated during the First Balkan War . After the war, Wapzarow became the first head of the district ( Okolija ) Razlog, district chairman of the BMARK and close friend of the Bulgarian tsar Ferdinand I.

After the First World War , Wapzarow took part in the reconstruction of the structures of the BMARK, which has since been renamed VMRO, in Macedonia. In 1921 he was elected deputy mayor of his hometown Bansko. In 1926 Wapzarow became a member of the Central Committee of VMRO and received a monthly salary of 4,500 leva. In the split of the VMRO he supported the Bulgarian forces within the organization, which continued to fight for the annexation of Macedonia to Bulgaria. His son Nikola Wapzarow, who was under communist influence after 1934 , campaigned for an independent Macedonia and a Macedonian nation after a decision by the Communist International . With this he supported the left wing of the split VMRO.

In 1929 Jonko Wapzarow fled to New York to live with relatives, as he was threatened with murder by the left wing of the VMRO. Jonko returned to Bulgaria in 1930 but was kidnapped in 1933. Wapzarov was released after the May 19 coup and the subsequent ban on political organization by the government of Kimon Georgiev .

Jonko Wapzarow died in Sofia on January 29, 1939. His son Nikola Wapzarow was executed three years later .

Individual evidence

↑ Енциклопедия "Пирински край". Volume 1, Blagoewgrad, 1995, p. 132.
↑ Баждаров, Георги. "Моите спомени".
↑ "Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912–1913 г. Личен състав “, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 108, 894.
↑ Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893–1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, София, 2001, стр. 24.
↑ "Националноосвободителната борба в Македония, 1919–1941 г.", Колектив, ИК "Знание", София, 1998 г., стр.167
↑ “Архивите говорят”, кн. 5 “БКП, Коминтернът и македонският въпрос” (1917–1946). P. 1020.
↑ Балкански места на паметта. Терминът Македония и образът на Никола Вапцаров в българския и македонския времепространствен контин. Й Суйецка. Литературна мисъл, Issue no.2 / 2005, Publisher: Институт за литература.

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personal data
SURNAME	Wapzarow, Jonko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Prodanitschin, Ivan Nikolow; Prodanichin, Ivan Nikolov; Проданичин, Иван Николов (Bulgarian); Вапцаров, Йонко (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian freedom fighter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1861 or 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bansko
DATE OF DEATH	January 29, 1939
Place of death	Sofia

[1] Енциклопедия "Пирински край". Volume 1, Blagoewgrad, 1995, p. 132.

[2] Баждаров, Георги. "Моите спомени".

[3] "Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912–1913 г. Личен състав “, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 108, 894.

[4] Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893–1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, София, 2001, стр. 24.

[5] "Националноосвободителната борба в Македония, 1919–1941 г.", Колектив, ИК "Знание", София, 1998 г., стр.167

[6] “Архивите говорят”, кн. 5 “БКП, Коминтернът и македонският въпрос” (1917–1946). P. 1020.

[7] Балкански места на паметта. Терминът Македония и образът на Никола Вапцаров в българския и македонския времепространствен контин. Й Суйецка. Литературна мисъл, Issue no.2 / 2005, Publisher: Институт за литература.