Dimitar Pop Georgiev - Berovski

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Dimitar Pop-Georgiev Berovski (born - 1840 in Berovo, Ottoman Empire; died - 1907 in Kyustendil, Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian[1][2] revolutionary from Macedonia. He studied in Odessa where he met Georgi Sava Rakovski and fall under his influence. Later Berovski participated in Bulgarian legion in Belgrade. Then he worked as a Bulgarian teacher in Macedonia. For his anti - Greek Orthodox Church policy Berovski was jailed. Later he emigrated in Istambul and became one of the members of Bulgarian Exarchate.[3] In 1876 Berovski was one of the leaders of Razlovtsi Upspring. Also he participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and was leader of Kresna-Razlog Uprising uprising.

Berovski as Bulgarian officer
Berovski as Bulgarian officer

Later he was authorized to telegraph to Constituent Bulgarian Parliament versus the signing of the Treaty of Berlin and in maintenance of Unification of Bulgaria and to represent Bulgarians from Macedonia on its sessions.[4] After that he еmigrated in Bulgaria and worked as Bulgarian police officer and district governor[5] in Kyustendil, Tsaribrod and Radomir. Berovski took part in the Bulgarian unification and in the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885. Later he supported IMARO. According to a letter he wrote to Slaveykov, in early period of his life Berovski might have been opposed to the Bulgarian Exarchate.[6] Some of his personal belongings are kept in the monastery “St Archangel Michael” which serves as the city museum of Berovo[7].

As most of the events and developments in late 19th century Macedonia, the national and ethnic affiliations of Berovski are a contentious issue. He is regarded as an ethnic Macedonian by Μacedonian historians. Their latter argue is that the use of the word "Bulgarian" in the 19th century Macedonia does not refer to ethnicity, and that it was synonymous with "christian" or "peasant". Bulgarian historians argue that the term "Macedonian" was never meant to have an "ethnic Macedonian" nature and note that no distinction between a "Macedonian", "Bulgarian" and "Slav" existed at that time pointing to the correspondence of Berovski and the insurgents of the Kresna upspring with the Bulgarian committees "Edinstvo" - (Unity).[8][9][10][11][12]

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  1. ^ Писмо на Димитър Беровски от Кюстендил — внук на Димитър Попгеоргиев Беровски, изпратено до редакцията на в. „Поглед”, с молба да бъде публикувано, да сподели с читателите на вестника неговите огорчения от определен кръг скопски автори, присвоили си правото да бъдат национални прекръстители на неговото семейство [1]
  2. ^ Гоцев, Славе. Национално-революционни борби в Малешево и Пиянец 1860–1912, София 1988, с. 26
  3. ^ ТРИДЕСЕТ ГОДИНИ НАЗАД - Исторически записки по първото македонско въстание през 1876 г. Коте Попстоянов (Съставител Бойко Киряков, Издателство на Отечествения Фронт, София, 1988)[2]
  4. ^ Credentials for the participation of Bulgarians from Macedonia in the Constituent Assembly of the Principality [3]
  5. ^ Регионален исторически музей - Кюстендил [4]
  6. ^ Letter from P. R. Slavejkov - February 1874
  7. ^ Living Heritage (2007-09-11). Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
  8. ^ A letter from the citizens of Gorna Djoumaya to Dossitei, Metropolitan of Samokov, announcing the setting up of Edinstvo charitable committee. [5]
  9. ^ А letter from Adam Kalmikov and Dimiter P. Georgiev to the Edinstvo committee in Gorna Djoumaya, in which they inform them of the tasks of the newly-formed in­surgents' police in the liberated villages and of the spreading of the uprising - October 17th, 1878 [6]
  10. ^ A letter of Dimiter P. Georgiev to the Edinstvo committee in the town of Gorna Djoumaya, reporting the insurgents' first clash with the Turkish guard at the Kresna Inns - October 5th, 1878 [7]
  11. ^ A call by the Bulgarian Provisional Government issued in Mount Pirin to the Bulgarians and Slavs to support the uprising [8]
  12. ^ A petition by Bulgarian refugees from Macedonia following the Kresna-Razlog Uprising, to W. G. Palgrave, UK Consul General in Sofia, with a plea to be liberated from Turkish domination[9]