Manush Georgiev

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Manush Georgiev
Born 1880
Novo Selo, in today's Republic of Macedonia
Died February 7, 1908
Dolna Ribnica, Bulgaria

Manush Georgiev, better known as Manush Voivoda (Bulgarian: Мануш Войвода) is a Bulgarian revolutionary and a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. He is considered ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgarian in Bulgaria; he's considered Bulgarian in the Ottoman Empire as the notion of ethnic Macedonians came into existence in the mid 20th century. He features in a number of Bulgarian folklore songs and tales.