| Hristo Uzunov Христо Узунов |
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Portrait of Hristo Uzunov |
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| Born | February 22, 1878 Ohrid, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia) |
| Died | April 24, 1905 (aged 27) Tser, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia) |
| Other names | Dule Uzunov |
| Organization | Voevoda of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees, (later SMORO, IMORO, IMRO) |
| Religion | Bulgarian Orthodox |
Hristo Dimitrov Uzunov (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Христо Узунов) (22 February 1878, Ohrid – 24 April 1905, Tser, near Kichevo) was a Bulgarian revolutionary,[1] head of the Ohrid branch of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and its ideological leader in the Ohrid region.[2][3] Uzunov is considered as ethnic Macedonian in Republic of Macedonia.
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Hristo Uzunov was born in 1878 in Ohrid, then in Ottoman Empire. Both his father and mother were active in the Bulgarian revolutionary movement. It is believed that Uzunov became member of the revolutionary movement in 1896, while he studied in Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki. He actively took part in the Ilinden Uprising in 1903. Between 1904 and 1905 he focused at resisting the Serbian guerrilla campaigns in Macedonia[4] and tried to resolve of the organization's internal problems.[5]
In 1905 Uzunov with his band (cheta) entered Bitola and after that Kichevo in order to gain control of that region.[6] On 23 April 1905, they entered the village of Tser in the region of Kichevo, together with the cheta of Kichevo voivode Vancho Sarbakov. The night of April the 24th they were surrounded by a great number of Ottoman forces and after using up their ammunition, facing surrender, they decided to commit suicide.[7] Uzunov then wrote a short letter addressed to all "honourable revoulutionaries" and after that he and his men killed themselves. His grave is located in Tser, where he died.