Yordan Piperkata
Yordan Piperkata (Bulgarian: Йордан Пиперката, Macedonian: Јордан Пиперката; 1870–1903) originally born as Yordan Piperkov (Bulgarian: Йордан Пиперков; Macedonian: Јордан Пиперков), was a revolutionary from Ottoman Macedonia in the early 20th century, member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and later a member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (first name disputed).[1]
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 Portrait of Yordan Piperkata | |
| Born | August 23, 1870 |
| Died | August 22, 1903 (aged 32) |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Organization | Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization |
Life
He was born in Kozica, Ottoman Empire (today in Kičevo Municipality, North Macedonia) to a poor family. He could not graduate at the Bulgarian secondary school in Bitola, because his family moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, where he met insurgents from the Kresna-Razlog Uprising and other voivodes. This sparked in him an interest for the Macedonian liberation movement. Later Piperkata was active in the Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action in 1895 in Ottoman Macedonia. He joined the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) in 1897. The assassination of a Turkish bey, in which he also participated, forced him to leave Ottoman Macedonia and return to Bulgaria. With the detachment of Mirche Atsev he returned to Macedonia in June 1900, after which he formed his own detachment in the Krushevo region. Afterwards he several times entered Macedonia from Bulgaria with different chetas. During the Ilinden uprising, he attacked the Albanian village of Pribilci with 900 insurgents, then fought near Kicevo. After the burning of the village of Cer by the Ottomans, Piperkata and three other rebels went to investigate the damages in the burned village, where Piperkata was killed by Turks, who had organized an ambush there. After the death of Yordan, his assistant, the Bulgarian Army officer Dimitar Dechev, took his place. Dechev took avenge on the Turks for Yordan's murder.[2]
References
- Принос към историята на Вътрешната Македоно-Одринска Революционна Организация (градивен период) за времето 1900-1903 год. Н. П. Русински, 1. Страници от моя дневник за 1901 година.
- Стоянка Георгиева, "Борис Сарафов: Със смъртта на Дечев губя дясната си ръка!" Как славният сливенски войвода се бори и изгоря в пламъците на Илинденското въстание, в-к "Дума", 12 Юли 2019, брой: 132.
