Revolutionary Andon Tanasov

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Revolutionary Andon Tanasov

Andon Tanasov

Active from: 1876
Active until: No information
Period: Ottoman rule

Andon or Anton Stoyanov Tanasov (Tanaskov), also called Prizrenliyata, was a revolutionary from Prizren who served in Hristo Botev's detachment.

He was born around 1856 in Prizren, then part of the Ottoman Empire. According to Nikola Traykov, he can be regarded as a Macedonian Bulgarian originating from this town, which had many Bulgarians and a Bulgarian school.

According to the memoirs of Botev's detachment member Nikola Kyuchukov, Anton Stoyanov fought at Vola, where a position at the white rock was occupied under Anton Prizrenliyata's command with around ten young men. Anton Prizrenliyata then moved and took a position opposite the old ones, encountering resistance from the enemy, who was moving towards the white rock.

After the detachment disbanded, Anton was captured and imprisoned in Orhanie, where he was sentenced but later amnestied.