Revolutionary Boris Sugarev

Boris Iliev Sugarev, a Bulgarian officer and revolutionary, was born in 1878 in Prilep, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He graduated from the secondary school in his native town and the Bulgarian Boys' Secondary School in Thessaloniki.

In August 1896 he entered the Military School in Sofia, and in 1900 he became an infantry second lieutenant in the 5th Danube Infantry Regiment in the permanent Silistra garrison.

He actively participated in revolutionary events, including the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising of 1902. In the spring of 1903 he set out for Macedonia with Sofroniy Stoyanov's detachment and later became a squad commander in Alexander Protogerov's detachment.

During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising he was active in the Serres Revolutionary District. On 28 April 1903 he died in battle with the Turkish army near the Sultan Tepe heights by the village of Gabrovo in the Gorna Dzhumaya region.

Boris Sugarev is remembered as a committed participant in the struggle to liberate the Macedonian Bulgarians in the early twentieth century. His sacrifice and commitment are commemorated in postcards dedicated to him and other revolutionaries.