Revolutionary Dimitar Dzhuzdanov

Revolutionary Dimitar Dzhuzdanov
Dimitar Dzhuzdanov
Dimitar (Mito) Delev Dzhuzdanov (1887 – 1 May 1929) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and Gevgelija voivode, known as a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO).
Dzhuzdanov was born in Sehovo, a village in the Gevgelija district of the Ottoman Empire, now in Idomeni, Greece. A shepherd by profession, he joined IMARO in 1902, carrying out courier duties. He served as a volunteer in the Combined Partisan Company during the Second Balkan War.
After the First World War, Dzhuzdanov actively participated in restoring the revolutionary organisation. In 1923 he became voivode of an IMRO detachment in his native Gevgelija district. In 1924 he served in Lazar Divlyanski's detachment in the Skopje district and died in a battle in which the voivode was killed.
In 1928 Dzhuzdanov participated in the murder of General Aleksandar Protogerov and his bodyguard, carried out together with Nancho Vitlarov (Vitlarev) and Dimitar Stefanov. Finally, on 1 May 1929, Dimitar Dzhuzdanov himself was murdered by Aleksandar Turcheto or, according to different sources, on 30 April by Toma Traykov and Antsi Naumov. There are different versions of the murder, but it is believed to have resulted from internal disagreements in revolutionary circles.




