Revolutionary Dimitar Ikonomov

Dimitar Hristov Ikonomov was a Bulgarian revolutionary and participant in Botev's detachment, born in 1839 in Troyan. He came from the family of a wealthy livestock trader and was the son of the priest Hristo Ikonomov. Dimitar attended schools in Troyan and Lovech, then went to Constantinople, where his father was a priest at the Bulgarian church.

Between 1863 and 1867 he worked as a teacher in Oryahovo, where he opposed the Greek bishop and participated in establishing a secret revolutionary committee. After an unsuccessful conspiracy to transport arms into Bulgaria, he was captured but managed to escape and left for Romania. On returning to Bulgaria in 1874, he became an active member of the BRCC and was sent as a delegate to its historic assembly in August 1875.

In May 1876, Dimitar Ikonomov joined Botev's detachment, preparing for the voyage on the steamer "Radetzky". After Hristo Botev's death, he remained active in the resistance and handed authority to the detachment's subsequent leaders. He was arrested by the Turkish authorities and sentenced to death by hanging. His sentence was later commuted to lifelong imprisonment in chains. He was exiled to the island of Rhodes for his imprisonment. After the Treaty of San Stefano was signed in March 1878, Dimitar Ikonomov was released.

After the Liberation in 1878, Dimitar Ikonomov actively participated in public life. He held various administrative posts in towns including Dryanovo, Kurtbunar, now Tervel, and Troyan. In 1884 he settled in Varna, where he became a deputy in the Fourth Ordinary National Assembly. He died in Varna on 29 March 1896 and was buried there.

Dimitar Hristov Ikonomov is described as a man of lofty ideals, philosophically inclined and devoted to the idea of Bulgaria's liberation.