Revolutionary Eftim Filipovich

Eftim Traychev Filipovich was a Bulgarian revolutionary born in August 1842 in Resen, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He was educated in his home town and worked in trade. From 1865 he took an active part in the Bulgarian struggle for ecclesiastical independence. During this period he travelled to Constantinople and distributed Bulgarian books and textbooks in Macedonia, including those by Dimitar Makedonski.

In 1869 he settled in Varna, where he established links with the Russian consul Nikolay Daskalov and practised medicine. After living in Varna for about eight years, Filipovich joined the Internal Revolutionary Organisation (IRO).

In 1876 he fought in the Serbian-Turkish War as an associate of the voivode Tseko Petkov. Subsequently, in the same year, he also took part in the April Uprising as a member of Father Hariton Halachev's detachment. After the uprising's defeat, Filipovich escaped following the battle at Dryanovo Monastery, but was betrayed and arrested in Elena. He was later sentenced to exile and taken to various prisons.

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, Filipovich served in the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps and fought at Shipka. In 1879 he then took part in the insurgent movement in western Macedonia. In 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War, he volunteered for the Bulgarian army and served as a doctor.

After various appointments in different towns, including Dupnitsa and Resen, Filipovich settled in Kyustendil. During the Balkan Wars in 1912, he volunteered for the Macedonian-Adrianople Volunteer Corps and served as a doctor in the medical unit of the Kyustendil Battalion.

Filipovich died in Sofia in 1917. He may have been awarded the Silver Cross of St Alexander for his efforts.