Revolutionary Georgi Yanakiev

Georgi Yanakiev, known as Georgi Pelteka, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and Gorna Dzhumaya voivode of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. He was born in 1857 in Padesh, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

He actively participated in numerous revolutionary events and uprisings. In 1902 he took part in the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising as a voivode, and in 1903 he joined the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. In 1905 he became regional voivode in the Gorna Dzhumaya district.

During the First Balkan War, Georgi Yanakiev volunteered for the Macedonian-Adrianople Volunteer Corps. He served in Doncho Zlatkov's detachment and later in the non-combatant company of the 13th Kukush Battalion. His participation in these events reflected his commitment to the struggle for the liberation and autonomy of the Macedonian and Adrianople Bulgarians under Ottoman rule.