Revolutionary Iliya Vidinov

Iliya Vidinov, known as Dyado Ilyo, Ilyo Nevolski or Lerinski, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and active member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO).

He was born in the village of Gorno Nevolyani in the Lerin district, now located in Skopia, Greece. He joined IMARO and participated in the revolutionary struggle to liberate Macedonia and the Adrianople region.

During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, Vidinov served as voivode of a detachment in the Nered centre. After the uprising ended, he continued his activities as a fighter under the voivode Stoyan Donski.

Iliya Vidinov's life ended on 9 July 1904, when he died with the voivode Donski in a battle in the village of Gorno Gyugyantsi in the Kratovo district. Their lives and deaths are inscribed in the history of the Macedonian people's struggle for freedom and became a symbol of revolutionary resolve and self-sacrifice.