Revolutionary Ivan Karamandzhukov

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Revolutionary Ivan Karamandzhukov

Ivan Karamandzhukov

Period: Ottoman rule

Ivan Dimitrov Karamandzhukov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a member of Petko Voivode's detachment and an activist of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee and the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation in the Pashmakli region.

He was born in Chokmanovo village, then part of the Ahachelebi district of the Ottoman Empire. Karamandzhukov joined Captain Petko Voivode's detachment and was a determined opponent of Salih Pasha Sivriya. He actively participated in the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee's work and joined the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation's committee in Chokmanovo.

In 1901, during the Pashmakli Affair, Karamandzhukov was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, but was amnestied at the end of March 1904.

Ivan and Stoyka Karamandzhukov were the parents of the teachers and revolutionaries Hristo Karamandzhukov (1876–1952) and Atanas Karamandzhukov (1888–1952).