Voivode Ivancho Karasuliyata

Ivan Hristov Ordzhanov, known as Ivancho Karasuliyata, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and voivode of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and the Supreme Macedonian Committee.

He was born on 21 May 1875 in the village of Karasule (Rugunovets), now part of the town of Polykastro, Greece. His father came from the Ordzhanov family in Petrovo, and his mother from the Deliatanasov family in Bozets. His uncle Atanas Ordzhanov was an active member of IMARO and the Internal Organisation for the Liberation of Macedonia and the Adrianople Region.

Ivancho Karasuliyata became a hajduk together with other revolutionaries. He participated in various IMARO activities, including terrorist operations and the killing of spies. In 1896 he was arrested by the Ottoman authorities and spent seven months in prison in Thessaloniki.

Ivancho Karasuliyata's detachment operated in the Gevgelija, Enidzhe Vardar and Doyran districts. He and his detachment distinguished themselves through courage and their struggle against Turkish tyranny. He actively participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903, fighting in the Gevgelija and Enidzhe Vardar districts.

In 1905 Ivancho Karasuliyata died with his entire detachment in a battle at the locality of Dzharlov Rid near the now-vanished village of Leskovo, called Tria Elata in Greek.

Ivancho Karasuliyata's nephew through his sister was Anton Yugov, a leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party and prime minister of Bulgaria.