Revolutionary Mile Popyordanov

Milan (Mile) Georgiev (Gyoshev) Popyordanov (1879–1902) was a Bulgarian revolutionary born in Veles in the Ottoman Empire. He was the elder brother of Yordan Popyordanov, known as Ortse, leader of the Thessaloniki bombers. Milan was the firstborn son of the merchant Georgi and Sultana Popyordanov.

His education included school in his native town, the Bulgarian Secondary School in Bitola and the Theological Seminary in Constantinople. There, together with other future revolutionaries, he founded a revolutionary group and a nationalist library. Later he studied in village schools in various towns.

Milan Popyordanov joined the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and became an active member of the detachment operating in the Radoviš region. In 1900, after Alekso Poroyliyata's death, Gotse Delchev chose him as the detachment's new voivode.

In 1902, after returning to Veles, Milan learnt that he had been betrayed and decided to leave the town. While crossing the Vardar, he was ambushed and died after an exchange of gunfire at the age of 23.

The song "Mile Popyordanov Lies Ill" is dedicated to him and is now the official anthem of Veles.