Revolutionary Simeon Denkov

Simeon Ivanov Denkov was a Bulgarian revolutionary born in Sofia on 2 December 1886, with family origins in Golesh village in the Tsaribrod region. His father, Ivan Denkov, had served as a volunteer in various wars and authored books about the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps. Simeon completed the First Sofia Secondary School and tried to join the struggle in Macedonia in 1903, but was stopped by the police. He then joined Pancho Konstantinov's detachment and subsequently that of Atanas Babata, fighting in Macedonia. In 1905, he became deputy voivode of Petar Radev–Pashata's Kičevo detachment. He was later elected district voivode for Kičevo, but withdrew in 1906 because of illness. Before returning to Bulgaria, he joined Dacho Yotov's detachment and fought in the villages of Smilovtsi, Nikodin, Dolani and others. InFebruary 1907, after the Veles detachment returned to Bulgaria, Denkov stayed behind to help his wounded friend Kolyo Orizarcheto. On 15 February, he, his cousin Aleksandar Stankov and Kolyo Orizarcheto were discovered by Turkish soldiers on Kitka Peak in the Nikodin Mountains. Kolyo and Simeon died in the battle, while Aleksandar escaped. Local villagers buried the dead in Nikodin.