Revolutionary Stefan Dimitrov

Stefan Dimitrov was born in 1876 in Zeleniche village in the Florina region, now in Greece. He received his elementary education in his hometown and then completed secondary school in Plovdiv, where he became close to Stefan Nikolov Kalfata. He went on to study mathematics at Sofia University but interrupted his education in 1900 and became a teacher at the three-grade school in Kilkis. He subsequently joined the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO).

In May 1901, during the Thessaloniki Affair, the Turkish authorities arrested Dimitrov with twelve other revolutionaries. He was sentenced to seven years in Bodrum Kale prison but was amnestied in 1903 after the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising. On regaining his freedom, he joined Apostol Petkov's detachment in the Yenidje Vardar region.

In spring 1904, IMARO sent Dimitrov to serve as voivode in the Veles region following Nikola Dechev's death. He became a delegate to the Prilep Congress, organised to restore the revolutionary districts after the uprising. That year, Dimitrov captured and executed the pro-Serbian detachment leader Natse Yankovich.

In January 1905, he attended IMARO's Skopje Congress, meeting other prominent voivodes including Efrem Chuchkov and Krastyo Balgariyata. In February that year, he fought Grigor Sokolov–Lyame, and in April he defeated Trenko Ruyanov's Serbian detachment.

Stefan Dimitrov died near Gostirazhni village on 5 May 1905 after a surprise attack by Grigor Sokolov's detachment. He is remembered as a Veles voivode who actively participated in the struggle for freedom in Macedonia and the Edirne region.