Revolutionary Yurdan Stoyanov

Yurdan Stoyanov Trifonov, called Razlogov, was a Bulgarian soldier, captain and revolutionary, known as an activist of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee. He was born on 15 September 1869 in the village of Dolna Verenitsa in the Kutlovitsa district. He belonged to the family of the hajduk Tseko Petkov, and his father Stoyan participated in the revolutionary movement in the Vratsa district.

In 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War, Yurdan Stoyanov left high school and volunteered for the Bulgarian army. He took part in various battles, including at Breznik, where he was wounded and captured but managed to escape. In the following years he continued military service and actively participated in the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee's activities in 1896 – 1897.

In 1901 Yurdan Stoyanov left military service and became voivode of a detachment in the Gorna Dzhumaya district. He played an important part in the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising in September – October 1902, when his detachment of forty-eight men fought a major battle against Turkish regular troops.

In 1903 Yurdan Stoyanov joined the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. His detachment, called Gabrovo-Aprilov, played an important role in the fighting in the Serres district, at the Holy Trinity votive shrine in the Melnik district and elsewhere. In December 1903, however, he was wounded in Kyustendil by a terrorist of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO).

In 1905 Yurdan Stoyanov crossed the border into Macedonia with the detachments of Anastas Yankov, Davidko Milchev and Georgi Yanakiev. He took part in various battles, but on 7 April 1905 he fell victim to an ambush arranged by Yane Sandanski, in which seven men died, including Davidko Milchev.

In 1906 Yurdan Stoyanov withdrew from revolutionary activity because of internal disagreements in the revolutionary movement and returned to military service. That same year he married Rayna Kanazireva, a teacher and revolutionary from the Kanazirev family of Mehomia.