Dzole Stoychev Gergev | |
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Born | 1867 |
Died | 1909 (aged 41–42) |
Dzole Stoychev Gergev ( Bulgarian: Дзоле Стойчев Гергев and Macedonian: Ѕоле Стојчев Гергев) (1867 – 1909) also known as Atesh Pasha, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary and freedom fighter, member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) [1] [2]
He was born in Banitsa, then in the Ottoman Empire. After entering IMRO, his first job was that of a courier and terrorists. He became chetnik with Tane Stoychev from Gornichevo, and in 1903 became the leader of his own regiment in Lerin ( Florina). In the summer of 1903 he participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising.
After the rebellion he became a district leader. After the Young Turk Revolution he joined the local police.
He was killed in Florina in 1909 by the Turks, after a Greek provocation. [3]