Hristo Atanasov

Hristo Atanasov
Born	1877 Dikanya,[1] today Bulgaria
Died	March 11, 1908 Bitola, today Republic of Macedonia
Organization	IMARO

Hristo Atanasov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a worker of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).

Biography

Hristo Atanasov was born in the village of Dikanya, Radomir region, in 1877. After he finished elementary school, he worked in Sofia, where he became a member of the revolutionary organization IMARO. In 1904, he went to the region of Veles as a member of the revolutionary band of Ivan Naumov Alyabaka. He was a freedom fighter until the end of 1904, and later at the beginning of 1907, he became a leader for the Bitola revolutionary region. He was active in the agricultural villages of Pelagonia. In December 1907 he was captured, sentenced to death and hanged in March 1908 in Bitola.^[2]

References

1. It is not certain if it is Gorna Dikanya или Dolna Dikanya.
2. Биография на сайта на ВМРО.