Damyan Yovanov Gruev was а Macedonian Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in the Ottoman regions of Macedonia and Thrace. He was one of the six founders of the Organization.
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Young Dame Gruev
Gruev and his students from a Bulgarian school in Štip in 1894.![Photo of the Yenice-i Vardar IMRO committee between 1898 and 1901, published by the magazine Ilustration Ilinden in June 1934, standing from left to right: Pere Toshev (more probably Dame Gruev), Stanko Popstankov, Dime Tortopov, unknown, after him Nikola Hadzhiivanov and Hristo Litovoycheto.
Second row, sitting: Teofile, Andon Popstavrev, Tomo Tushiyanov, Harish Bozhkov, Georgi Harizanov, Mite Popstavrev, Lyubishanov.
Third row, sitting: Mite Chobanov, Mile Kayafov, Georgi Pophristov, Hadzhi Dionis (Hadzhi Dala) and Hristo Todev.[17]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Pazareni-imaro-members.png/500px-Pazareni-imaro-members.png)
Photo of the Yenice-i Vardar IMRO committee between 1898 and 1901, published by the magazine Ilustration Ilinden in June 1934, standing from left to right: Pere Toshev (more probably Dame Gruev), Stanko Popstankov, Dime Tortopov, unknown, after him Nikola Hadzhiivanov and Hristo Litovoycheto.
Second row, sitting: Teofile, Andon Popstavrev, Tomo Tushiyanov, Harish Bozhkov, Georgi Harizanov, Mite Popstavrev, Lyubishanov.
Third row, sitting: Mite Chobanov, Mile Kayafov, Georgi Pophristov, Hadzhi Dionis (Hadzhi Dala) and Hristo Todev.[17]
Monument of Dame Gruev in Skopje, North Macedonia)
Dame Gruev together with other rebel leaders![Letter from the General Staff of the Monastir (Bitola) Revolutionary Region to the Bulgarian government, requesting military intervention for the salvation of the local Bulgarians.[24][7][10]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Letter_No._534_from_the_General_Staff_of_the_Second_Macedonian-Adrianople_Revolutionary_Region.jpg/500px-Letter_No._534_from_the_General_Staff_of_the_Second_Macedonian-Adrianople_Revolutionary_Region.jpg)
Letter from the General Staff of the Monastir (Bitola) Revolutionary Region to the Bulgarian government, requesting military intervention for the salvation of the local Bulgarians.[24][7][10]
Dame Gruev's dead body.About this person
Damyan Yovanov Gruev was а Macedonian Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary and leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in the Ottoman regions of Macedonia and Thrace. He was one of the six founders of the Organization. Gruev is seen as a national hero in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, but his ethnicity is disputed between both countries.
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Lived 1871 to 1906 · aged 35
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