Gyorche Petrov

Gyorche Petrov Nikolov, born Georgi Petrov Nikolov, was a Macedonian Bulgarian teacher, revolutionary, and one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). In his youth, Petrov was involved in the Unification of Bulgaria and the subsequent Serbo-Bulgarian War. After the foundation of IMRO, he was its representative in Sofia, the capital of the Principality of Bulgaria. As such, he was also a member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC), participating in the work of its governing body. During the Balkan Wars, Petrov was a Bulgarian army volunteer, and during the First World War, he was involved in the activity of the Bulgarian occupation authorities in Serbia and Greece. Subsequently, he participated in Bulgarian politics, but was killed by the rivaling IMRO right-wing faction.