- Tane Nikolov
Infobox Person
name = Tane Nikolov
caption = Tane Nikolov
birth_date = birth date|1873|3|9|mf=y
birth_place =Haskovo ,Ottoman Empire (present-day flagicon|BulgariaBulgaria )
dead=dead
death_date = death date and age|1947|1|19|1873|3|9|mf=y
death_place =Asenovgrad ,Kingdom of Bulgaria )Tane Nikolov (
March 9 ,1873 ,Haskovo , todayBulgaria -January 19 ,1947 ,Asenovgrad )was a Bulgarian revolutionary and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia,Thrace andPomoravlje . He was among the leading members of theSecret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization ,Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organisation and the leader of theInternal Thracian Revolutionary Organisation . Nikolov was also participant in the wars for National unification of Bulgaria.Early life
Tane Nikolov was born in
Haskovo in the family of Nikola Zhekov and Rada Stoeva who both come from the village ofGorski izvor nearDimitrovgrad . His nephew was to become yet another famous Bulgarian revolutionary -Nikola Koev (Mamin Kolyo). Tane finished first grade in Haskovo in the already liberated Bulgaria. He was still young when he lost first his wife and soon after his daughter to an illness. In the end of June 1902 he quit the army and joined the revolutionary movement in Eastern Thrace. There he metBoris Sarafov and the two of them became life-long friends.In Thrace
From 1903 Tane Nikolov lead his own division with which he took part in the
Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising . Afterwards, in July 1904, he headed the bombing of a Turkish train and the unsuccessful assault of a train station. His division entered constant battles with the authorities during one of which in December 1904, Tane was wounded. Despite that just weeks later they entered another battle.
=In Macedonia=In 1906 Tane moved from Thrace to
Florina in the region of Macedonia (what is now Greek Macedonia). A year later he became voivode of the regions ofPrilep andVeles . During the whole year he battled Turkishand Serbian forces. In July 1907 Tane headed the united divisions of the organization in what turned to be the biggest battle against the authorities after the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising. Fifty-four revolutionaries lost their life in the battle of "Nozhot" (the Knife) which was later sung in songs by the people and celebrated even during the Serbian regime.In 1907 after
Boris Sarafov andIvan Garvanov were killed by the inner opposition in IMRO, Tana Nikolov found new friends in the faces ofHristo Мatov ,Vasil Chekalarov andNikola Kostov . In March 1908 he attended the IMARO congress near the town ofKjustendil as a delegate from the region ofBitola . As a consequent he is appointed inspector of all revolutionary divisions in Western Macedonia.References
*cite conference
first =Daniela
last =Burulyanova
title = Tanyu Nikolov - the king of the Rhodopes
booktitle = International conference 90 years Balkan war
pages = 458-470
year =2002
location =Kardjali, Bulgaria
*cite book
last =Andrey
first =Pechilkov
title =Tanyu Voivoda
year =1993
location =Smolyan, Bulgaria
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