Dimitar Blagoev Nikolov (Bulgarian: ??????? ??????? ???????; 14 June 1856 – 7 May 1924) was a Bulgarian political leader, the founder of Bulgarian socialism and of the first social democratic party in the Balkans Blagoev was also an important figure in the early history of Russian Marxism, and founded and led the Bulgarian Communist Party.
and was a prominent proponent of ideas for the establishment of a Balkan Federation.
He is usually regarded and self-identified as a Bulgarian, occasionally as a Macedonian Slav.