Apostol Petkov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Apostol Petkov

Bulgarian revolutionary

Date of Birth: 06-May-1869

Place of Birth: Axioupoli, Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Date of Death: 02-Aug-1911

Profession: revolutionary

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Apostol Petkov (Bulgarian: ??????? ??????) (May 6, 1869, Boymitsa, Ottoman Empire, today Greece – August 2, 1911, Giannitsa, Ottoman Empire, today Greece) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the national liberation movement in Ottoman Macedonia.
He was the first cousin of Gono Yotov, a Slavophone who after initially siding with IMRO, became a fighter for Greek interests.Petkov was often referred to by his admirers as the Sun of Yenice-i Vardar.
He is considered ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of North Macedonia.
He was a leading komitaji in the armed units of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and took part in the battles against the Ottoman authorities as well before the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising as after it.Later, Petkov was one of the organizers of the Bulgarian People's Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, that initiated a military struggle against the Greek interests in Macedonia - still under Ottoman rule, but with both sides trying to fortify their positions in the area in anticipation of the impending end of the Ottoman rule.
Petkov was killed, under unclear circumstances, in battle against Turkish gendarmes on August 2, 1911.