Maslina Grancharova was a member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and participated in the Macedonian Struggle, most notably in the Ilinden Uprising.
10 Facts About Maslina Grancharova
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Maslina Grancharova sewed the flag that represented the liberation of Dumbeni, Kastoria from the Ottomans and was the flag-bearer for her unit during the Ilinden Uprising.
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Maslina Grancharova graduated from a Bulgarian high school for girls in Thessaloniki and began teaching in Didymoteicho.
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Maslina Grancharova was arrested by Turkish authorities and imprisoned in Korce along with fellow revolutionaries Manol Rizov, Lazar Poptrajkov, and Pavel Christov.
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On 2 August 1903, at the start of the uprising, Maslina Grancharova rode on horseback, carrying the flag next to her commander, Manol Rizov.
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Maslina Grancharova was compared to Rayna Knyaginya, who had carried the flag alongside Georgi Benkovski during the April Uprising of 1876, and Grancharova was thereafter nicknamed the "Rayna Knyaginya of Kastoria".
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In 1924, Maslina Grancharova arranged for Kitcha to be married to Sotir Tancheff, a native of Zagorichani who had obtained United States citizenship during World War I by joining the United States 3rd Infantry Division.
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Maslina Grancharova remained in Krivodol until she died in 1958.
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Maslina Grancharova was buried as a heroine, and in 1997, her gravestone was adorned with a commemorative plaque with a photograph depicting her in full guerrilla attire.
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Maslina Grancharova's actions were celebrated in Krivodol again in 2010.