1. Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, anglicised as Todor Alexandrov, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary, Bulgarian army officer, politician and teacher.
16 Facts About Todor Aleksandrov
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Todor Aleksandrov initially favoured the annexation of Macedonia to Bulgaria, but later switched to the idea of an Independent Macedonia as a second Bulgarian state on the Balkans.
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Todor Aleksandrov was born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire, on 4 March 1881.
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Todor Aleksandrov was the second child and the only son of Aleksandar Poporushov and Maria Hadzhiyaneva.
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Todor Aleksandrov worked as a schoolteacher in Kocani, Stip, and Burgas.
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Todor Aleksandrov was arrested by the Ottoman authorities on 3 March 1903 and sent to Skopje under police escort.
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Todor Aleksandrov rose up to the rank of leader of the Skopje district in 1907.
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Todor Aleksandrov organised dynamite attacks against the Ottoman Empire in 1909.
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Todor Aleksandrov took part in the Balkan Wars as a military commander.
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Todor Aleksandrov's bands made attacks into Vardar Macedonia, controlled by Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
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Todor Aleksandrov was not satisfied with the new Bulgarian government led by Aleksandar Tsankov and turned to Soviet Union's support.
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Todor Aleksandrov had made an agreement with the communists against an uprising, but they had violated it in September 1923.
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Shortly after, Todor Aleksandrov was assassinated in unclear circumstances on 31 August 1924 in the Pirin Mountains.
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Todor Aleksandrov had a wife called Vangelia and two children, Aleksandar and Maria.
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Todor Aleksandrov had negative reception in the People's Republic of Bulgaria due to his participation in the suppression of the Bulgarian Communist Party in 1923, but he was partially rehabilitated in the 1980s.
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Todor Aleksandrov had been honoured by VMRO-DPMNE governments between 2006 and 2017.