Anastasia Uzunova
Anastasia Uzunova | |
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| Анастасия Узунова | |
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| Born | c. 1862 Struga, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1948 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Burial place | Central Sofia Cemetery, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Occupation | Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary |
| Spouse | Dimitar Uzunov |
| Children | 3, Hristo Uzunov, Andon Uzunov and Angel Uzunov |
Anastasia Uzunova (Bulgarian: Анастасия Узунова, née Chakarov, 1862–1948) was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary in the Bulgarian national movement.
Family
[edit]Uzunova was born in 1862 in Macedonian Bulgarian city of Struga in the Ottoman Empire (today part of the Republic of North Macedonia). Her father was Georgi Chakarov [bg] of the old Struga revival family of Chakarov.[1] Her siblings included Alexandar Chakarov [bg], Stanislav Chakarov [bg] and Slavka Pushkarova (née Chakarov) [bg], and she was the first cousin of the revolutionaries Hristo Matov and Milan Matov [bg].[1]
Uzunova married Dimitar Uzunov [bg], Bulgarian teacher and fighter for an independent church, and they were both involved in the Bulgarian national movement.[2] Their three children, Hristo Uzunov, Andon Uzunov [bg] and Angel Uzunov [bg], became activists with the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO, Bulgarian: Вътрешна македонска революционна организация (ВМРО).[1]
From 1906, she lived with her son Angel in Kyustendil, Bulgaria.[3]
Revolutionary activity
[edit]Uzunova was the first female member of the IMRO. She later organised women in the IMRO in the Ohrid region,[4] forming women's societies that supported the work of male revolutionaries and armed their detachments.[1]
Death
[edit]Uzunova died in 1948 in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] and was buried in the Central Sofia Cemetery.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Анастасија Узунова или мајката на револуционерите". Нова Македонија (in Macedonian). 22 April 2025. Archived from the original on 23 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Симеон Радев - Ранни спомени". Slovo.bg (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Memorial House of Hristo Uzunov". NI Institute for protection of monuments of culture and museum - Ohrid. 11 January 2023. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ^ Daskalova, Krassimira (1999). "Bulgarian Women in Movements, Laws, Discourses (1840s- 1940s)". Bulgarian Historical Review / Revue Bulgare d'Histoire (1–2): 180–196. ISSN 0204-8906.