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Trajko Boškoski
Трајко Бошкоски
Born12 July 1918
Golem Radobil, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (present day North Macedonia)
Died4 January 1942 (1942-01-05) (aged 23)
Slivnik, Veles, Kingdom of Bulgaria (present day North Macedonia)

Trajko Boškoski (Macedonian: Трајко Бошкоски) (1918–1942), known by the nickname Tarcan, was a Macedonian communist, partisan fighter, and national hero.[1] He was among the earliest leaders of the anti-fascist uprising in Macedonia during World War II and held various positions within the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the partisan resistance movement.

Biography

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Early life

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Trajko Boškoski was born on 12 June 1918 in the village of Golem Radobil near Prilep, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (modern-day North Macedonia).[2] Orphaned at a young age, he was adopted by the Boškoski family from Prilep. He completed his first year of gymnasium in Prilep, after which he began working as a carpenter in 1932. [3]

In 1935, Boškoski joined the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia and became active in the workers’ cultural association Abrašević, where he led the recitation section.[4]On 1 May 1936, he raised a red flag on Markovi Kuli in honor of International Workers’ Day. [5]In the summer of 1937, he moved to Belgrade, where he became involved in the workers’ movement and officially joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia on 26 November 1938. [6] He returned to Prilep in 1940 and became the SKOJ secretary of the local KPJ committee. [7] During the Ilinden demonstrations in August 1940, Boškoski delivered speeches in Skopje, Prilep, and Ohrid. He was arrested and later sentenced to six months in prison, which he served until spring 1941. [8]

World War II

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Following the Axis invasion and occupation of Macedonia in April 1941, Boškoski emerged as a key leader in the early resistance.[9] He was one of the organizers of the attack on the police station in Prilep on 11 October 1941,[10]considered the beginning of the Macedonian uprising[11][12] On 12 September 1941, Boškoski and six other communists formed the first partisan detachment in the Selečka Mountain area, hewas appointed political commissar of this unit.[13] Shortly afterward, he became commissar of the First Prilep Partisan Detachment “Goce Delchev.”[14] On 8 October 1941, Boškoski fought his way out of an encircled house in Prilep, killing a Bulgarian policeman in the process.[15] Later, he was sent to work in Skopje and the Tetovo–Debar region to help establish and organise new partisan detachments. In December 1941, he became a member and instructor of the KPJ Provincial Committee for Macedonia. Throughout his resistance activities, Boškoski was sentenced to death five times by Bulgarian military courts in absentia.[16]

Death

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In late December 1942, Boškoski was gravely wounded during a Bulgarian military operation. He was taken to a hut near the village of Slivnik, close to Veles. On 6 January 1943, the hut was surrounded by Bulgarian forces. After resisting until he ran out of ammunition, Boškoski took his own life with his last bullet to avoid capture.[17] He died at the age of 24, remembered as a martyr of the National Liberation Struggle.[18]

Legacy

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Bust of Trajko Boškoski - Tarcan

Trajko Boškoski is commemorated as one of the key figures of the Macedonian anti-fascist movement. His actions and ultimate sacrifice made him a symbol of resistance, and he is honored in various historical records and memorials in North Macedonia.[19]

References

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  1. ^ „Македонска енциклопедија“, МАНУ, Скопје, 2009, 201 стр.
  2. ^ Makedonija (in Macedonian). Maticata. 1993.
  3. ^ Гласник на Институтот за национална историја (in Macedonian). Institut. 1998.
  4. ^ „Македонска енциклопедија“, МАНУ, Скопје, 2009, 6 стр.
  5. ^ Георгиевски, цит. дело, 47-50 стр.
  6. ^ "Кој е Тарцан? – Партизанот што бугарските фашисти пет пати го осудиле на смрт" (in MKD). 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2025-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. ^ "Јоска Јорданоски – Сандански" (in MKD). 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2025-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ^ "Кој е Тарцан? – Партизанот што бугарските фашисти пет пати го осудиле на смрт" (in MKD). 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2025-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  9. ^ Прилеп и Прилепско во НОВ 1941 година (in Macedonian). Култура. 1976.
  10. ^ Мичев, Добрин. Партизанското движение във Вардарска Македония, 1941-1944
  11. ^ Беа, загинаа, останаа. Скопје: Историски Архив. 1969. стр. 38.
  12. ^ Makedonska hronika (in Macedonian). Kultura. 1979.
  13. ^ Покраински и Главен штаб на Македонија 1941-1943 (in Macedonian). Менора. 2001. ISBN 978-9989-932-00-7.
  14. ^ "Трајко Бошковски - Тарцан".
  15. ^ Георгиевски, цит. дело, 185-189 и 223 стр.
  16. ^ "Трајко Тарцан, легендарниот првоборец и деец за слободата на Македонија, осудуван 5 пати на смрт од бугарските воени фашистички судови!". 11 June 2023.
  17. ^ Македонска енциклопедија, том I. Скопје, Македонска академија на науките и уметностите, 2009. ISBN 978-608-203-023-4. с. 13.
  18. ^ "Котлар: "Само со борба можеме да дојдеме до слободата!' – кажа Тарцан, комесарот на Прилепскиот одред по нападот на Прилеп во 1941!"" (in MKD). 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2025-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  19. ^ "Вооружен отпор против окупаторот: Која е историјата за 11 Октомври?" (in MKD). 2024-10-11. Retrieved 2025-06-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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