Ivan Tsonchev

General Ivan Tsonchev
Ivan Tsonchev in uniform.
Born	19 August 1859 Dryanovo, Ottoman Empire (now Bulgaria)
Died	16 December 1910 (1910-12-17) (aged 51) Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Military career
Allegiance	Russian Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria
Service / branch	Imperial Russian Army Bulgarian Volunteer Corps Bulgarian Army IMRO
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising

Ivan Stefanov Tsonchev was a Bulgarian Army General and revolutionary (komitadji).

Biography

Ivan Tsonchev was born on 19 August 1859 in Dryanovo, then in the Ottoman Empire. He became a volunteer and a participant in the Russo-Turkish War from 1877-1878. After the establishment of the Bulgarian Principality he became an officer and participated in the Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885. Later he was the leader of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committee in the period 1901-1903. Tsonchev was the main organizer of the Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising in 1902 and a participant in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903.

General Ivan Tsonchev died on 16 December 1910.