Hristo Andonov

Voivode Hristo Andonov
A photo of Hristo Andonov
Native name	Христо Андонов
Born	1887 Grčište, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of North Macedonia)
Died	1928 Dimidovo, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Samuilovo, Bulgaria)
Allegiance	IMRO  Kingdom of Bulgaria
Service / branch	Bulgarian Army
Unit	Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps
Battles / wars	Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Macedonian front

Hristo Andonov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Христо Андонов) (1887–1928) was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMARO).

Biography

Hristo Andonov was born in the village of Grčište (now in Republic of North Macedonia). He joined the revolutionary organization IMARO, but because he was wanted by the Ottoman authorities, he escaped to Bulgaria. During the Balkan Wars, Andonov was a volunteer in the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps in the revolutionary band of Ichko Dimitrov. Later, he was a member of the revolutionary band of Kosta Hristov Popeto and he also served in the 4th company of the 15th Štip Division.^[1] At the end of the First World War, he participated in the restoration of the IMRO and joined a revolutionary band that operated in the region of Strumica. 1923 he became a leader in the region of Gevgelija, and in the years that followed, he became a leader of the region of Dojran.^[2]

Andonov was killed in 1928 near the village of Dimidovo, in the Petrich region, which was renamed Samuilovo in 1935.^[3]

References

1. „Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав“, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 40.
2. Куманов, Милен. „Македония. Кратък исторически справочник“, София, 1993.
3. Илюстрация Илинден, септември - октомври 1933, книжка 9-10.