04.05.2010
Macedonia observes the 107th anniversary from the death of the ideologist of Macedonian revolutionary struggle, Gotse Delcheff was observed with a service at his grave in Skopje-based church "St. Spas". Visionary Delcheff, who saw the world one century ago as a place for cultural competition among peoples, was killed by the Ottoman army in village Banica on May 4, 1903. The goal of his last journey was to prevent or delay the Ilinden Uprising, which he considered immature. However, the uprising was staged three months later at holiday Ilinden.
Delcheff's murder radically altered the situation, leading to long-lasting consequences for the liberation movement, as well as Macedonia's partition.
Gotse Delcheff was born on February 4, 1872. He was educated at the Salonica/Solun high school and the Sofia Military Academy. He worked as a teacher in Shtip and as member of the TMORO (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization), he was active in creating a network of bases, committees and companies. He took part at the VMRO Salonica/Solun Congress in 1896 and was VMRO's representative in Sofia up to 1901. In his letters, which are still preserved, Delcheff says he is fighting for free and independent Macedonia, where rights of the poor people are broad:
"The success of the struggle will come through planned operations to get closer to the educated Turks, Greeks, Vlachs. We will convince them of our sincere struggle for progressive-cultural state, based on radical and social principles in life, resulting in their brotherly hand. I see the world in this way: as a field for cultural competition of peoples".
"Macedonia has its own interests and its own politics which belong to the Macedonians. The one who works for joining of Macedonia to Bulgaria, Greece, or Serbia, can consider himself as a good Bulgarian, Greek, or Serb, but not as a good Macedonian".
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107 години од смртта на Гоце Делчев Катерина Трајкова-Нурџиева Внука Katerina Trajkova Nurzieva
