Religion Bulgarian orthodox | Name Dzole Stojchev | |
Born 1867 Banica, Ottoman Empire, today Vevi, Greece Died 1909 (aged 41–42)
Lerin, Ottoman Empire, today Florina, Greece | ||
Dzole Stojchev Gergev (Bulgarian: Дзоле Стойчев Гергев and Macedonian: Ѕоле Стојчев Гергев) (1867 – 1909) also known as Atesh Pasha, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and freedom fighter, member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.
Biography
He was born in Banica, then in the Ottoman Empire. After entering IMRO, his first job was that of a courier and terrorists. He became chetnik with Tane Stoychev, and in 1903 became the leader of his own regiment in Lerin (Florina). In the summer of 1903 he participated in the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising.
After the rebellion he became a district leader. After the Young Turk Revolution he joined the local police.
He was killed in Florina in 1909 by the Turks, after a Greek provocation.