Apostol Petkov

Apostol Petkov (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Апостол Петков) (May 6, 1869, Boymitsa, Ottoman Empire, today Greece – August 2, 1911, Giannitsa, Ottoman Empire, today Greece) was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the national liberation movement in Ottoman Macedonia.[1][2][3] He was the first cousin of Gono Yotov, a Slavophone who after initially siding with IMRO, became a fighter for Greek interests.[4]

Bulgarian postcard with picture from Petkov signed and stamped from him and sent to his fellow Tane Nikolov.

Petkov was often referred to by his admirers as the Sun of Yenice-i Vardar.

He is considered ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of North Macedonia. He was a leading komitaji in the armed units of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization and took part in the battles against the Ottoman authorities as well before the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising as after it.[5]

Later, Petkov was one of the organizers of the Bulgarian People's Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, that initiated a military struggle against the Greek interests in Macedonia - still under Ottoman rule, but with both sides trying to fortify their positions in the area in anticipation of the impending end of the Ottoman rule.[6] Petkov was killed, under unclear circumstances, in battle against Turkish gendarmes on August 2, 1911.[7]