Ivan Tsonchev
General Ivan Tsonchev | |
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Ivan Tsonchev in uniform. | |
| Born | 19 August 1859 |
| Died | 16 December 1910 (aged 51) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Russian Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Branch | Imperial Russian Army
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).[1]
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.