Georgi Bogdanov
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Georgi Bogdanov was a Bulgarian anarchist and revolutionary. Bogdanov is best remembered as a member of the Gemidziite group and a participant in the 1903 Thessaloniki terror campaign
. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.
, then within the Ottoman Empire
. Finished primary school in his native town, and continued his education in Thessaloniki
in the gymnasium "Ss. Cyril and Methodius." In this high school met with the anarchist group Gemidzhite and becomes part of them.
As a part of the Gemidziite he participated in the 1903 Thessaloniki assassinations
and threw a bomb
on the restaurant Noja.
He is one of Gemidziite who had been arrested and was brought before a special military court and together with Pavel Shatev
, Marko Boshnakov
, and Milan Arsov
was sentenced to death. Punishment would be waiting in Thessaloniki in prison along with other assassins but it was commuted to life imprisonment along with other survivors.
Bogdanov was later sent into exile in Africa. Following the Young Turk Revolution
Bogdanov was pardoned along with Pavel Shatev and returned to Ottoman Macedonia. He brought with him the skulls of Milan Arsov and Marko Boshnakov.
Boatmen of Thessaloníki
The Boatmen of Thessaloníki or the Assassins of Salonica, were an anarchistic group active in the Ottoman Empire in the years around 1900. They all were graduates from the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, and launched a campaign of terror bombing, the so called "Thessaloniki bombings...
. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.
Biography
Georgi Bogdanov was born in VelesVeles
Veles may refer to:*Veles , Slavic deity*Veles , in the Republic of Macedonia*Veles municipality, in the Republic of Macedonia*Veles, singular of velites, a class of infantry in the early Roman Republic...
, then within the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. Finished primary school in his native town, and continued his education in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
in the gymnasium "Ss. Cyril and Methodius." In this high school met with the anarchist group Gemidzhite and becomes part of them.
As a part of the Gemidziite he participated in the 1903 Thessaloniki assassinations
Boatmen of Thessaloníki
The Boatmen of Thessaloníki or the Assassins of Salonica, were an anarchistic group active in the Ottoman Empire in the years around 1900. They all were graduates from the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, and launched a campaign of terror bombing, the so called "Thessaloniki bombings...
and threw a bomb
Bomb
A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...
on the restaurant Noja.
He is one of Gemidziite who had been arrested and was brought before a special military court and together with Pavel Shatev
Pavel Shatev
Pavel Potsev Shatev , , was a Bulgarian revolutionary and member of the left wing of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization , BMARC before 1902)...
, Marko Boshnakov
Marko Boshnakov
Marko Boshnakov was a Bulgarian anarchist, participant in the Macedonian revolutionary movement and a member of the Gemidziite. He is considered an ethnic Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.- Biography :...
, and Milan Arsov
Milan Arsov
Milan Arsov was a Bulgarian revolutionary - anarchist , member of Gemidziite and one of the assassins in Thessaloniki. In the Republic of Macedonia he is considered Macedonian.- Biography :...
was sentenced to death. Punishment would be waiting in Thessaloniki in prison along with other assassins but it was commuted to life imprisonment along with other survivors.
Bogdanov was later sent into exile in Africa. Following the Young Turk Revolution
Young Turk Revolution
The Young Turk Revolution of 1908 reversed the suspension of the Ottoman parliament by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, marking the onset of the Second Constitutional Era...
Bogdanov was pardoned along with Pavel Shatev and returned to Ottoman Macedonia. He brought with him the skulls of Milan Arsov and Marko Boshnakov.