Todor Aleksandrov
Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, best known as Todor Alexandrov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Тодор Александров), also spelt as Alexandroff (4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and teacher. He favored initially the annexation of Macedonia to Bulgaria, but later switched to the idea of an Independent Macedonia as a second Bulgarian state on the Balkans. Alexandrov was a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and later of the Central Committee of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO).
Voivode Todor Aleksandrov | |
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A portrait of Aleksandrov with an autograph and dedication to Yavorov (Sofia, 1912). | |
| Native name | Тодор Александров |
| Birth name | Todor Alexandrov Poporushev Тодор Александров Попорушев |
| Born | 4 March 1881 Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia) |
| Died | 31 August 1924 Sugarevo, Tsardom of Bulgaria |
| Allegiance | IMRO Kingdom of Bulgaria |
| Service/ | Bulgarian Army |
| Unit | Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps |
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| Alma mater | Bulgarian Pedagogical School of Skopje Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki |
| Spouse(s) | Vangelia Aleksandrova |
| Children | Alexander Aleksandrov Maria Aleksandrova |
In North Macedonia, Aleksandrov, who was previously dismissed by the post-WWII Yugoslav Macedonian historiography as a controversial Bulgarophile and national traitor, was added to the country's historical heritage as an ethnic Macedonian. Though, this has caused political and public controversies.