Dzole Stojchev

Dzole Stoychev Gergev ( and ) (1867 – 1909) also known as Atesh Pasha, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary and freedom fighter, member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO)

Biography

He was born in Banitsa, then in the Ottoman Empire. After entering IMRO, his first job was that of a courier and terrorists. He became chetnik with Tane Stoychev from Gornichevo, 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.