About Ivan Tsonchev
Lived 1859 – 1910 (aged 51). Ivan Tsonchev was a Bulgarian and Turkish military personnel, military officer and revolutionary.
Ivan Stefanov Tsonchev was a Bulgarian Army General and revolutionary (komitadji).
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.
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Who was Ivan Tsonchev?
Bulgarian revolutionary
When was Ivan Tsonchev born?
Ivan Tsonchev was born on 19 August 1859 in Dryanovo.
When did Ivan Tsonchev die?
Ivan Tsonchev died on 16 December 1910 in Sofia.
What was Ivan Tsonchev's occupation?
Ivan Tsonchev was a military personnel, military officer and revolutionary.
What nationality was Ivan Tsonchev?
Ivan Tsonchev was Bulgarian and Turkish.
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