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Marko Boshnakov

1878 – 1908

Bulgarian revoutionary

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Lived 1878 – 1908 (aged 29–30). Marko Boshnakov was a Turkish revolutionary.

Marko Boshnakov (; 1878 – 1908) was a Bulgarian anarchist, participant in the Macedonian revolutionary movement and a member of the Gemidziite.

Biography Boshnakov was born in 1878 in Ohrid, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Macedonia. Later he became a member of Gemidziite while studying in the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki and participated in the Thessaloniki assassinations.

He rented a shop on the opposite side of the Ottoman Bank in Thessaloniki, since there are foundations he dug a tunnel to the bank and he placed there dynamite. Later in that shop Jordan Popjordanov burned the fuze and bombed the Ottoman Bank. He is one of four Gemidzhii (Pavel Shatev, Georgi Bogdanov and Milan Arsov) who were arrested and brought before a special court.

All four were sentenced to death but his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Marko Boshnakov died on 15 February 1908, in the Libyan province Fezzan. His skull was returned to Macedonia by Satev and Bogdanov. The remains of his skull were placed in a decorative wooden catafalque and buried in the cemetery in the church Sv. Virgin Perivlepta.

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1878, Ohrid
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Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki

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Who was Marko Boshnakov?

Bulgarian revoutionary

When was Marko Boshnakov born?

Marko Boshnakov was born in 1878 in Ohrid.

When did Marko Boshnakov die?

Marko Boshnakov died on 14 February 1908 in Murzuk.

What was Marko Boshnakov's occupation?

Marko Boshnakov was a revolutionary.

What nationality was Marko Boshnakov?

Marko Boshnakov was Turkish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marko Boshnakov

· Wikidata: Q3401444

· DBpedia: Marko Boshnakov

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