Dimitar Popgeorgiev

Dimitar Popgeorgiev Berovski (Димитър Попгеоргиев Беровски, Димитар Попѓоргиев Беровски, 1840, Berovo, Ottoman Empire – 1907, Kyustendil, Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia.

He studied in Odessa where he met Georgi Sava Rakovski and fell under his influence. Later Berovski participated in Bulgarian legion in Belgrade. Then he worked as a Bulgarian teacher in Macedonia. For his anti - Greek Orthodox Church policy Berovski was jailed. For a brief period he became an adherent of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church. Later he emigrated to Istanbul and became one of the members of the Bulgarian Exarchate. In 1876 Berovski was one of the leaders of Razlovtsi uprising. He also participated in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and was a leader of the Kresna-Razlog Uprising.

Later he was authorized to telegraph to Constituent Bulgarian Parliament versus the signing of the Treaty of Berlin and in maintenance of Unification of Bulgaria and to represent  Bulgarians from Macedonia on its  sessions. After that he еmigrated in Bulgaria and worked as Bulgarian police officer and district governor in Kyustendil, Tsaribrod and Radomir. Berovski took part in the Bulgarian unification and in the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885. Later he supported Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO). Some of his personal belongings are kept in the monastery “St Archangel Michael” which serves as the city museum of Berovo.

Literature

 * "Възвание към българските граждани", Кюстендил, 25 ноември 1897 година - After the Vinitsa affair, Dimitar Popgeorgiev issues a proclamation to the Bulgarian people, 1897.