Misplaced Pages

Pitu Guli

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 95.223.228.121 (talk) at 19:40, 9 October 2022. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 19:40, 9 October 2022 by 95.223.228.121 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Aromanian revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia (1865–1903)
VoyvodaPitu Guli
Питу Гули
Pitu Guli in guerilla attire
Bornc. 1865
Kruševo, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia)
Died12 August 1903(1903-08-12) (aged 37–38)
Kruševo Republic (now Republic of Macedonia)
Cause of deathKilled in Action
MonumentsMečkin Kamen
NationalityAromanian
Other namesPitu the Vlach
OccupationRevolutionary
Military career
Allegiance Kruševo Republic
Service / branch IMRO
Years of service1885-1903
Battles / warsIlinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising

Pitu Guli (Cyrillic: Питу Гули; 1865–1903) was an Aromanian revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia, a local leader of what is commonly referred to as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Except for Bulgarian Exarchist Aromanians, as Guli's family, most members of other ethnicities dismissed the IMRO as pro-Bulgarian. Pitu is father of Tashko Gulev (Shula Guli), who died in 1913 as soldier of the Bulgarian Army in the battle of Bregalnica against the Serbs, during the Second Balkan War. He is also father of the revolutionary of the IMRO, Nikola Gulev (Lakia Guli), one of the people closest to Todor Alexandrov. He was arrested by the police of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and died in custody after being tortured in 1924. Pitu Guli is a father of Steryo Gulev (Sterya Guli), who took part in the military units formed by former IMRO activists in Vardar Macedonia during the Bulgarian administration in World War II, to fight the communist Yugoslav Partisans. He reportedly shot himself after Bulgaria switched sides and withdrew from Yugoslavia in 1944, upon the arrival of Tito's partisans in Kruševo, in despair over what he saw as a second period of Serbian dominance in Macedonia.

Legacy

Pitu Guli is a national hero in North Macedonia and Bulgaria, and remembered as having fought heroically at Mečkin Kamen (Bear's Rock) near Kruševo, where he was killed during the Ilinden Uprising in defense of the Macedonian Kruševo Republic. A Macedonian Partisan Brigade was named after him. He is also celebrated in folk songs and poetry throughout the region of Macedonia, being mentioned in the national anthem of North Macedonia (Today over Macedonia).

References

  1. Aromanian consciousness was not developed until the late 19th century, and was influenced by the rise of Romanian national movement. As result, wealthy, urbanized Ottoman Vlachs were culturally hellenised during 17-19th century and some of them bulgarized during the late 19th and early 20th. century. Raymond Detrez, 2014, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 1442241802, p. 520.
  2. Andrew Rossos, Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History, Hoover Press, 2013, ISBN 081794883X,p. 105.
  3. Philip Jowett, Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912–13: The priming charge for the Great War, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, ISBN 184908419X, p. 21.
  4. Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912-1913 г. Личен състав, Главно управление на архивите, 2006, стр. 190.
  5. Македонска енциклопедија, МАНУ, Скопје, 2009, стр. 415-416.
  6. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Dimitar Bechev, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 0810862956, p. 91.
Categories: