Alexandr Nicholov Protoguerov
(Buldgaria, 1867-1928) Bulgarian nationalist leader who headed the Macedonian Inner Revolutionary Organization.This organization was created in 1893 to prevent the secession of Macedonia from Bulgaria and carried out a constant terrorist policy against the Turks, who had achieved dominance of Macedonia in the Treaty of Berlin (1878), at the time that Bulgaria consummated its independence.
The organization headed by Protoguerov urged the Bulgarian government to enter the First World War, on the side of Germany, with the desire to build Greater Bulgaria, since Bulgaria had already established itself as a kingdom as early as 1908.Defeat in the war led to territorial cuts for Bulgaria and discontent was reflected in the revival of rival Macedonian organizations, led by Protoguerov, Todor Alexandrov and Ivancho Mihailov.
These organizations fought openly against each other and dominated the politics of Bulgaria, until they were crushed in 1934.In 1923 Alexandr Protoguerov led a coup against the Stambuliski government, which marked the beginning of a stage of terror in Bulgaria.He was assassinated in 1928 during bloody confrontations against his ambitious subordinates.
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