Hristo Uzunov

About

Macedonian-born revolutionary involved in Bulgarian and Macedonian uprisings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Before Fame

He became involved in revolutionary activities while studying at Bulgarian Men's High School in Thessaloniki.

Trivia

He and his revolutionary band committed suicide as a group in 1905, following the advance of Ottoman troops.

Family Life

He was raised in the Bulgarian Orthodox religion by Bulgarian revolutionary parents.

Associated With

He followed in the footsteps of poet and Bulgarian revolutionary, Hristo Botev, who was politically active in the mid-to-late 19th Century.