Nikola Karev
Nikola Karev | |
|---|---|
| Никола Карев | |
| President of Krusevo Republic | |
| In office August 3, 1903 – August 13, 1903 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 23, 1877 |
| Died | April 27, 1905 (aged 27) Near Rayçani, Ottoman Empire |
| Profession | Teacher |
Nikola Yanakiev Karev (Bulgarian: Никола Янакиев Карев; Macedonian: Никола Јанакиев Карев, romanized: Nikola Janakiev Karev; November 23, 1877 – April 27, 1905) was a Macedonian Bulgarian socialist revolutionary of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). He was also a teacher in the Bulgarian Exarchate school system in his native area, and a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party. During the Ilinden Uprising he headed the short-lived Kruševo Republic. He is considered a national hero in North Macedonia and Bulgaria.