Pushkarov, Nikola

Nikola Pushkarov was born on December 14, 1874, in the Bulgarian city of Pirdop , shortly before the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke . Brother of General Stoyan Pushkarov . He received his primary education in his hometown, graduated from a gymnasium in Sofia , and taught in Mirkovo . In the period 1898-1901. Pushkarov studied natural sciences at the Sofia Higher School .

Then Pushkarov moved to Macedonia and began teaching at the Skopsk Bulgarian Gymnasium . In Skopje, he became a member of the Inner Macedonian-Odrinsk Revolutionary Organization . In 1902, he received a task from Gotse Delchev to strengthen the Skopsky revolutionary district with cadres. Soon, Nikola Pushkarov was elected chairman of the Skopsky revolutionary committee. Before the start of the Ilinden Uprising of 1903, he brought a couple of 18 people from Bulgaria, delivering 100 kg of dynamite and 200 bombs. Pushkarov led rebel forces in the Skopsky District ^[1] . The couple Pushkarova interacted with the couple the governor Sotir Atanasov , Atanas Murdzhev and Dimitar Ganchev . On August 1, the Pushkarov couple blew up the Skopje-Thessaloniki railway line near Novachani station and derailed an army train of 32 wagons. On August 3, his couple beat off a bridge on the Vardar River from Turkish askers. August 4, releases from the Turkish captivity 50 residents of the village of Kozle. On August 5, having suffered heavy losses, the Vetren Monastery frees . On August 20, the couple, through Vrana, retreats from the Ottoman Empire to the territory of Bulgaria together with the joined couple of the St. Nicholas governor Bobi Stoychev.

Soon, Nikola Pushkarov formed a new couple and with her returns to Macedonia. In October 1903, he fought in Proles , after which he returned to Bulgaria. Pushkarov edited the Bulletin of the Internal Macedonian-Odrinsk Revolutionary Organization "Freedom or Smart."

In Bulgaria, Pushkarov devoted himself to scientific work. He studied soil types, compiled a map of the tract "Sofia Field", highlighting chernozems, "chernozem soils", meadow soils, terra-terraces on limestone, marsh and "alluvial" (floodplain) soils; All these soils were given a detailed profile chemical characterization. In 1931, Pushkarov created the first soil map of Bulgaria.

After the First World War, Pushkarov for some time was a member of the Temporary Representation of the Inner Macedonian-Odrinsk Revolutionary Organization ^[2] , which ceased its activity in 1919-1920.

He died on February 18, 1943 ^[3] .

He was married to Slavka Chakyrova-Pushkarova from Struga .

Pushkarov’s home in Pirdop is now a memorial house-museum (Pirdop, St. Nikola Pushkarov No. 4). The name Pushkarova was assigned to the Institute of Soil Science in Sofia ^[4] .

• Online publication on save for Nikola Pushkarov [ http://www.promacedonia.org/bmark/lm_voevodi/index.html "Movement from the Vardar and the Borbat to the Varkhovist ѣ

  by recall on Jan Sandanski, Czerno Peev, Sava Mikhailov, Chr.  Kuslev, Yves.  Anastasov Garceto, Petar Khr.  Yurukov and Nikola Pushkarov;  co-collector L. Miletich ”], Sofia, Pechatnitsa P. Glushkov, 1927, podreditsa“ Materials for history in the Macedonian liberation movement ”, Publishing House“ Macedonian Scientific Institute ”, Book VII (text).

• Encyclopedia of Bulgaria, Volume 5, Publishing House at the BAS, Sofia, 1986.
• Nikolov, Boris J. Vatreshna Macedon-Odrinsk revolutionary organization. Voivod and the leaders (1893-1934). Biographical and bibliographic reference. Sofia, 2001.