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 Jane
Ivanov Sandanski was born in the village of Vlahi near Melnik on 28 of
May 1872. His father Ivan participated as a flag carrier in the well known
Kresna Uprising.
Jane Sandanski is a big Macedonian revolutionist, and
one of the leaders of the Macedonian National Revolutionary Movement. Since
the start of his revolutionary activity, he became well known because he
protected the villager's from the tyranny. He organised national courts,
and he also organised the people for a self-defence.
Sandanski lived and fought in the Pirin region, and that
is why the people gave him the name "Pirin Tcar" (Pirinski Car).
He was also active in the Ilinden Uprising, and in 1908, he supported the
young Turkish revolution with the vision for the freedom of the Macedonian
people.
Soon after that, the Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand labelled
Jane Sandanski as the most dangerous enemy against the great Bulgarian
interests (Macedonia to be under Bulgaria). In the same year, an unsuccessful
assassination was attempted on Jane Sandanski by paid killers who were
sent by Ferdinand. These paid killers tried again to assassinate Jane on
15 August 1909, where he was only wounded.
With the expulsion of the Turks', Macedonia was partitioned
between Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. Sandanski remained in hiding on Mt.
Pirin and planned to assassin Tsar Ferdinand but on the 22 April 1915,
while on his way from Melnik to Nevrokop near the Rozenski Monastery, paid
killers sent by Ferdinand, hidden attacked him from behind and succeeded
to kill him.
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