Panko Brashnarov

Life & Legacy

Panko Brashnarov (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Панко Брашнаров, romanized: Panko Brašnarov; 9 August 1883 – 13 July 1951) was a revolutionary, member of the left wing of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) and IMRO (United). As with many other IMARO members of the time, historians from North Macedonia consider him an ethnic Macedonian, whereas historians in Bulgaria consider him a Bulgarian. The name of Brashnarov was a taboo in Yugoslav Macedonia, but he was rehabilitated during the 1990s, after the country gained its independence.