Todor Aleksandrov

Life & Legacy

Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Тодор Александров Попорушов; 4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), anglicised as Todor Alexandrov, was a Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary, Bulgarian army officer, and teacher. He initially favoured the annexation of Macedonia to Bulgaria, but later switched to the idea of an Independent Macedonia as a second Bulgarian state on the Balkans. Aleksandrov was a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO) and later part of the Central Committee of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation (IMRO), as well as its leader.
Aleksandrov, who was deemed "anti-Macedonian" in Yugoslav Macedonia, is still a controversial persona due to his pro-Bulgarian views in today North Macedonia, but there have been efforts to rehabilitate him. Though, this has caused political and public controversies.