Timo Angelov

Who was Timo Angelov?

Eftim Angelov, known as Timo Angelov, was a Bulgarian revolutionary, a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization.

Eftim Angelov was born in the town of Berkovitsa in 1882. He was one of the founders of the secret revolutionary section "Trayko Kitanchev".

He studied in the smithery school in Samokov, where he was nicknamed Timo Knyaza and Eftim Tsarya by his friends. While he was there, he participated in the construction of a workshop for producing bombs for the needs of the revolutionary organization IMARO. In 1900 he went to the region of Razlog as a freedom fighter and in 1903 he was appointed leader of the Tikveš region. On March 24, 1903, the joint revolutionary bands of few leaders, among which were Hristo Chernopeev, Kosta Mazneykov, Nikola Dechev and Timo Angelov, went to Macedonia. There were 190 freedom fighters in the joint band. They were intercepted near the town of Kočani and this was the reason for their battles with the Turkish military that lasted for few days in the mountain Plačkovica. The revolutionary band led by Angelov was not able to reach this region and as consequence went back to Bulgaria.