Gotse Delchev, is a town in Gotse Delchev Municipality in Blagoevgrad Province of Bulgaria.
Georgi Nikolov Delchev, known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev, was an important Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary (komitadji), active in the Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Adrianople regions at the turn of the 20th century. He was the most prominent leader of what is known today as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), a secret revolutionary society that was active in Ottoman territories in the Balkans at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Delchev was its representative in Sofia, the capital of the Principality of Bulgaria. As such, he was also a member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC), participating in the work of its governing body. He was killed in a skirmish with an Ottoman unit on the eve of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising.
Delchevo is a common name for a settlement in the central Balkan peninsula. It is typically named after Gotse Delchev. The places could refer to any of the following:
Delčevo is a small town in the eastern mountainous part of North Macedonia. It is the municipal seat of the eponymous municipality. A festival in celebration of revolutionary leader Goce Delčev) is held every year on August 2nd.
Goce is an opera composed by Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984), written by Venko Markovski and dedicated to Gotse Delchev. The work was commissioned to be the very first opera performed by the Macedonian National Opera Company. It premiered on May 24, 1954 and it is the first opera to be written in Macedonian.
Nikolov, feminine Nikolova, is a Macedonian and Bulgarian patronymic and family name, derived from the personal name Nikola and may refer to:
Macedonia Square is the main square of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The square is the biggest in North Macedonia with a total extent of 18,500 m2. It is located in the central part of the city, and it crosses the Vardar River. The Christmas festivals are always held there and it commonly serves as the site of cultural, political and other events. The independence from Yugoslavia was declared here by the first president of Macedonia, Kiro Gligorov. The square is part of the Skopje 2014 project.
The Goce Delčev Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Prilep, North Macedonia. The total capacity is 15,000 and is named after revolutionary leader Goce Delčev. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Pobeda and FK 11 Oktomvri. The stadium has been used as an alternative home ground of the Toše Proeski Arena for the North Macedonia national football team and has hosted the Macedonian Cup final on two occasions. In 2021 Goce Delčev Stadium was completed renovated after 5 years.
According to the official census of 2006, there are 3,669 ethnic Macedonians in Sweden. The Swedish immigrant center reports that there are 6,000 Macedonians in Sweden, but Macedonian Associations and the Macedonian foreign ministry claim their number is over 15,000.
Andon Lazov Yanev, nicknamed Kyoseto, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a freedom fighter of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO). Although he identified as Bulgarian, according to the historiography in North Macedonia, he was an ethnic Macedonian.
Dragostin is a ruined mountain village now in the municipality of Gotse Delchev, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Koprivlen is a village in Hadzhidimovo Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Sadovo is a village in Hadzhidimovo Municipality, in Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria.
Gotse Delchev Municipality is a municipality in Blagoevgrad Province in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern part of Bulgaria in the valley of Mesta river and the surrounding parts of Pirin and Rhodope mountains, bordering with Sandanski Municipality to the west, Bansko Municipality to the north, Garmen Municipality to the east and Hadzhidimovo Municipality to the south.
Delchev is a Bulgarian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Delcheva. It may refer to
FK Goce Delčev Skopje is a football club from Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently playing in the OFS Gazi Baba league.
Goce Delčev Square is the main public square in the town of Strumica, situated in the southeastern part of North Macedonia. It is one of the biggest city squares in the country with a total area of 23,485 square metres. It is named after the revolutionary Goce Delčev, who has a monument on the square, built in the 1970s. The square was reconstructed in 2010 and is split on two floors. The first level is an underground road junction with a parking lot, while the second floor is an open pedestrian space filled with statues, buildings and decorative equipment. Before the reconstruction the square had only a small area focused on Delčev's monument.
"Goce Delčev" Brigade was a military unit composed of conscripts and volunteers from Macedonia. The Brigade was named after the IMRO-revolutionary Goce Delčev.
The Novo Selo School is the building of the former school in Novo Selo, Štip, North Macedonia. The same building is now the seat to the Rectorate of the Goce Delčev University. The building is registered as a Cultural Heritage of Macedonia. It is located in the yard of the Dormition of the Theotokos Church.
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