Delchev is a nineteenth-century figure revered as a national hero in both Bulgaria and the Figure 1 The Gotse Delchev Monument, Blagoevgrad Republic of Macedonia for his role and death at a young age in the fight against the Empire for autonomy and Ottoman local rights. The ayans, provincial elites, parlayed tax farming into increased control over provincial administration — 37 Imber, Support grew in the Serbian government, particularly among army officers, for the creation of a Serbian-backed armed movement to contest for Macedonia. The commemoration on September 18 by nonBulgarian citizens proved otherwise. Historiographical traditions in Bulgaria and Macedonia correspondingly trace their national existence back to the fourteenth century.
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