The Dynamiters

Jordan Popjordanov (Ortseto) - (1881 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)

Founder and leader of the "Gemidzhii" revolutionary circle, which prepared and implemented the bomb attacks in Thessaloniki in 1903. During the attacks he blew up the building of the Ottoman Bank. On the next day he threw several bombs from the balcony of his house and then killed himself.

 

Kostadin Vassilev Kirkov - (1882 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)


During the attacks he blew up the water and gas pipelines of Thessaloniki. As a result the entire city plunged into darkness. Later he threw a bomb in front of the Grand Hotel. On the next day he was killed while attempting to blow up the telegraph station.

     


 

Dimitar Mechev (Dime Mecheto) - (1870 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)


At the time of the attacks he threw bombs in front of the Egypte Hotel. When Ortse blew up the Ottoman Bank, he and Truchkov started throwing bombs from the windows of their house. After the last explosive was used, they deliberately exposed themselves to the bullets of the Turkish soldiers and persihed. 

        
Ilija Truchkov - (Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)

During the attacks he made an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Austrian Post Office, then he threw bombs in the crowd on the main street. When Ortse blew up the Ottoman Bank, he and Mechev started throwing bombs from the windows of their house. After the last explosive was used, they deliberately exposed themselves to the bullets of the Turkish soldiers and persihed.  

      

 
Vladimir Pingov - (1883 Veles - 1903 Thessaloniki)

At the time of the attacks he threw a bomb at the gates of the Tophane itself and there he was shot dead by the soldiers.


Pavel Potsev Shatev - (1882 Kratovo)

During the attacks he set on fire the Guadalquivir ship. He survived and was sent into exile in Fezan, Africa. He returned in 1908. Later he wrote his memories about the attacks and his exile.



Marko Boshniakov - (around 1878 Ohrid - 1908 Fezan, Africa)

Before the attacks he rented a shop opposite the Ottoman Bank from where a tunnel was dug to the foundations of the bank. After the attacks he was arrested and sentenced to death. Later he was sent into exile in Fezan, Africa, where he died on 15 February, 1908.



Georgi Bogdanov - (Veles)

During the attacks he threw a bomb in front of the Greek Noia cafe. He was arrested and sentenced to death. Later he was sent into exile in Fezan, Africa, where he lived to see the general amnesty given by the sultan in 1908.


Milan Arsov - ( 1884, Orahovec, Veles district - 1908 Fezan, Africa)

At the time of the attacks he threw a bomb in the Alhambra Open Air Theater. Later he was captured, put on trial and sent into exile in Fezan, where he died on 8 June, 1908.




Dimitar Koshtanov
Cvetko Traikov
Todor Organdzhiev
Todor Bogdanov
Ilija Popjordanov
Alexy Minov

Associates of the Thessaloniki dynamiters.