The Bitola commander Slavčo Pirčev from the town of Breznik

(Summary) 

The Bitola commander Slavčo Pirčev from the town of Breznik (now included in the Pernik province) was one of the constellations of Bulgarian patriots who participated in the struggle for the liberation of compatriots who remained under Ottoman rule after 1878. 

Almost 15 years of his life – from 1906 to 1920 – he dedicated to the liberation of Macedonia. Information about the overall activity of the commander Slavčo Pirčev is provided by his archive rich in content. 

It contains valuable documentary material about his revolutionary activity as a Bitola commander, about the state of the Bulgarian population in the Bitola region, about the structures of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) in the region, as well as about Pirčev’s participation in the wars for national unification of 1912 – 1918. 

Keywords: Slavčo Pirčev, Breznik, Bitola, Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO), Balkan Wars, First World War