SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Archive Material
While writing this book, I was able to draw on original documentary material from a number of important Bulgarian archives, including those of Tsar Ferdinand, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, the Bulgarian Exarchate, and the Supreme Macedonian Committee. There is no united collection of Yané Sandansky’s papers, and documents written by him and relating to him and his group are to be found scattered, in an often haphazard manner, in various archives. Undoubtedly, many documents still remain undetected in unlikely places and in private hands.
An exceptionally valuable depository of material about Yané Sandansky is the archive of his first cousin, Ivan Harizanov, who, intending to write a biography of him, amassed a large collection of original documents and written memoirs, and recorded the oral memoirs of numerous contemporaries in a series of note books. The biography was unfinished at the time of Harizanov’s death, and his collection of source material was presented to the Central State Historical Archives in Sofia, together with his private papers. One of the most interesting items in Harizanov’s archive is an unpublished manuscript biography of Sandansky written by one of his closest comrades, Dimitŭr Arnaudov, who participated in many of the events described.
The memoirs of Georgi Kotsev (kept in the Blagoevgrad Regional Historical Museum) are another important source of first-hand information. Kotsev mentions that Sandansky himself wrote a lot of memoirs, which, unfortunately, fell into enemy hands during the Second Balkan War, and were presumably destroyed. Two other major sources of largely unpublished information are Pavel Deliradev’s account of the weeks which he spent with Sandansky during 1908, and Yurdan Anastasov’s Memoir of Sandansky, which contains information collected by the author from Yané’s contemporaries. (Both these works are kept in the Central Archives of the Bulgarian Communist Party).
In addition to using memoir material from various archives, newspapers and other publications, I was able to interview and record the memoirs of a number of people who had known Sandansky personally, or who were closely related to such people. A number of people also made their private family archives available to me.
The main Archives consulted (preceeded by the abbreviations used in the footnotes) are as follows:
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ABAN: Archives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
BIA NBKM: Bulgarian Historical Archives of the National Library ‘Cyril and Methodius’, Sofia
ODA, Blagoevgrad: Regional State Archives, Blagoevgrad
OIM, Blagoevgrad: Regional Historical Museum, Blagoevgrad
TDIA: Central State Historical Archives, Sofia
TPA: Central Archives of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia
Military Archives, Veliko Tŭrnovo
The Museum, Melnik
The Museum, Stanké Dimitrov
The Reading Room Club, Gotsé Delchev
The Public Record Office, London
Newspapers and Periodicals
BULGARIAN:
Balkanski Novini, 1905
Bulgaria, 1907, 1908, 1915
Delo, 1901, 1902
Den, 1904, 1945
Dnevnik, 1903, 1909
Edinstvo, 1908
Eho,1972
Grazhdanin, 1907, 1908
Ilinden, 1907, 1908
Ilyustratsia Ilinden, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939
Istoricheski Pregled, 1963, 1964
Izgrev, 1901, 1945
Kambana, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1915
Konstitutsionna Zarya, 1908
Makedono-Odrinski Pregled, 1906
Makedonska Misŭl, 1945, 1946
Makedonski Glas, 1885
Mir, 1903, 1907, 1915
Narodna Kultura, 1982
Narodna Volya, 1909
Nov Vek, 1907
Nova Balkanska Tribuna, 1915
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Novo Vreme, 1901, 1905, 1908
Odrinski Glas, 1908
Otechestven Front, 1982
Otechestvo, 1909
Pirinsko Delo, 1944 onwards
Proletariy, 1907, 1908
Pryaporets, 1907
Rabotnichesky Vestnik, 1907, 1915
Reformi, 1905
Revolyutsionen List, 1904, 1905, 1906
Sŭvremenna misŭl, 1915
Utro, 1913
Vecherna Poshta, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908
Vreme, 1908
Zemedelsko Zname, 1949
BRITISH:
Daily Chronicle, 1909
Daily Express, 1912
Daily Graphic, 1902, 1908, 1909
Daily Mail, 1912
Daily News, 1903, 1908, 1909, 1912
Manchester Guardian, 1908, 1909
Times, 1895, 1903, 1908
Published Books
Aliev, G: Turtsia v periode pravleniya Mladoturtsev, 1908-1912 Moscow 1972
Anastasov, Yurdan: Yané Sandansky. Sofia 1966
Andonov-Poljanski, Hristo (editor): Gotsé Delchev. Vol III, Skopje 1972
Blagoev, Dimitŭr: Sŭchineniya Vol XX, Sofia 1964
Blake, Robert: Disraeli London
Brailsford, H.N.: Macedonia—its races and their future. London 1906
Buckle, G.E.: The Life of Benjamin Disraeli. Vol VI. London 1920
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Institute of History): Gotsé Delchev–spomeni, dokumenti, materiali. Sofia 1978
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Dokumenti za bŭlgarskoto vŭzrazhdane ot arhiva na Stefan Verkovich. Sofia 1969
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Makedonia—sbornik ot dokumenti i materiali. Sofia 1978
English edition: Macedonia—Documents and Material. Sofia 1978
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Buxton, Charles Roden: Turkey in Revolution. London 1908
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Report of the International Commission to inquire into the causes and conduct of the Balkan Wars. Washington 1914
Constant, Stephan: Foxy Ferdinand—Tsar of Bulgaria. London 1979
Deliradev, Pavel: Makedonskiyat vŭpros i Sotsialnata Demokratsia. Sliven 1907
Yané Sandansky. Sofia 1946
Dumbalakov, Mihail: Prez plamutsi na zhivota i revolyutsia. Vol I, Sofia 1933
Filyanov, Iliya: Po stŭpkite na Yané—Pirinskiya orel. Sofia 1972
Gotsev, Dimitŭr: Natsionalno-osvoboditelnata borba v Makedonia, 1912-1915. Sofia 1981
Hristov, Georgi: See Pophristov, Georgi
Hristov, Hristo: Agrarnite otnosheniya v Makedonia prez XIX i nachaloto na XX v. Sofia 1964
Katsarov, Prof. T, and Kepov, I: Dokumenti po Kresnenskoto vŭstanie. Sofia 1940
Kazasov, Dimo: Ulitsi, Hora, Subitiya. Sofia 1968
Konstantinov, Hristo: Starika. Sofia 1935
Kostentsev, Arseni: Spomeni. Sofia 1917
Kostov, Stoyan: Pod roden flag. Sofia 1967
Kŭnchev, Vasil: Izbrani proizvedeniya. Sofia 1970
Kyosev, Dino (editor): Gotsé Delchev—Pisma i drugi materiali. Sofia 1967
Lazarkov, Nikola: Spomeni iz robskoto minalo na grad Dupnitsa i selata mu. Dupnitsa 1925
MacDermott, Mercia: Freedom or Death—The Life of Gotsé Delchev. London 1978
Madol, Hans Roger: Ferdinand of Bulgaria. London 1933
Matov, Hristo: Za svoyata revolyutsionna deynost. Sofia 1928
McCullugh, Francis: The Fall of Abdul Hamid. London 1910
Medzhidiev, Asen: Istoriya na grad Stanké Dimitrov (Dupnitsa) i pokrayninata mu ot XIV vek do 1912-1963. 1966
Miletich, Lyubomir: Materiali za istoriyata na Makedonskoto osvoboditelno dvizhenie. The nine volumes of the work consist of the reminiscences of persons active in the Macedonian revolutionary movement, recorded by Prof. Miletich. The volumes referred to in the present work are:
Vol V Spomeni na Damé Gruev, Boris Sarafov i Ivan Garvanov (The memoirs of the three men mentioned). Sofia 1927
Vol VII Dvizhenieto otsam Vardara i borbata s vŭrhovistite (Memoirs of Yané Sandansky and others). Sofia 1927
Vol VIII Spomeni na Gyorcho Petrov (Memoirs of Gyorché Petrov. Sofia 1927
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Vol IX V Makedonia i Odrinsko (Memoirs of Mihail Gerdzhikov)
Pŭrviyat Tsentralen komitet (Memoirs of Dr Hristo Tatarchev). Sofia 1928
Moore, Frederick: The Macedonian Committees and the Insurrection. (Article in The Balkan Question, edited by Luigi Villari. London 1905)
Paleologue, Maurice: The Tragic Empress. Intimate Conversations with theEmpress Eugenie. London 1928
Pandev, Konstantin: Natsionalno-osvoboditelnoto dvizhenie v Makedonia i Odrinsko. 1878-1903. Sofia 1979
Pears, Sir Edwin: Life of Abdul Hamid. London 1917
Penchev, Petko: Po nashite sporni vŭprosi. Sofia 1906
Petrosyan, Y.A.: Mladoturetskoe dvizhenie (vtoraya polovina XIX—nachalo XX v. Moscow 1971
Popgeorgiev, Yordan, and Shishkov, S.: Bulgarite v Sersko pole. Sofia 1918
Pophristov, Georgi: Revolyutsionnata borba v Bitolskiya okrug. Sofia 1953
Sharkov, Vasil: Grad Gorna Dzhumaya. Minalo i dnes. 1930
Silyanov, Hristo: Osvoboditelnite borbi na Makedonia. Vol II. Sofia 1943
Smith, A.D.H.: Fighting the Turk in the Balkans. London 1908
Sonnichsen, Albert: Confessions of a Macedonian Bandit. New York 1909
Shpilkova, V.: Mladoturetskaya revolyutsia. 1908-1909. Moscow 1977
Strashimirov, Anton: Kniga za Bŭlgarite. Sofia 1918
Todorov, G.D.: Vremenno rusko upravlenie v Bulgaria prez 1877-1879. Sofia 1958
Tomov, Lazar: Spomeni za pevolyutsionnata deinost v Serskiya okrug. Sofia 1953
Vlahov, Tushé: Kriza v bŭlgarsko-turskite otnosheniya, 1895-1908. Sofia 1977
Wyon, Reginald: The Balkans from Within. London 1904
Yavorov, Peyu: Sŭchineniya. Vol III. Sofia 1965
Yurukov, Mircho: Blagoevgrad—Kratŭk istoricheski ocherk. 1964
Theses
Sherman, Laura Beth: dissertation subsequently published as Fire on the Mountain.
Pŭrvanov, Georgi: Sŭzdavane i deynost na Sŭyuz na bŭlgarskite konstitutsionni klubove. 1908-1909. Faculty of History, Sofia University 1982
Tasev, Hristo: Prosvetnoto delo v Melnishkiya kray pres XIX v I nachaloto na XX vek.
Yordanov, Lyubomir Spirov: Duhovna kultura i folklor na selo Vlahi, Blagoevgradski okrŭg