{{Infobox Soldier | honorific_prefix = Voivode | name = Hristo Chernopeev | native_name = Христо Чернопеев | image = Hristo Chernopeev by Dimitar Karastoyanov.jpg | caption = A portrait of Hristo Chernopeev by Dimitar Karastoyanov. | birth_date = c. 1868 | death_date = 6 November 1915 (aged 46–47) | birth_place = [[Dermantsi]], [[Danube Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]]<br>(now [[Bulgaria]]) | death_place = [[Krivolak]], [[Kingdom of Serbia]]<br>(now [[North Macedonia]]) | burial_place = [[Štip|Novo Selo]] (exhumed) | allegiance = * {{flagicon|Bulgaria|1878}} [[Principality of Bulgaria]] * {{flagicon|Bulgaria|1878}} [[Principality of Bulgaria|Tsardom of Bulgaria]] | branch = * [[File:Bulgaria war flag.png|20px]] [[Bulgarian Army]] * {{flagicon image|Flag of the IMRO.svg}} [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization|IMRO]] | battles = {{tree list}} * [[Ilinden Uprising]] * [[Macedonian Struggle]] * [[Balkan Wars]] ** [[First Balkan War]] ** [[Second Balkan War]] * [[World War I]] ** [[Macedonian front]] *** [[Battle of Krivolak]]{{KIA}} {{tree list/end}} | other_work = Involved in the [[Miss Stone Affair]]<br>One of the founders of the [[People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section)]] | signature = Hristo Chernopeev Signature.svg }}
'''Hristo Chernopeev''' ({{langx|bg|Христо Чернопеев}}) (c. 1868, [[Dermantsi]] – 6 November 1915, [[Krivolak]]) was a [[Bulgarian Army]] officer and member of the revolutionary movement in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]]. He was among the leaders of the [[Bulgarian People's Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization]].
== Biography == Chernopeev worked as sergeant in [[Bulgarian Army]] from 1889 to 1899. Afterwards he became an active member of the Macedonian liberation movement and took part in the [[Miss Stone Affair]] in 1901 in [[Pirin|Pirin Mountain]]. After the suppression of the [[Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising]] in 1903 together with [[Yane Sandanski]] and [[Dimo Hadjidimov]], he set the base of the left wing of [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization|IMRO]]. During this period he led a band in [[Kilkis]]' region and worked as a military instructor in IMRO. After the [[Young Turks]] revolution in 1908, Chernopeev was one of the founders of the ''[[People's Federative Party (Bulgarian Section)]]''. From 1911, he became member of the Central Committee of IMRO. During 1912, he was the leader of a volunteer regiment in the [[First Balkan War]]. In 1913, Chernopeev was elected as deputy in the [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|Bulgarian parliament]]. During the [[World War I|First World War]] in 1915, he left the parliament and went at the front as a reserve officer. Chernopeev was killed on 6 November 1915 in the [[battle of Krivolak]] with French troops. He was buried in the courtyard of the church in Novo Selo, now a quarter of [[Štip]].
After the communists seized power in [[Yugoslavia]] in 1945, the nameplate on his grave was destroyed.<ref>Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893-1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник, София, 2001, стр. 187.</ref>
In November 2010 his mortal remains and the remains of ten other Bulgarian officers were еxhumed for unknown circumstances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://society.actualno.com/news_324219.html |title=Българско военно гробище поругано в Македония - Actualno.com |accessdate=2010-11-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121102706/http://society.actualno.com/news_324219.html |archivedate=2010-11-21 }}</ref> Later, the authorities in North Macedonia obliterated the graves and a playground was built in their place.<ref>Ростислава Иванова, Страстите Чернопееви В Дерманци - родното село на големия македонски комита, отбелязаха тържествено 150 години от рождението му, [https://duma.bg/?go=news&p=detail&nodeId=178291 вестник Дума, бр. 212 от 01 Ноември 2018 г.]</ref>
==Legacy== [[Chernopeev Peak]] on [[Trinity Peninsula]] in [[Antarctica]] is named after Hristo Chernopeev.<ref>[https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=137156 Chernopeev Peak.] [[Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research|SCAR]] [[Composite Antarctic Gazetteer]].</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Hristo Chernopeev}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070415021354/http://knigite.abv.bg/bmark/lm_voevodi/index.html "Движението отсамъ Вардара и борбата съ върховистите по спомени на Яне Сандански, Черньо Пеевъ, Сава Михайловъ, Хр. Куслевъ, Ив. Анастасовъ Гърчето, Петъръ Хр. Юруковъ и Никола Пушкаровъ; съобщава Л. Милетичъ"], София, Печатница П. Глушковъ, 1927, поредица "Материяли за историята на македонското освободително движение", Издава "Македонскиятъ Наученъ Институтъ", Книга VII. (in Bulgarian)
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