Hristo Chernopeev

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Hristo Chernopeev (1868 Lovech, today Bulgaria - November 1915, Krivolak, today Republic of Macedonia) was Bulgarian revolutionary and member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia. He was among the leaders of the Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees. Chernopeev worked as sergeant in Bulgarian Army from 1889 to 1899. Afterwards he became an active member of the macedonian liberation moovement and took part in the Miss Stown Affair in 1901 in 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 IMRO. During this period he lead 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 Central Comitee of IMRO and during 1912 was leader of a volunteеr regiment in the First Balkan War. In 1913 Hristo Chernopeev was elected as deputy in the Bulgarian parliament. In 1915 he left the parliament and went at the front as a reserve officer. Chernopeev was killed on the front during the First World War in the region of Macedonia.

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• "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)