Air Bansko
Interreg
EU This project is co-financed by the European Union through
Interreg - IPA Cross-Border Programme "Bulgaria – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Project “Affirmation of the natural and cultural values in the border region for better visibility and access” Ref. No CB006.1.21.183

Argir Manasiev

Argir Nakov Manasiev (15th May 1872 - 7th September 1932) - Macedonian revolutionary, a participant in Macedonian Revolutionary Movement. Member, and leader of Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. Manassiev graduated from a French college in Thessaloniki and then work as a teacher in Novo Selo and Negovan (near Thessaloniki); in Smokvitsa and the town of Gevgelija.

Attracted by Gotse Delchev in the ranks of SMORO. He actively participates in the creation of new committees and expanding the organization's network. He was unveiled by the Turkish authorities in 1901 and became partisan. He participated in Ilinden uprising and together with Sava Mihaylov organized a diversion of the Vardar railway bridge near Gevgelija. After the end of First World War, from 1919 to the end of his life, he lived in Gorna Dzhumaya (Blagoevgrad).


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