Summary:The article resurrects the image of one of the activists of the Macedonian-Adrianople liberation movement Dimitar Katerinski through his memories of events and persons related to the revolutionary struggles. His published and unpublished texts are analyzed in terms of their cognitive value for both the events from the end of the 19th century until the Balkan Wars with a focus on Thrace and the Svilengrad region and their author. They shed light on the Bulgarian character of the Macedonian-Adrianople movement; the democratic character of the Petrova Niva Congress of 1903; the acceptance of the idea of autonomy by the common people; the attitude towards the Young Turk Revolution, etc. In them, along with the characters mentioned, the figure of the author stands out: an educated, active person, with experience in revolutionary and educational work, not inclined to extremes, but with courage and a sense of personal and historical responsibility.
Keywords: memoirs, autobiography, Macedonian-Adrianople revolutionary movement, Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, Dimitar Katerinski
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