Monument of Todor Aleksandrov

Todor Alexandrov Poporushev was born on March 4, 1881 in the city. Stip. Comes from a family that participates actively in the national liberation struggle. Father Alexander Poporushev is a prominent Bulgarian educationalist. He is a teacher, and then it is tantamount to revolutionary. Frequent guests of the family are Gotse Delchev and Dame Gruev, who some time teacher was also in town. It is in Stip - known stronghold of Bulgarian spirit, they formed the first committee of the future Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary. One of the first members of this organization in Stip is the father of Todor Alexandrov. Naturally patriotic and revolutionary environment in which growing Alexandrov favors for his upbringing as a national-revolutionary. Just such a time.
Regular member of IMRO, Todor Alexandrov took place in 1898, when he graduated Bulgarian Skopje Pedagogical School. Upon completion of graduates the school - Hristo Matt devoted to ideas of organization and swears all its alumni, including Todor Alexandrov. Todor Alexandrov enter the ranks of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization / IMRO / at a time when it is already fully built by apostles of the Bulgarian national revolution in Macedonian and Thrace. In the new century national liberation movement comes with excellent organizational network and well-functioning institutions - armed bands, militia, secret mail and secret police. IMRO played the role of national form factor for Bulgarian nationality in Macedonia and Edirne region.