page_title: Pitu Guli
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Pitu Guli / Life
caption_attribution_description: Български: Снимка на четата на Питу Гули край Бирино, 1903 г. English: A photo of the squad of Pitu Guli near Birino, 1903 ქართული: პიტუ გულის რაზმის ფოტო ბირინოსთან ახლოს, 1903
context_page_description: Pitu Guli was an Aromanian revolutionary in Ottoman Macedonia, a local leader of what is commonly referred to as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
context_section_description: Born to a poor family in Kruševo, he demonstrated an independent and rebellious nature early in life. He left his home in Macedonia at the age of 17 in search of wealth in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. In 1885, he returned to Macedonia, as part of a rebel squad of the revolutionary movement against the Ottoman Empire, led by Adam Kalmikov. He was captured and exiled to eastern Anatolia for a period of eight years, seven years of which were spent in the prison in Trabzon. In 1895, he again returned to Kruševo and became a member of IMARO. From this time on, he was fully committed to the independence of Macedonia from Turkish rule. Between 1897 and 1902 he was again in Sofia, where he also held an eating house. 
  In March 1903, he began commanding a revolutionary squad, crossing the Bulgarian-Ottoman border heading for Kruševo. From April to August 1903, he trained and prepared his irregulars for the upcoming Ilinden Uprising. He died in Kruševo, defending the Kruševo Republic.
caption: Pitu Guli and his squad in 1903. Source: Bulgarian Archives State Agency
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