About Nikola Karev Nikola Janakiev Karev (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Никола Карев) (23 November 1877, Krushevo, Ottoman Empire, present-day Republic of Macedonia - 27 April 1905, Rajchani, Ottoman Empire, present-day Republic of Macedonia) was a revolutionary from Macedonia, a member and a local leader of what later became known as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Karev was also a socialist and a member of the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party. He is considered a Bulgarian in Bulgaria and a Macedonian in the Republic of Macedonia.