Jovan Dimovski (Mechkoski) or Jon PashataPseudonyms of VMRO, Angel and Hristo Uzunov, Series, "The Archive of Angel Uzunov," State Archive of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, 2015, p. 71Nikolov, Boris. VMORO – Pseudonyms and Codes 1893–1934, Zvezdi, 1999, p. 47 (1876, Loznani, Bitola Region – 20 November 1907, Bitola) was a Macedonian revolutionary, Bitola voivode of the Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization.Macedonian Encyclopedia, MANU, Skopje, 2009, p. 471
Biography Jovan Dimovski (Mechkoski) was born in 1876 in the Bitola region village of Loznani.There are several views on Jon Pashata's birth date and place. According to the Bulgarian work "Macedonians in the Cultural and Political Life of Bulgaria. A Survey by the Executive Committee of the Macedonian Brotherhoods, Book Publishing House Al. Paskalev & Co., Sofia, 1918, p. 94." he was born in 1878 in the village of Loznani, or according to other sources, he lived in the village of Logovardi. In 1897, he worked in Romania, and upon returning from seasonal work in 1900, he went to Shebedin Bey, where he had previously worked, broke down the door, and took a rifle and two pistols. He then joined VMORO and, from 1902, became a fighter in the detachment of the voivode Gjorgji Sugarev. During the Ilinden uprising of 1903, he was in the detachment of Ivan Kafedzijata. He led an independent detachment in the Shurkovska Mountain and Prespa region and later operated in the Kichevo and Bitola regions.
In 1904, he was appointed regional voivode in the Bitola plain. Together with Dimche Sarvanov and Trajko Kralot, he fought against the Greek armed propaganda in Macedonia. His comrade-in-arms was Grujo Akelov.Nikolov, Boris Y. Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization. Voivodes and Leaders (1893–1934). Biographical-Bibliographical Directory, Sofia, 2001, p. 5. On 1 July 1905, near the village of Mogila, they killed the notorious Turkish oppressor Shefki Agha. He acted as an assistant regional voivode to Dimche Sarvanov. His area of operations included the villages of Pelagonia on the right side of the Crna River and Gjavatkol, with a group of six fighters.Georgiev, Velichko, Staiko Trifonov, History of the Bulgarians 1878–1944 in Documents, Volume 1 1878–1912, Part Two, pp. 475–481, "The Bulgarian Revolutionary Bands in Macedonia According to a Report by A. Toshev to Foreign Minister D. Stanchov."
At the end of 1907, Jon Pashata fell seriously ill with diphtheria and died in Bitola on 20 November 1907.The Revolutionary Activity in Demir Hisar (Bitola Region) Based on the Memoirs of Alekso Stefanov (Demir Hisar Voivode). Reported by Boyan Mirchev (Published by "The Macedonian Scientific Institute", Sofia. – Printing House P. Glushkov. – 1931) Materials for the History of the Macedonian Liberation Movement, Book XI, pp. 87–88.
He was buried in the courtyard of the Bitola church "St. Nedela" and was later reburied in the grave of a young woman due to frequent military searches in the cemetery.
His descendants and direct family are the Dimovski (Mechkoski) family from Loznani, Bitola region, and the Vrdjovski family from Logovardi, Bitola region.Memoirs and Biographies of Ilinden Participants, DARM – Regional Department – Bitola, Bitola, 1993.
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