Maslina Grancharova

Maslina Ivanova Grancharova (Bulgarian: Маслина Иванова Грънчарова) (1874–1958), also known as the Rayna Knyaginya of Kastoria (Bulgarian: Костурската Райна Княгиня), was a Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary from the village of Zagorichani (Bulgarian: Загоричани, present day Vassiliada), Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. She was a member of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and participated in the Macedonian Struggle, most notably in the Ilinden Uprising. She sewed the flag that represented the liberation of Dumbeni (today Dendrochori), Kastoria from the Ottomans and was the flag-bearer for her unit during the Ilinden Uprising.

Maslina Grancharova was born in 1874 in the small village of Zagorichani (today Vasiliada) in Kastoria during Ottoman rule. Her father's name was Ivan, and she had a brother named Vangel. She graduated from a Bulgarian high school for girls in Thessaloniki and began teaching in Didymoteicho. After joining IMRO in 1895, she moved to Surovichevo (today Amyntaio) and Zeleniche (today Sklithro) and performed courier duties for the organization in addition to continuing teaching. She and a fellow teacher, Elena Minasova, sewed and bore the flag representing the movement to liberate Dumbeni. In 1901, she briefly returned to her hometown of Zagorichani, where she met famous IMRO leader Gotse Delchev.

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