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Metodi Tasev Shatorov - Sharlo (Bulgarian: Методи Шаторов - Шарло and Macedonian Cyrillic: Методиja Шаторов - Шарло) (1897 in Prilep, Ottoman Empire – 1944 near Pazardjik, Bulgaria) was a prominent pro-Bulgarian Macedonian communist and afterwards outstanding leader of the Macedonian communists during the first half of 20th century.

He became a member of Bulgarian Communist Party in 1920 and later became also member of Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (United). As significant party's worker, he grew as functionary of Comintern and a member of the Central Committee of Bulgarian Communist Party. In 1940 he went back to Vardar Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia where he was elected Secretary of the Macedonian Regional Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party (YCP). In April 1941, after the Bulgarian takeover of Vardar Banovina during the World War II, the Macedonian communists fell in the sphere of influence of the Bulgarian Communist Party under Sharlo's leadership.^[1] The Macedonian Regional Committee refused to remain in contact with the YCP and linked up with BCP as soon as the invasion of Yugoslavia started.^[2] Sharlo refused to distribute the proclamation of the YCP which called for military action against Bulgarians.^[3]

For his pro-Bulgarian actions, he was later expeled from the Yugoslav Communist Party. After that Shatorov moved to Sofia, where he began working as one of the leaders of Bulgarian resistance movement . He was killed under unknown circumstances in 1944 in a battle between partisans and gendarmerie in the Rhodopi mountains near the city of Pazardjik. Shatorov's supporters in Vardar Macedonia, called Sharlisti, were systematically exterminated by the YCP in the autumn of 1944, and repressed for their anti-Yugoslav and pro-Bulgarian political positions.

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[1] Historical dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia, Valentina Georgieva, Sasha Konechni, Scarecrow Press, 1998, ISBN 0810833360, p. 223.

[2] Who are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1995, ISBN 1850652384, p.102

[3] Bulgaria during the Second World War, Marshall Lee Miller, Stanford University Press, 1975, ISBN 0804708703, p. 131.

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 [[Image:Metodija Satorov-Sarlo.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Metodi Shatorov - Sharlo]]
-'''Metodi Tasev Shatorov - Sharlo''' ([[Bulgarian Cyrillic|Bulgarian]]: Методи Шаторов - Шарло and [[Macedonian Cyrillic]]: Методиja Шаторов - Шарло) (1897 in [[Prilep]], [[Ottoman Empire]] – 1944 near [[Pazardjik]], [[Bulgaria]]) was a prominent [[Bulgarian]]<ref> Вера Ацева го тврди следното: "Прво, другари, ако се чита писмото на Методија Шаторов-Шарло, напишано по распуштањето на Покраинскиот комитет и неговото сменување од секретар на ПК на КПЈ на Македонија ќе се види дека тој во душата е Бугарин. Целото негово дејствување преку летото 1941 година, како секретар на ПК, беше подредено на тоа Македонија да биде составен дел на Бугарија. Јас лично го познавам, сум работела со него, сум била член на ПК, па според тоа, можам повеќе и да судам" (види: "Дискусија на Вера Ацева, Скопје во НОВ, 1941", Скопје, 1973, стр. 379).</ref> communist and afterwards outstanding leader of the [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] communists during the first half of 20th century.
+'''Metodi Tasev Shatorov - Sharlo''' ([[Bulgarian Cyrillic|Bulgarian]]: Методи Шаторов - Шарло and [[Macedonian Cyrillic]]: Методиja Шаторов - Шарло) (1897 in [[Prilep]], [[Ottoman Empire]] – 1944 near [[Pazardjik]], [[Bulgaria]]) was a prominent [[bulgarophiles|pro-Bulgarian]] [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] communist and afterwards outstanding leader of the [[Macedonians (ethnic group)|Macedonian]] communists during the first half of 20th century.
 [[Image:Metodi Shatorov partizanin.JPG|200px|left|thumb|Monument of Metodi Shatorov in [[Bratsigovo]], Bulgaria]]
 He became a member of [[Bulgarian Communist Party]] in 1920 and later became also member of [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (United)]]. As significant party's worker, he grew as functionary of [[Comintern]] and a member of the Central Committee of Bulgarian Communist Party. In 1940 he went back to Vardar Macedonia, then part of Yugoslavia where he was elected Secretary of the Macedonian Regional Committee of the [[Yugoslav Communist Party]] (YCP). In April 1941, after  the Bulgarian  takeover of [[Vardar Banovina]] during the [[World War II]], the Macedonian communists fell in the sphere of influence of the [[Bulgarian Communist Party]] under Sharlo's leadership.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=6WC5AAAAIAAJ&q=Shatorov+bulgarian&dq=Shatorov+bulgarian&lr=&hl=bg&pgis=1 Historical dictionary of the Republic of Macedonia,  Valentina Georgieva, Sasha Konechni, Scarecrow Press, 1998, ISBN 0810833360, p. 223].</ref> The Macedonian Regional Committee refused to remain in contact with the YCP and linked up with BCP as soon as the invasion of Yugoslavia started.<ref>[http://books.google.bg/books?id=j_NbmSoRsRcC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Metodi+Shatorov+bulgarian+communist&source=bl&ots=0KqfllVfzP&sig=YG6ovpEdD63wbQ40S6eTki4H6Yg&hl=bg&ei=oL4kStLcF8O__Qbw3r3fBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 Who are the Macedonians? Hugh Poulton, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1995, ISBN 1850652384, p.102]</ref> Sharlo refused to distribute the proclamation of the YCP which called for military action against [[Bulgarians]].<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=HjSsAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA130&dq=Metodi+Shatarov+bulgarian+communist&lr=&hl=bg#PPA131,M1 Bulgaria during the Second World War, Marshall Lee Miller,  Stanford University Press, 1975, ISBN 0804708703, p. 131.]</ref>