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The Razlovtsi insurrection ( bg, Разловско въстание, ''Razlovsko vastanie''; mk, Разловечко востание, ''Razlovechko vostanie'') was a Bulgarian rebellion in the areas of Maleshevo and Piyanets in Ottoman Bulgaria, part of the Freedom or death, the life of Gotsé Delchev, Mercia MacDermott
Journeyman Press, 1978, , pp. 41-42.
The Razlovtsi insurrection ( bg, Разловско въстание, ''Razlovsko vastanie''; mk, Разловечко востание, ''Razlovechko vostanie'') was a Bulgarian rebellion in the areas of Maleshevo and Piyanets in Ottoman Bulgaria, part of the April Uprising of 1876
The April Uprising ( bg, Априлско въстание, Aprilsko vastanie) was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The regular Ottoman Army and irregular bashi-bazouk units brutally ...
.
The work on its preparation began in late 1875 in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
. A revolutionary group was created there, that took a decision to organize an anti-Ottoman insurrection. Basically, this group consisted of activists of the Association "''Bulgarian Dawn''" (Българска зора). The leader of the group was Dimitar Popgeorgiev Dimitar Popgeorgiev Berovski ( bg, Димитър Попгеоргиев Беровски, mk, Димитар Попѓоргиев Беровски, 1840, Berovo, Ottoman Empire – 1907, Kyustendil, Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian revolut ...
. The preparations for the rebellion began in late 1875 in the village of Razlovtsi, guided by Dimitar Berovski and Stoyan Razlovski. Nedelya Petkova and her daughter sewed the flag of the uprising. It was planned that the rebellion would cover Maleshevo, Radovish, Strumitsa, Petrich
Petrich ( bg, Петрич ) is a town in Blagoevgrad Province in southwestern Bulgaria, located in Sandanski–Petrich Valley at the foot of the Belasica Mountains in the Strumeshnitsa Valley. According to the 2021 census, the town has 26,778 ...
, Melnik and later the Osogovo
Osogovo ( Bulgarian/Macedonian: ), or Osogovska Planina or Osogovski Planini (Осоговска Планина or Осоговски Планини), is a mountain range and ski resort between the south-western part of Bulgaria ( Kyustendil Prov ...
. After the outbreak of the April Uprising
The April Uprising ( bg, Априлско въстание, Aprilsko vastanie) was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The regular Ottoman Army and irregular bashi-bazouk units brutally ...
, a number of arrests were made by the Ottoman authorities in late April 1876. Because of this, the revolt broke out prematurely on May 7 (May 19 in Gregorian), in Raslovtsi. Two revolutionary bands of about 60 people got the village for a short time, and then the rebellion spread in Maleshevo and Piyanets. However, the revolt was suppressed, and many of the rebels were killed or arrested. The survivors escaped into the Maleshevo Mountains, but no further action was possible.Journeyman Press, 1978, , pp. 41-42.
See also
*Constantinople Conference
The 1876–77 Constantinople Conference ( tr, Tersane Konferansı "Shipyard Conference", after the venue ''Tersane Sarayı'' "Shipyard Palace") of the Great Powers (Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia) was held in Constan ...
* April Uprising
The April Uprising ( bg, Априлско въстание, Aprilsko vastanie) was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The regular Ottoman Army and irregular bashi-bazouk units brutally ...
References
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