Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising facts for kids
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising was an uprising by mostly Bulgarian and some of the Aromanian population in certain regions in the Ottoman Empire. The uprising was against Ottoman rule.
The uprising lasted from 2 August 1903 up to November 1903.
The name of the uprising comes from the Christian Orthodox holy day of Ilinden as well as another holy day known as Preobrazhenie on which the revolts began.
Ultimately the uprising was crushed by the better equipped and much larger Ottoman army. The casualties were on both sides were small however a large number of people were made homeless, the majority of which number around 30,000 fled to Bulgaria.
Images for kids
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General Tsonchev's Supreme Committee's band
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Vojvods in Odrin Vilayet before the uprising.
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Hristo Chernopeev's band in 1903.
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The flag of the Struga insurgent detachment. It has also Bulgarian flag on it, and the Bulgarian motto Свобода или смърть.
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The delegates at Rhodope Mountains congress.
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A convoy of captured Bulgarian IMRO activists.
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Letter from the General Staff of the Monastir (Bitola) Revolutionary Region to the Bulgarian Government, requesting military intervention for the salvation of the local Bulgarians.
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Celebration of the Ilinden Uprising in Bitola during WWI Bulgarian occupation of Southern Serbia.
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Petrova Niva monument, dedicated to the Preobrazhenie Uprising, near Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
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Makedonium monument, dedicated to the Ilinden Uprising, Kruševo, North Macedonia.
See also
In Spanish: Revuelta de Ilinden-Preobrazhenie para niños
