...and to this end, Bulgarian revolutionary bands …
Years: 1902 - 1902
...and to this end, Bulgarian revolutionary bands called komitadji are sent on raids into Macedonia.
They help precipitate a major insurrection within the country in 1902, provoking Turkish reprisals.
Bulgarian, Romanian, and Turkish tensions grow, but war is averted by Great Power intervention, when Russia and Austria-Hungary force Serbia and Bulgaria to cut all ties with IMRO.
Locations
Groups
- Macedonia, Ottoman Vardar
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Austria-Hungary
- Bulgaria (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
- Romania, Kingdom of
- Serbia, Kingdom of
- BMARC (Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees)
- IMRO (Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
