Stone Affair
Ellen Stone was an American protestant missionary in Bansko. She was kidnapped by IMORO who planned an ambush on one of her travels. The leaders of the organization looked for…
Thessaloniki High School
The Thessaloniki high school was established by the Bulgarian exarchate. Here you can see diplomas, textbooks, and notes from Bulgarian students of the school. Although it was established in Thessaloniki,…
IMORO
Internal Macedonia-Еdirne Revolutionary Organization or for short VMORO in Bulgarian, was created in Thessaloniki in 1893. The founders were Bulgarians from various regions in Macedonia. Their idea was to liberate…
Kresna-Razlog Uprising
The Bulgarian people in the Macedonian region were not happy with the decisions from the Berlin treaty so they organized multiple petitions to express their desire to become part of…
Bishop Nathaniel
Bishop Nathaniel of Ochrid or MItropolit Natanail was the official representative of the Bulgarian exarchate. He was the chairman of the Gorna Dzhumaya Committee ‘Edinstvo’ which means Unity. The Committee…
Bulgarian Unification
The San Stefano contract, signed in 1878, appeared not to be suitable for the Major Powers in the West so they came up with the Berlin Treaty. This treaty divided…
Short liberation
In the Pirin region, Blagoevgrad was the only town that was briefly liberated from the Ottoman Empire in February 1878. The so-called first liberation was short-lived until the summer of…
Georgi Izmirliev
The April Uprising of 1876 was an organized web of insurrections organized by Bulgarians against the Ottoman Empire. The attempt for an uprising in the Blagoevgrad region failed because of…
Liberation
In 1870 the Bulgarian Church was declared independent from the Greek one. The biggest organized uprising happened in April 1876. The cruelty suppression of the uprising provoked an international response.…
Conclusion
The Bulgarian language regained its significance on the cultural scene of the Balkans. It started with Paisius and it continued with the fight for new Bulgarian schools and the revival…