Independent Macedonia (IMRO)

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Independent Macedonia was a conceptual project of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) to create an independent Macedonia, during the interwar period.

History

Prelude

The predecessor of the concept of Independent Macedonia appeared initially in the late 19th century as variant called

First World War
the organization supported the Bulgarian army and joined to Bulgarian war-time authorities when they temporarily took control over mosts of Thrace and Macedonia. In this period autonomism as a political tactic was abandoned and annexationist positions were supported, aiming eventual incorporation of occupied areas into Bulgaria. However Bulgaria lost the Wars.

IMRO

In the aftermath of

Todor Alexandrov
's death in 1924, changed the main task for an autonomous Macedonian state, but officially under Bulgarian control, as it was a way for a subsequent unification with Bulgaria.

By 1928, after the assassination of Protogerov, Mihailov proposed a new plan calling for unification of a pre-1913 Macedonia region into a single state, that would be independent from Bulgaria. It should be with prevailing ethnic Bulgarian element.

cantonized, something as "Switzerland on the Balkans".[8] Nevertheless, the IMRO continued to support Bulgarian irredentism. It had close ties to diaspora organizations abroad, the most important of which was the Macedonian Patriotic Organization
in the United States and Canada. The organization was suppressed by the Bulgarian army after the 1934 Military coup.

IMRO (United)

The

Macedonian question
have been of little practical importance.

WWII development

As the Bulgarian army as part from Axis-powers entered Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia during WWII in April 1941, former IMRO members were active in organising

pro-Bulgarian ideas, and was sentenced to eleven years in prison under forced labor.[13]

Modern

During the

IMRO–DPMNE party was founded in 1990 in Skopje.[14] In this way an independence referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 8 September 1991, that was approved by 96.4% of votes. According to some observers, 8 September was chosen as the date for the referendum to link it with the 8 September 1944 proclamation of the Independent State of Macedonia.[15]
On January 15, 1992, Bulgaria was the first country to recognize the independence of the new state.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Balkans. From Constantinople to Communism. Dennis P Hupchik, page 299
  2. ^ The Macedoine, "The National Question in Yugoslavia. Origins, History, Politics", by Ivo Banac, Cornell University Press, 1984.
  3. ISBN 0230535798
    , p 68.
  4. ISBN 085745739X
    , p. 166.
  5. ^ Spyros Sfetas, The Birth of ‘Macedonianism’ in the Interwar Period p. 287. in the History of Macedonia, ed. Ioannis Koliopoulos, Museum of the Macedonian struggle, Thessaloniki, 2010; pp. 286-303.
  6. ISBN 1557534551
    , p. 127.
  7. ^ Todor Chepreganov et al., History of the Macedonian People, Institute of National History, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje,(2008) p. 254.
  8. ^ The last interview with the leader of IMRO, Ivan Michailov in 1989 – newspaper 'Democratsia', Sofia, 8 January 2001, pp. 10–11 "Ivan Michailov - Radko: I am a Bulgarian from Macedonia". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
  9. ISBN 9004192085
    , p. 30.
  10. ISBN 081794883X
    , p. 132.
  11. ISBN 1538119625
    , p. 14.
  12. ISBN 0275976483
    , p. 99.
  13. ISBN 1403997209
    , p. 89.
  14. ^ Walking on the Edge: Consolidating Multiethnic Macedonia, 1989-2004, Židas Daskalovski, Globic Press, 2006 (page 46)
  15. ^ Утрински весник, Брoj 2781 сабота, 06 септември 2008. Киро Кипроски, Од каталогот на поштенски марки на југословенските држави издаден во 1978 година.
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