Razlog Uprising
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The Razlog Uprising was secretly planned insurrection of Bulgarians against the occupying Turks, which broke out in May 1876.
[edit] Background
The last decades of the 19th century saw great economic, political and social oppression in Bulgaria. Discontent among the people rose to a dangerous level, and was reflected in frequent uprisings and rebellion's, and a strengthening of the Hajduk Movement in which the people sought protection from Turkish violence.
[edit] The Uprising
In May 1876, the Razlog Uprising broke out. It was well prepared and well organised: arms, gun power and lead had been purchased in Solun and the people secretly prepared for an insurrection. Fearing that the Turks had already discovered their plans, the rebels started the uprising earlier. It broke out in the village of Razlog near Berovo, and quickly spread to the area around Pehcevo, the whole of Malesevija, and the upper course of the River Bregalnica.
After some initial successes, the rebellion was put down by strong Turkish forces. The captured rebels were taken to Solun, Seres, Skopje and other towns where they were cruelly tortured and put to death. The Razlog Uprising was the first organised armed resistance by the Bulgarians against the Ottomans, and created the beginning of the Bulgarian liberation and revolutionary struggle.
