1878 Macedonian rebellion
Greek rebellion against Ottoman rule and Bulgarian annexation of Macedonia.
The 1878 Macedonian rebellion was a Greek uprising in Macedonia against the Treaty of San Stefano, which would have annexed most of the region to Bulgaria. It sought union of Macedonia with the Kingdom of Greece and followed a brief Greco-Turkish war in the same year.
Quick Facts
- Part of
- Great Eastern Crisis
- Location
- Ottoman Macedonia
- Salonika Vilayet
- Monastir Vilayet
- Kosovo Vilayet
- Date
- 19 February – 13 July 1878
- Result
- Rebellion suppressed by the Ottomans; see, Aftermath
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Events
The revolution on Olympus began at Litochoro on 19 February 1878 under Kosmas Doumpiotis, extending to surrounding areas. Ottoman forces suppressed it, culminating in the destruction of Litochoro on 4 March 1878. This uprising involved bodies from Western, Central, and Eastern Macedonia. On Mount Vourinos, the revolt started on 18 February 1878 under Anastasios Picheon. Rebels formed a "Provisional Government of Macedonia" in the Vourinos settlement, with E. I. Korovangos as president, seeking abolition of the Treaty of San Stefano and union with Greece. By summer, about 15,000 armed men waged guerrilla war in the mountains from Kozani to Monastir, receiving no help from the Greek state. In northern Macedonia, chieftain Katrakos operated with 50 men as far as Veles. The revolt ended in winter due to bad weather and lack of organization.
Aftermath
The Macedonian Revolution of 1878 did not achieve its goal, but it documented Greek opposition to annexation by a Greater Bulgaria. It strengthened the diplomatic position of Greece and countries opposing the Treaty of San Stefano. At the Treaty of Berlin in June 1878, Macedonian territories remained Ottoman and were not annexed to Bulgaria. In response, the Bulgarian population of Macedonia rose in autumn 1878 in Kresna and Razlog, but to no avail.
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