Rila Congress

WMORO's statutes drawn up during the Rila Congress in 1905

Rila Congress was a multi-day conference of the Inner Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (Bulgarian WMORO for short) that took place in 1905 in the Bulgarian monastery of Rila . It was the first congress after the failed Ilinden-Preobraschenie uprising of 1903 and the fourth of the entire organization.

Attendees

The congress had a total of 21 participants from all revolutionary regions. Dame Gruew was elected chairman of the congress and Argir Manasiev was elected secretary.

Revolutionary region of Skopje Lady Gruew , Mix Razvigorov Petar Kuschew	Revolutionary region of Bitola Pere Toshev Gjortsche Petrov Boris Sarafov Georgi Christow Pavel Christov	Revolutionary region of Thessaloniki Boris Montshev Argir Manasiev Dobri Daskalov
Revolutionary region of Strumica Christo Chernopeew Stojo Chadschiev Ivan Iliev Manush Georgiev	Revolutionary region of Serres Jane Sandanski Lasar Tomov Ilyia Baltov	Revolutionary region of Adrianople Lazar Majarov Stamat Ikonomov Kliment Shapkarev Petar Waskow (absent)

decisions

At the congress, which lasted almost a month, questions about the further development of the organization and its structure were discussed. A central committee (leadership body of WMORO) was elected Dame Gruew, Pere Toshev and Todor Popantow (from the revolutionary region of Serres). As so-called foreign representatives (representative of the organization in Bulgaria) Dimitar Stefanow (from the Revolutionary Region Adrianople), Gjortsche Petrow and Petar Poparsow (founder of WMORO) were elected. For the editor of the official organ of the organization, Revoljuzionen list (bulg. Революционен лист, to German about Revolutionary Journal) Dimo Hadschidimow was elected.

It was also decided to rename the "Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization" to "Inner Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization" and set an ultimatum to dissolve the rival Macedonian-Adrianople Supreme Committee (WMOK). The ultimatum was accepted by the WMOK chairman Ivan Zontschew , which led to the merger of the two organizations.

literature

• Mehmet Hacısalihoğlu: The Young Turks and the Macedonian Question (1890-1918) , 2003, p. 117
• Björn Opfer: In the shadow of war: Occupation or annexation - liberation or oppression? ; a comparative study of the Bulgarian rule in Vardar-Macedonia 1915-1918 and 1941-1944 , 2005, pp. 30–31
• Antoni Giza: Bułgaria i problem macedoński od początku XVII do lat trzydziestych XX wieku, 2003
• Christo Siljanow : The Freedom Struggles of Macedonia Vols I. and II. (Bulg.)