In 1903, Macedonian rebels founded a republic that lasted only ten days
In a daring bid for independence from the Ottoman Empire, Macedonian revolutionaries seized the mountain town of Kruševo in 1903 to establish a democratic republic that lasted only ten days.
The Kruševo Republic was born on August 3, 1903, during the Ilinden Uprising against Ottoman rule. Rebels seized this strategically high mountain town and issued the Kruševo Manifesto, an remarkably progressive document for its time that called upon all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity, to join the cause for liberty.
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