Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

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The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization was a revolutionary nationalist group active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that sought autonomy or independence for Macedonia and often used armed struggle and political assassinations to pursue its goals.

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instanceOf nationalist organization
paramilitary organization
revolutionary organization
abbreviation IMRO
activePeriodEnd 1934
activePeriodStart 1893
conflict Balkan Wars
Macedonian Struggle
World War I
country Ottoman Empire
dissolved 1934
dissolvedBy Bulgarian government
founded 1893
foundedBy Andon Dimitrov
Dame Gruev
Hristo Batandzhiev
Hristo Tatarchev
Ivan Hadzhinikolov
Petar Pop-Arsov
foundedIn Salonika Vilayet
Thessaloniki
linked to: Salonika
goal autonomy for Macedonia
independence for Macedonia
liberation of Macedonia from Ottoman rule
hasPart Macedonian revolutionary bands
headquartersLocation Sofia
ideology Bulgarian nationalism
Macedonian nationalism
influenced Balkan revolutionary movements
Macedonian national movement
laterName Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
method armed struggle
guerrilla warfare
political assassination
terrorist tactics
nativeName Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација
Вътрешна македонска революционна организация
notableAssassination assassination of Aleksandar Protogerov
assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
notableEvent Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
notableLeader Boris Sarafov
Dame Gruev
Gotse Delchev
Ivan Mihailov
Todor Alexandrov
opposedTo Greek influence in Macedonia
Ottoman authorities
Serbian influence in Macedonia
organized Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
originalName Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees
politicalWing Macedonian revolutionary committees
regionServed Macedonia
linked to: Macedonia region

Thrace
structure clandestine network of local committees
successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1920s faction)
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
used chetas
yearOfEvent 1903

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King Alexander I of Yugoslavia perpetratorOrganization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
subject linked to: King Alexander I
Macedonian Struggle involvesOrganization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Vlado Chernozemski memberOf Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization originalName Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization laterName Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization laterName Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization nativeName Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization nativeName Вътрешна македонска революционна организация
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization politicalWing Macedonian revolutionary committees
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1920s faction)
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Alexander the Unifier assassinationOrganizedBy Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) hasParticipant Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee
linked to: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization