Macedonian movie from 1969-On the August 2nd, 1903, on the holy St Elias' Day, a rebellion was organized in Macedonia which was an answer to the long lasting slavery and oppression by the Turks to which Macedonian people had been exposed for several centuries. St. Elias' Day (Ilinden rebellion reached its culmination with the liberation of the town of Krushevo and the founding of the Krushevo Republic, which was the first republic in the Balkans in that time. In order to explain the purposes, the goals and the intentions of the Rebellion, Nikola Karev, the President of the Krushevo Republic wrote the Manifesto of the Republic. According to the progressive ideas expressed in the Manifesto, it was very much ahead of its. Immediately after the beginning of the uprising, which was about to be spread over the greater part of Macedonia, it became clear that it was organized without sufficient preparation...
