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Macedonian TV-series from 1983 -
part 2 (Freedom or Death)

The Ilinden uprising was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire prepared and carried out by the Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation IMRO. In the Macedonian town of Krushevo the insurgents proclaimed the so called Krushevo Republic under the presidency of the ethnic Macedonian school teacher Nikola Karev. It was the first Republic in the Balkans, but it lasted only 10 days.