The Macedonian Movement and the Upheaval of May 29, 1903 in Serbia Cover Image

Македонски покрет и преврат у Србији 29. маја 1903.
The Macedonian Movement and the Upheaval of May 29, 1903 in Serbia

Author(s): Jaroslav Valerijanovič Višnjakov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Serbia; Russia; Macedonia; 1903; Upheaval of May 29; Ilinden Uprising

Summary/Abstract: 1903 is a barrier in the political history of the Balkans. May 29th 1903, resulting in a bloody coup carried out officers Belgrade garrison, was a change of regime Obrenovic. Two months after the events in Belgra de begin in Macedonia Ilidenskoe revolt. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the territory of Macedonia has become an arena of political strug gle between Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece, which played an important role strategic aspirations of the Balkan states, seeks Vardar valley, and (in the case of Serbia), exit to the Aegean Sea. The worsening situation in Macedonia has greatly affected the political situation in the Serbian king dom, which is associated with a desire opposition to take advantage of this difficultsituation in this region for the final discrediting of the ruling regime Obrenovic. In this regard, reports of Russian diplomatic, police and military agents; eyewitness estumultuous events in Belgrade at the end of XIX - beginning of the twentieth century are an important source for studying the political history of Serbia during the period, because they are real, live evidence of tumultuous political life of the Serbian state, allowing reveal nuances that influenced the development of the situation in Serbia in the early twentieth century.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 6-22
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Serbian