ПРИЛОГ ЗА СЛУЧУВАЊАТА ВО БИТОЛСКИОТ ВИЛАЕТ ВО ПЕРИОДОТ 1903 ‒ 1908 ГОДИНА
APPENDIX TO THE EVENTS IN THE BITOLA VILLAGE IN THE PERIOD 1903 - 1908

Summary/Abstract: Тhe work presents the reaction to the reforms proposed by the Great European Powers in the Bitola Vilayet after the Ilinden Uprising. In this respect, the Balkan states showed a keen interest in Macedonia with their conquering tendencies. In the first years after the Uprising, up to the Young Turk Revolution in July of 1908, the population in the Bitola Vilayet endured terrible trials. Russian and Austro-Hungarian civil agents were constantly receiving complaints from the Christian population. The situation in educational and political terms was complicated. The governments of Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia each set out to found schools and churches under their control all across the Bitola Vilayet. Army detachments were constantly arriving to the Vilayet. The population was subjected to violence and terror. Their cultural and educational institutions and organizations, such as schools, reading rooms and churches, suffered terrible consequences. The ranks of the Macedonian intellectuals were thinned and many of the schoolmasters were perishing in the prisons. Therefore, the action for reforms in the Bitola Vilayet did not bring relief and peace to the people, or any real improvement to the region.

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