Kruševo Republic
Rebel state in North Macedonia, 1903 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kruševo Republic, sometimes spelled as Krushevo Republic (Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушевска Република, romanized: Kruševska Republika, Aromanian: Republica di Crushuva[1]), was a short-lived political entity created in 1903 by revolutionaries from the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) during the Ilinden Uprising in the city of Kruševo, now North Macedonia. Macedonian history books mention it as one of the first republics in the Balkans.[4][5]
Flag of the Republic, modern recreation | |||||||||
Motto: Слобода или cмрт (mk) Freedom or death | |||||||||
Status | Unrecognized rebel state | ||||||||
Capital | Kruševo | ||||||||
Religion | Majority Christinians with a huge minority of Muslims | ||||||||
Government | Provisional republic | ||||||||
• President | Nikola Karev[2] | ||||||||
• Prime Minister | Dinu Vangel[2] | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• Estimate | 9,350 (1900 estimate)[3] | ||||||||
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The republic only lasted 10 days before being dissolved after the Battle of Mečkin Kamen.[6] The city of Kruševo also uses the flag of the Republic today. The Republic also had a parliament consisting of 60 members. Keith Brown says, based on the "language of home", the members might be classified as Aromanians, Macedo-Bulgarians and Albanians.[7] Along with that the Council also elected an executive body—the Provisional Government—with six members (2 from a group)[8] The Republic is also mentioned in the Macedonian national anthem Denes nad Makedonija.