Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

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The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization was a revolutionary nationalist group active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that sought autonomy or independence for Macedonia and often used armed struggle and political assassinations to pursue its goals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nationalist organization
paramilitary organization
revolutionary organization
abbreviation IMRO
activePeriodEnd 1934
activePeriodStart 1893
conflict Balkan Wars
Macedonian Struggle
World War I
country Ottoman Empire
dissolved 1934
dissolvedBy Council of Ministers of Bulgaria
surface form: Bulgarian government
founded 1893
foundedBy Andon Dimitrov
Dame Gruev
Hristo Batandzhiev
Hristo Tatarchev
Ivan Hadzhinikolov
Petar Pop-Arsov
foundedIn Salonika Vilayet
Salonika
surface form: Thessaloniki
goal autonomy for Macedonia
independence for Macedonia
liberation of Macedonia from Ottoman rule
hasPart Macedonian revolutionary bands
headquartersLocation Sofia
ideology Bulgarian nationalism
Macedonian nationalism
influenced Balkan revolutionary movements
Macedonian national movement
laterName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
method armed struggle
guerrilla warfare
political assassination
terrorist tactics
nativeName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Вътрешна македонска революционна организация
notableAssassination assassination of Aleksandar Protogerov
assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
notableEvent Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
notableLeader Boris Sarafov
Dame Gruev
Gotse Delchev
Ivan Mihailov
Todor Alexandrov
opposedTo Greek influence in Macedonia
Ottoman authorities
Serbian influence in Macedonia
organized Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising
originalName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees
politicalWing Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Macedonian revolutionary committees
regionServed Macedonia region
surface form: Macedonia

Thrace
structure clandestine network of local committees
successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1920s faction)

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
surface form: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
used chetas
yearOfEvent 1903

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King Alexander I perpetratorOrganization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
subject surface form: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Macedonian Struggle involvesOrganization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Vlado Chernozemski memberOf Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization originalName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Committees
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization laterName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Secret Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization laterName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization nativeName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization nativeName Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Вътрешна македонска революционна организация
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization politicalWing Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Macedonian revolutionary committees
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1920s faction)
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization successor Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity
Alexander the Unifier assassinationOrganizedBy Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) hasParticipant Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee