Создавање и развој на воена организација на Македонското Национално-Револуционерно Движење во предилинденскиот и илинденскиот период

• Main Author: Zorica Saltirovska
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje 2014-12-01
• Series: Bezbednosni Dijalozi
• Subjects: military organization; ilinden uprising; military strategy; macedonia
• Online Access: http://periodica.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/sd/SD%2005.2%20(2014)/SD%2005.2.11%20Saltirovska,%20Z.%20-%20Sozdavanje%20i%20razvoj%20na%20voenata%20organizacija.pdf

Until the end of the 19 century, the Macedonian people’s struggle for liberation from Ottoman rule was based on rebellions, uprisings, revolts, and other forms of struggle and resistance, which were not previously planned, prepared, and militarily organized, which is why they lacked significant results. The appearance of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization as a protagonist on the historical stage in the last decade of the 19 century was an expression of the Macedonian people’s tendencies towards freedom and human justice in the form of sovereignty within the borders of the Ottoman Empire. As a mass organization with a clear set political program and goal, a built communications system, with its own battle forces, judiciary, representatives beyond borders, it headed the Ilinden uprising, thus imposing the Macedonian issue in front of the international community as a separate political issue. The creation and development of a military organization, through a legitimate and lawful process, the high level of participation, the voluntary character and the high motivation in inclusion in the national liberation struggle, the discipline, the introduction of the international humanitarian law, and so on, are deeds with a permanent value. They prove that the rebel army wanted to be acknowledged as a party in a war, rather than a band of outlaws, as the Ottoman government tended to present it to the international community. All this goes to prove the existence of military plans, organization, and forces of the national liberation revolution, and by that, a military strategy, which is a valuable experience and a great benefit to the Macedonian military science.