The Macedonian Youth Secret Revolutionary Organization or MYSRO ( bg, Македонска младежка тайна революционна организация, mk, Македонска младинска тајна револуционерна организација), was the name of a secret pro-Bulgarian
youth organization
The following is a list of youth organizations. A youth organization is a type of organization with a focus upon providing activities and socialization for minors. In this list, most organizations are international unless noted otherwise.
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established by the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
, active across the most regions of
Macedonia between 1922 and 1941. The statue of MYSRO was approved personally from the leader of the
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр ...
(IMRO),
Todor Alexandrov
Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, best known as Todor Alexandrov ( Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Тодор Александров), also spelt as Alexandroff (4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and t ...
. The aim of MYSRO was in concordance with the statue of IMRO – unification of all of Macedonia in
an autonomous unit within Greater Bulgaria.
It was established in 1921–1922 in Zagreb by students from Vardar Macedonia, it soon gained influence amongst
Macedonian Bulgarian communities in
Belgrade,
Vienna
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Graz,
Prague
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,
Ljubljana
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and other places where Macedonian students lived.
Обвинетите македонски студенти ги бранел Анте Павелиќ
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In a short time its influence had spread amongst the student youth in Yugoslav and Greek Macedonia and across Europe.
After the Skopje Student Trial
The Skopje student trial began on December 5, 1927, in Skopje, then in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The trial was against activists of the Macedonian Youth Secret Revolutionary Organization. A total of 20 Macedonian Bulgarians, Macedonian Bulgarian ...
of MYSRO followers, the local intelligentsia devolved the organizational structure even further. In Greece, the government exiled scores of suspected members to the Aegean Islands. When in 1941 the Yugoslav and Greek
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rulers were replaced by Bulgarian administration, the organization became marginalized, and ultimately dissolved.{{Citation needed, date=May 2015
See also
* Secret society
Notes
References
Балканските държави и македонския въпрос, Антони Гиза (превод от полски - Димитър Димитров, Македонски Научен Институт София, 2001)
Bulgarian revolutionary organisations
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
1920s in Bulgaria
1930s in Bulgaria
Political history of Bulgaria
Modern history of Macedonia (region)
Yugoslav Macedonia
Youth organizations established in 1921
Secret societies in Bulgaria
Defunct organizations based in Bulgaria
Vardar Macedonia (1918–1941)
Bulgarian nationalism
1921 establishments in Yugoslavia
Organizations disestablished in 1941