- First Tarnovo Uprising
The First Tarnovo Uprising ( _bg. Първо търновско въстание, "Parvo tarnovsko vastanie") was a
Bulgaria n uprising against the Ottoman rule based in the former Bulgarian capital,Tarnovo , that broke out in 1598 and was severely crushed by the Ottoman authorities.The uprising was organized by religious leaders, as well as public figures and merchants. These included the Archbishop of Tarnovo Dionysus Rali, the noble Todor Balina from Nikopol, as well as the local merchants from Ragusa Pavel Đorđić [Or Đorđević.] and the Sorkočević brothers, with the bishops Theophanes of
Lovech , Jeremiah ofRousse , Spyridon ofShumen and Methodius ofThrace and other high-ranking religious figures also taking part in the organization.cite web|url=http://bulch.tripod.com/boc/historybg.htm |title=History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church |accessdate=2006-09-09 |publisher=Bulgarian Orthodox Church |language=Bulgarian] Đorđić established relations with the Habsburgs, theTransylvania n andWallachia n rulers, and a plan for the uprising was created inVienna in 1597.cite web|url=http://history.kabinata.com/10.htm |title=The Bulgarian anti-Ottoman uprisings. Anti-Ottoman resistance of the Bulgarian people — 15th-17th century |accessdate=2006-09-09 |language=Bulgarian]The invasion of Wallachian forces under
Michael the Brave in the northern Bulgarian lands in the autumn of 1598 provided good conditions for the uprising, as the fellow Christian army would support the isurrection according to the plan. At the time the Ottomans were engaged in the Long War with theHabsburg Monarchy . An alleged descendant of the medievalShishman dynasty was proclaimed Tsar of Bulgaria (as Shishman III) and Tarnovo was briefly liberated, with about 12,000 people gathering.cite web|url=http://www.bgrod.org/TR/index.php?p=Tyrnovo1 |title=First Tarnovo Uprising |accessdate=2006-09-09 |publisher=Rodovo nasledstvo |language=Bulgarian]However, the Ottoman authorities reacted immediately and quickly recaptured the city using a regular army, brutally suppressing the uprising. It is unclear what the scale of the First Tarnovo Uprising was, but according to fragmentary information it may have include the regions of
Ohrid , where the local archbishop was killed, as well asSofia andNiš , whereAustria n travellers mention seeing exposed dead bodies and severed human heads.As a consequence, about 16,000 Bulgarians fled the Ottoman territory and crossed the
Danube to settle in neighbouring Wallachia, where they established a Bulgarian community.ee also
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