Smilevo
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| population_total | 321 |
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Smilevo () is a village in North Macedonia, municipality of Demir Hisar.
It is famous for the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising which started in the village in the morning of August 2, 1903 (see Battle of Smilevo). The decision for the uprising was taken during the Smilevo congress of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) from May 2 to May 7, 1903.
The village is the native place of Dame Gruev, one of the founders and most prominent leaders of IMRO.
History
The village was the venue of the IMRO's Smilevo Congress of 1903, at which the decision for uprising against the Ottoman rule in Macedonia was taken by the most prominent members of IMRO.
IMRO's revolutionaries rose up on August 2, 1903, which was marked as the beginning of the Ilinden uprising.
Demographics
In the 1467/1468 Ottoman defter, the village had 55 households, 1 widow and 3 bachelors. A majority of household heads bore Slavic names, while around a quarter bore Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian ones, such as Gin son of Gerg, Gjorgo son of Progon and Millosh son of Gon.
Sights
Near the village is one of the most beautiful monasteries in the country dedicated to St. Peter and Paul (, Sveti Petar i Pavle). It has been recently renovated.
On the hill above the village, there is a memorial park dedicated to Dame Gruev.
A museum dedicated to the Smilevo congress and the National Liberation Struggle was opened on the 100th anniversary of the Ilinden uprising in 2003.
Gallery
File:Bitolcanka vo smilevska nosija.jpg|Woman from Bitola, dressed in traditional costume from Smilevo, photographed in the studio of the Manaki brothers in Bitola, between 1898 and 1912 File:Women_from_Smilevo,_1913.jpg|Women from Smilevo in national costume in 1913 File:Sv.petar smilevo.jpg|Monastery of St. Peter and Paul File:Muzej Smilevo.jpg|Museum dedicated to the Ilinden Uprising and to Dame Gruev
Famous inhabitants
- Dame Gruev, founder of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation
References
References
- (2022). "EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV". ITSH.
- (2017). "ГЕОГРАФИЈА НА НАСЕЛБИ - Општина Демир Хисар -". Национална и универзитетска библиотека "Св. Климент Охридски", Скопје.
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