April Uprising of 1876
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The April Uprising was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The rebellion was suppressed by irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engaged in in
Bulgarian Rebels 1876Antonoff
Rebel flag from Gorna Oryahovitsa. The text reads 'Свобода или смърть' (Freedom or Death).
Burning and sack of Batak in 1876
The Batak massacre (1889), painted by Antoni Piotrowski.
Batak massacre
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The Batak massacre was a massacre of Bulgarians in the town of Batak by Ottoman irregular cavalry troops in 1876, at the beginning of the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876. The estimate for the number
April Uprising of 1876
…The rebellion was suppressed by irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engaged in indiscriminate slaughter of both rebels and non-combatants (see Batak massacre). The American community around Robert College in Istanbul, the Protestant mission in Plovdiv headed by J.F. Clarke as well as two other Americans…
Ottoman bashi-bazouk, 1877-78
Postcard depicting human remains from the Batak massacre. Author and date of the postcard is unknown.
Batak's St. Nedelya Church in the 1880s