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| {{Infobox political party|name=Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization|native_name=Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (Bulgarian)<br>Внатрешна Македонска Револуционерна Организација (Macedonian)|logo=Flag of the IMRO.png|founded=1893|caption=Flag of the IMRO|abbreviation=IMRO<br>BMPO<br>VMRO|leader=[[Gotse Delchev]]<br>[[Dame Gruev]]<br>[[Todor Aleksandrov]]<br>[[Ivan Mihailov]]|dissolved=1934|predecessor=[[Internal Revolutionary Organization]]|successor=[[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (United)]]<br>[[Balkan Communist Federation]]<br>[[Bulgarian Action Committees]]<br>[[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]]<br>[[Bulgarian Communist Party]]<br>[[Ohrana]]<br>[[Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia]]<br>[[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity]]<br>[[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – People's Party]]<br>[[IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement]]<br>[[National Ideal for Unity]]|political_orientation=[[Macedonian nationalism]]<br>[[Bulgarian nationalism]]<br>[[Bulgarian irredentism]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>[[Communism]] (some factions)<br>[[Fascism]] (some factions)|country=[[Sublime Ottoman State]]<br>[[Tsardom of Bulgaria]]<br>[[Kingdom of Serbia]]<br>[[Kingdom of Greece]]<br>[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]}} | | {{Infobox political party|name=Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization|native_name=Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (Bulgarian)<br>Внатрешна Македонска Револуционерна Организација (Macedonian)|logo=Flag of the IMRO.png|founded=1893|caption=Flag of the IMRO|abbreviation=IMRO<br>BMPO<br>VMRO|leader=|dissolved=1934|predecessor=|successor=|political_orientation=|country=}} |
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| The '''Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization''' ('''IMRO'''), also known by many other [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization#Names|names]] throughout its existence, was a [[Secret society|secret]] [[Revolution|revolutionary]] society that - at its height - existed as a [[Macedonian nationalism|Macedonian nationalist]] [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization from 1893-1934. While the IMRO was never a [[communist party]] or [[Communism|communist]] organization, many communists operated within the IMRO and several IMRO splinter groups later joined communist organizations. Several communist [[Political party|parties]] in the [[Balkans]] also supported IMRO activites.<ref name=":0">[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Internal-Macedonian-Revolutionary-Organization Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization]</ref> Despite communist support for the original IMRO, the [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity]] (VMRO-DPMNE) - a [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[bourgeois]] party in [[North Macedonia]] - claims to be the successor to the IMRO.<ref>[https://www.marxist.com/macedonia-dead-end-of-liberal-democracy.htm Macedonia – Dead end of liberal democracy]</ref> | | The '''Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization''' ('''IMRO''') was an underground organization regrouping various ideological currents fighting to establish an autonomous [[Macedonia (808–168 BCE)|Macedonian]] state against the [[Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)|Ottoman empire]]. |
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| === Ottoman era (1893-1912) ===
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| Founded in [[Thessaloniki]] in 1893 during the days of the [[Sublime Ottoman State]],<ref name=":0" /> the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization fought against Ottoman rule in [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] in a "democratic revolution". These early IMRO activities against [[Imperialism|imperialist]] rule had the backing of [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] communists.<ref>[https://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv8n2/soslav.htm The South Slav Federation and the Macedonian Question]</ref> This marked the beginning of a larger conflict between Ottoman, Serbian, Greek, and Bulgarian paramilitary violence in the Macedonian region known as the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. Greek communists described that IMRO as the "most important national liberation organization of the Slavic population in Macedonia against the Turks".<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/pouliop/works/1940/05/commac.htm Communists and the Macedonian Question]</ref>
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Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (Bulgarian)
Внатрешна Македонска Револуционерна Организација (Macedonian) |
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| Abbreviation | IMRO
BMPO
VMRO |
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| Founded | 1893 |
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| Dissolved | 1934 |
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The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) was an underground organization regrouping various ideological currents fighting to establish an autonomous Macedonian state against the Ottoman empire.
