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52-852: Shatorov was born on January 10, 1897, in Prilep , then in the Manastir vilayet of the Ottoman Empire . He graduated from the local Bulgarian Exarchate 's junior school in Prilep and afterwards from the Bulgarian men's high school in Bitola . He also attended the Bulgarian pedagogic school in Skopje in 1914-1915. In 1918 the Bulgarian Army withdrew from Vardar Macedonia and Serbia annexed

104-686: A referendum about the further destiny of the monarchy was held. Based on the results of the referendum, Bulgaria was declared People's Republic on 15 September 1946. After 9 September 1944, the Bulgarian Army joined the Third Ukrainian Front and contributed to the defeat of Nazism in Europe , helping drive out the Germans from much of Yugoslavia and Hungary , reaching as far as Klagenfurt in Austria by April 1945. Although Bulgaria

156-631: A great Albanian religious man, who has spent his whole life as a churchgoer. Out of respect for his work, the church granted him a pension. Prilep was a major center of the Bulgarian national revival in Western Macedonia in the 19th century. Its bazaar began to develop in the 18th century. One of the largest annual fairs in Macedonia was held in Prilep in the middle of the 19th century. European consulate exhibitions of 1887 estimate

208-500: A medieval community. Many early Roman funeral monuments, some with sculpted reliefs of the deceased or of the Thracian Rider and other inscribed monuments of an official nature, are in the courtyard of the church below the southern slope of Varoš . Some of the larger of those monuments were built into the walls of the church. The most important ancient monument is the old city of Styberra situated on Bedem hill near Čepigovo, in

260-529: Is also a Romani minority, counting some 4,420 inhabitants, most of them living in the neighbourhood of Trizla , also Serbs (310) and Turks (260). In antiquity, the region of Prilep was part of ancient Pelagonia that was inhabited by the Pelagones , an ancient Greek tribe of Upper Macedonia , who according to Strabo, were Epirote Molossians . The region was annexed to the Macedonian kingdom during

312-485: Is processed in local factories such as Tutunski kombinat Prilep . A Tobacco Institute is established in the city in order to produce new types of tobacco and it was the first example of applying genetics to agriculture in the Balkans . . A Gentherm production plant is located in Prilep. The overwhelming majority of the city population is Macedonian ; the Macedonian population at the last census counted 64,527. There

364-596: Is the sixth-largest city in North Macedonia . According to 2021 census, it had a population of 63,308. The name of Prilep appeared first as Πρίλαπος' in Greek ( Prilapos ) in 1014, and was mentioned by John Skylitzes as the place where Samuel of Bulgaria had died after the Battle of Kleidion . The town was attached literally to the rocky hilltop above, and its name derives from Old Slavic , and means “stuck on

416-567: Is the seat of the Prilep municipality and access is gained via the A3 . It is 74 km (46 mi) (as the crow flies) from the capital Skopje , 44 km (27 mi) from Bitola , and 32 km (20 mi) from Kruševo . Prilep is the home of several sports teams, the best known are: Prilep Municipality is twinned with: Bulgarian coup d%27%C3%A9tat of 1944 [REDACTED]   Bulgaria [REDACTED] Fatherland Front The 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état , also known as

468-483: The 9 September coup d'état ( Bulgarian : Деветосептемврийски преврат , romanized :  Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat ), was a coup that overthrew the government of Kingdom of Bulgaria carried out on the eve of 9 September 1944. During the People's Republic of Bulgaria it was called using the propaganda term People's Uprising of 9 September – on the grounds of the broad unrest and Socialist Revolution – as it

520-658: The Goths in 268, remained partly inhabited. > in 1014, as the place where Bulgarian Tsar Samuil allegedly had a heart attack upon seeing thousands of his soldiers had been blinded by the Byzantines after the Battle of Kleidion . Byzantium lost it to the Second Bulgarian Empire , but later retook it. Prilep was acquired in 1334 by Serbian King Dušan and after 1365 the town belonged to King Vukašin , co-ruler of Dušan's son, Tzar Stefan Uroš V . After

572-914: The Soviet Union for political reasons. During the Spanish Civil War Sharlo went to Paris as a coordinator of BCP. During World War II the Comintern sent him back to Vardar Macedonia (being then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia under the name 'Vardarska Banovina') to serve as a Secretary of the Macedonian Regional Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party (YCP) since 1940. After the Bulgarian takeover of Vardarska Banovina in April 1941,

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624-708: The Soviet sphere of influence and the beginning of Bulgaria's 45-year-long People's Republic . On 26 August 1944, the government of Ivan Bagryanov had verbally declared Bulgaria's neutrality in the war under the threat of the Red Army's offensive in neighbouring Romania . At the same time, in Egypt the government had entered separate peace talks with the United Kingdom and the United States, hoping to secure

676-625: The Standard Macedonian . When the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was formed as part of Yugoslavia at the end of the WWII, the Macedonian language was recognized as distinct one. Then the dialects of Prilep, Veles , Bitola and Ohrid were chosen as the basis for the new official language, because of their central position in the region of Macedonia . The main square in Prilep is called "Alexandria", in honor of Alexander

728-728: The Vardar Macedonian communists fell in the sphere of influence of the BCP under Sharlo's leadership. The Macedonian Regional Committee refused to remain in contact with the YCP and linked up with BCP as soon as the invasion of Yugoslavia started. Sharlo refused to distribute the proclamation of the YCP which called for military action against the Bulgarians . He also became prominent with his anti-Serbian political views. The local committee of

780-594: The Yugoslav Communist Party , there are alleged suggestion that he was killed by Yugoslav communists' order as a politically inconvenient leader. This happened only several days before the Communist coup d'état of September, 9 (backed by the Red Army ) installed a new government of the Fatherland Front . As per the autopsy report, he died after 9 September, i.e. after the old regime's end, and until then he

832-587: The 4th century BC. In September 2007 archeological excavations in Bonče , revealed a tomb of what is believed to be the burial site of a Macedonian ruler dating 4th century BC. Near Prilep, close to the village of Čepigovo , are the ruins of the ancient Macedonian city of Styberra ( Ancient Greek : Στύβερρα ), first a town in Macedonia and later incorporated into the Roman Empire . Styberra, though razed by

884-769: The Bulgarian authorities in Vardar Macedonia, the Yugoslav communists insisted on an armed revolt. Upon the decision of the Comintern and Joseph Stalin himself the Macedonian communists were reattached to CPY. Sharlo's leadership was terminated, but the vestiges of his policy among part of the communist activists were preserved. Despite his expulsion, the new executive bodies of the Macedonian Regional Committees continued to share Shatorov's ideas until 1943. This policy changed since 1943 with

936-552: The Great. The reconstruction of the square began in 2005 and it was completed in 2006. The reconstruction cost 700.000 Euros and its investor was the city of Prilep. During the reconstruction the monument of Alexander the Great was erected, among the other things. Several ancient sites grace Prilep including one at Markovi Kuli , St. Nicola's church from the 13th century, St. Uspenie church in Bogorodica, St. Preobrazenie church and

988-596: The Red Army had not reached Sofia but remained in northeastern Bulgaria, as the Bulgarian communists were capable of assuming power without any aid. The Fatherland Front government included representatives of the BWP, BANU "Pladne", the Bulgarian Workers' Social Democratic Party (Wide Socialists) and Zveno . The former Prime Minister Konstantin Muraviev was arrested, as were Tsar Simeon II 's regents, members of

1040-630: The Soviet Union (the USSR had declared war on the Kingdom of Bulgaria 4 days earlier and units of its Third Russian Front of the Red Army had entered Bulgaria 3 days after), and with demonstrations, strikes, revolts in many cities and villages (6 – 7 September) and local government power taken by Bulgarian Fatherland Front (FF) forces (without Red Army help) in Varna , Burgas , etc. The coup d'état

1092-486: The Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria. The Central Committee of the BWP and the general staff of the People's Liberation Revolt Army commenced, on 5 September, planning of a coup d'état. The plan was further detailed on 8 September. According to the plan, the coordinated actions of the partisans, the BWP combat groups and the pro-Fatherland Front army detachments would assume power and effective control of government during

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1144-637: The Tomb of the Unconquered, and a memorial in honour of the victims of fascism located in Prilep's central park. A large Roman necropolis is known there and parts of numerous walls have been found; the settlement was probably the ancient Ceramiae mentioned in the Peutinger Table . Roman remains can also be found near the Varoš monastery, built on the steep slopes of the hill, which was later inhabited by

1196-544: The YCP claimed that the Bulgarian army liberated the local population from the oppressive and despised Serbian bondage. Shatorov, a dedicated anti-fascist, was credited with the slogan "One people, one country, one party", by which he approved the Bulgarian invasion. For him not the Bulgarians, but the Serbs were the occupiers of Vardar Macedonia. While the Bulgarian communists avoided organising mass armed uprising against

1248-677: The area. He immediately emigrated to Bulgaria , where he became a member of the BCP in 1920. Furthermore, Sharlo was arrested for his participation in the September Uprising in 1923. In 1925 he became also a member of the IMRO (United) - de facto a BCP creation. As a significant party worker, he grew as a functionary of the Comintern and a member of the BCP Central Committee. He was imprisoned several times and emigrated to

1300-525: The arrival of the Tito's envoy Montenegrin Serb Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo . He began in earnest to organise armed resistance to the Bulgarian rule and sharply criticized Sharlo's pro-Bulgarian policy. Consequently, for his actions Sharlo was expelled from the YCP and in the late 1941 he moved again to Sofia , where he began working as one of the Bulgarian resistance movement leaders (under

1352-529: The central region of Pelagonia. As early as the time of the Roman–Macedonian wars, this city was known as a base from which the Macedonian king Perseus of Macedon set out to conquer the Penestian cities. An important site in the area is Bela Crkva , 6 km (4 mi) west of Styberra, where the town of Alkomenai was probably located. It was a stronghold of the Macedonian kings after it was rebuilt in

1404-592: The city. Of the Orthodox Albanians, a part has been Bulgarianized , while others have been Hellenised . In the newspaper there is also a report about the Orthodox Albanian entitled Ico Kishari , whose family, along with the Tilevci, Georgimajkovci and Ladcovci , were Orthodox Albanian refugees from Moscopole who had settled in the beginning of the 19th century. The newspaper also describes

1456-700: The death of Vukašin in 1371, Prilep was ruled by his son Marko . In 1395 it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire , of which it remained a part of until 1913, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Serbia . During the Ottoman period, besides the ethnic Turks and the majority Slavic population, Prilep was also home to both a Sunni Muslim and Orthodox Christian Albanian community, which lived alongside . Serbian historiographer Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević writes that: ' Bulgarian researcher, Georgi Traichev, wrote that: The newspaper Прилепу преди 100 години ("Prilep 100 years ago". Sofia, 1938) puts forward data about

1508-618: The dispatch of British and American troops in Bulgaria. On the same day, the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Workers' Party (BWP) proclaimed the assumption of power by means of a popular uprising to be its official task. A government of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BANU) "Vrabcha 1", until then in opposition, was formed on 2 September 1944, headed by Konstantin Muraviev. It continued

1560-627: The early Roman period and was at the Pelagonian entrance to a pass leading to Illyria . Part of the city wall, a gate, and a few buildings of the Roman period were uncovered here in excavations. All recent finds from these sites are in the Museum of the City of Prilep. The Treskavec monastery , built in the 12th century in the mountains about 10 km (6 mi) north of Prilep under Zlatovrv peak, at

1612-493: The edge of a small upland plain 1100 meters above sea level . Prilep has frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries and is probably the site of the early Roman town of Kolobaise. The name of the early town is recorded on a long inscription on stone which deals with a local cult of Ephesian Artemis. The inscription was reused as a base for a cross on top of one of the church domes. Other inscriptions at Treskavec include several 1st century Roman dedications to Apollo . The old fortress

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1664-533: The former government, and some army detachment heads. On 10 September, the police was abolished and replaced with a popular militia consisting mainly of recent partisans; 8,130 political prisoners were released from the prisons, and the concentration camps of the former regime (e.g. Gonda voda, Krasto pole, Lebane) were closed down. The fascist organizations were banned, as were their publications. The former regents, Prince Kiril , Bogdan Filov , and Nikola Mihov , were executed on 1 February 1946. On 8 September 1946,

1716-596: The late 19th and early 20th century, Prilep was part of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. It was occupied by Bulgaria between 17 November 1915 and 25 September 1918 during World War I . In 1918 Prilep became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , and from 1929 to 1941 it was part of the Vardar Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . On 8 April 1941, just two days after

1768-658: The movement of the German troops. Afterwards the German Army retook the town. Prilep was definitively taken by communist partisans on 3 November 1944. From 1944 to 1991 the town belonged to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , as part of its constituent Socialist Republic of Macedonia . Since 1991 the town has been part of the Republic of Macedonia. The dialect of Prilep, forms the basis for

1820-538: The nickname 'Panayot'). He was among the most active organizers of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews . Sharlo was heavily wounded and died under unknown circumstances after September 5, 1944, when a battle between partisans and gendarmerie on Milevi Skali in the Western Rhodope mountains, between Septemvri and Velingrad occurred. As Shatorov was previously subjected to devastating criticism from

1872-589: The night of 9 September. The stated goal of the coup d'état was the "overthrowing of the fascist authorities and the establishment of popular-democratic power of the Fatherland Front". Unrest began all around Bulgaria on 6 September and 7 September, with the strikes of the Pernik miners and the Sofia tram employees, as well as the general strikes in Plovdiv and Gabrovo . The prisons in Pleven , Varna and Sliven had their political prisoners released; 170 localities were entered by partisan detachments between 6 September and 8 September. In many cities and villages,

1924-427: The old regime's supporters were defeated by military action with the army coming under the effective control of the Fatherland Front. The establishment of the new leadership happened at the latest in Haskovo, where partisans and other antifascists seized the artillery barracks on 12 September, but suffered many casualties, as the negotiations with the commanding officers failed to reach a compromise. As of 9 September,

1976-402: The order of the NOVA commander-in-chief Dobri Terpeshev , all partisan units descended from the mountains and took over villages and cities' governments. In most places, this was not met with much resistance, but in other cases army and police units loyal to the old government put up violent resistance to the Fatherland Front forces. In Sofia, Plovdiv, the region of Pernik, Shumen and Haskovo

2028-411: The peace talks, declared its support for democratic reforms and ordered the withdrawal of German Army troops from Bulgaria. At the same time, the guerrilla actions of the partisans did not cease, the alliance with Nazi Germany was not disbanded and no attempts were made to normalize the relations with Moscow , forcing the Soviet Union to treat the new government with suspicion. On 5 September 1944,

2080-460: The population of Prilep to approximately 6.500 individuals, of which 4.000 were Bulgarians , 2.000 were Turks and the rest were Serbs with Greeks and Aromanians . During the Great Eastern Crisis , the local Bulgarian movement of the day was defeated when armed Bulgarian groups were repelled by the League of Prizren , an Albanian organisation opposing Bulgarian geopolitical aims in areas like Prilep that contained an Albanian population. In

2132-426: The presence of Orthodox Albanians in Prilep. There it is emphasized that after their arrival in the city around the 18th-19th century, the Christian Vlach and Albanian elements have assimilated under the influence of Bulgarian population, and that there are no longer any traces of them. Information is also given for Albanians of both denominations. It is emphasized that in total there are 2412 Muslim Albanian residents in

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2184-511: The rock”. In other languages it is: Prilep is a centre for high-quality tobacco and cigarettes , as well as metal processing, electronics , timber , textiles , and food industries. The city also produces a large quantity of Macedonian Bianco Sivec (pure white marble ). Tobacco is one of Prilep's traditional cash crops and prospers in the Macedonian climate. Many of the world's largest cigarette makers, such as Marlboro , West and Camel use Prilep's tobacco in their cigarettes after it

2236-434: The start of the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia , Prilep was occupied by the German Army , and on 26 April 1941 by the Bulgarian Army . Together with most of Vardar Macedonia , Prilep was annexed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1941 to 1944. After 9 September coup d'etat the commander of the Bulgarian garrison, refused to withdraw and remained in the city with the Yugoslav guerrillas, managing to hold it for 10 days, blocking

2288-410: The strikes and meetings grew into armed clashes with the police, with victims on both sides. On 8 September, the Red Army entered Bulgaria meeting with no opposition on the order of the new Bulgarian government. On the eve of 9 September, army units together with Fatherland Front detachments captured key locations in Sofia, such as the Ministry of War , the Ministry of Internal Affairs , the post ,

2340-412: The telegraph, the radio , and the railway station . Early in the morning, the new Prime Minister Kimon Georgiev informed the people on the radio of the shuffle: With the complete awareness that it is a true and full voice of the popular will, the Fatherland Front assumes in that fateful hour and difficult conditions the government of the country in order to save it from destruction. On 9 September, on

2392-401: The wave of terror in the country. Between 10,000 and 40,000 people were killed or missing in just the first four months after the communist regime overtook Bulgaria. Bulgarian communists (their Workers' Party renamed to Communist Party ) consolidated their leading role in the Fatherland Front coalition, reduced its members from 5 to 2 political parties (together with the Agrarian Union) and led

2444-401: Was a turning point politically and the beginning of radical reforms towards Soviet-style socialism . Bulgaria was in a precarious situation, still in the sphere of Nazi Germany 's influence (as a former member of the Axis powers , with German troops in the country despite the declared Bulgarian neutrality 15 days earlier), but under threat of war with the leading military power of that time,

2496-549: Was not discovered neither by his comrades nor by the new authorities. Shatorov's supporters in Vardar Macedonia called Sharlisti , were criticised by the YCP, and after WWII repressed for their anti-Yugoslav and pro-Bulgarian political positions. After the breakup of Yugoslavia and the fall of Communism he was partially rehabilitated in current North Macedonia only in 2005. [REDACTED] Media related to Metodi Shatorov at Wikimedia Commons Prilep Prilep ( Macedonian : Прилеп [ˈpriːlɛp] )

2548-402: Was not recognized as a true member of the Allies, it still managed to retain Southern Dobruja which it had acquired in 1940 per the Treaty of Craiova . The government of Kimon Georgiev established in December 1944 the People's Court according to the international obligation of Bulgaria to condemn the persons (ministers, etc.) guilty for World War II. It became one of the main propellers of

2600-410: Was organized by the Fatherland Front political coalition (led by the Bulgarian Communists ) and performed by pro-FF units of the Bulgarian Army and the Bulgarian partisan forces of the People's Liberation Insurgent Army ( Народоосвободителна въстаническа армия , НОВА ; Narodoosvoboditelna vastanicheska armiya, NOVA). As a direct result the legal government of Prime Minister Konstantin Muraviev

2652-418: Was overthrown and replaced with a government of the FF led by Kimon Georgiev . Bulgaria immediately joined the anti-Axis coalition of the Allies of World War II and took part in World War II. The Kingdom of Bulgaria became a republic after the Bulgarian republic referendum in 1946 . Large-scale political, economic and social changes were introduced to the country. The coup resulted in Bulgaria entering into

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2704-404: Was used by the Romans, and later the Byzantines. After all, even Tsar Samuil came here after the defeat at Belasica in 1014. During the Middle Ages, after 1371, Prince Marko rebuilt the citadel extensively, making it an important military stronghold. Prilep covers 1,675 km (647 sq mi) and is located in the northern Pelagonia plain, in the southern part of North Macedonia. Prilep

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