The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia A Challenge to the Macedonism of the Slavs © Marcus A. Templar, 2008.   Abstract and Acknowledgement Chapter 1. What is all about? Regional Stability and Security Chapter 2. Ancient Macedonia and its people Chapter 3. Slavs: New Invaders in Byzantium  Chapter 4. Ilinden Uprising: A "Macedonian" or a Bulgarian Act? Chapter 5. The ...

Around the same time as the Greek uprising against the Ottoman Turks in Macedonia, the Turks were signing a peace treaty (Treaty of San Stefano; March 3, 1878) with Russia after the Ottoman Empire lost the Russo-Turkish War. The Treaty of San Stefano forced Turkey to give all of Macedonia to Bulgaria and create 'Great Bulgaria'. ...