Velcho's Conspiracy
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The Velcho's Conspiracy (Bulgarian: Велчова завера) was a conspiracy to restore the Bulgarian state in the 1830s, immediately after the Treaty of Adrianople (1829), and to restore the independence of Greece.[1]
The center of the planned uprising was to be Veliko Tarnovo and its surroundings, following the former example of Uprising of Asen and Peter. The conditions were most favorable in view of the fact that the Ottoman Empire was at the bottom of its humiliation in its history during the Egyptian-Ottoman War (1831-1833). The Ottoman Empire as a whole at that time was fully engaged in Asia Minor. On the other hand, after the Auspicious Incident, the Bulgarians had nothing in common with the Ottoman Empire and it was more foreign to them than ever as a state.
The mastermind of the conspiracy was Velcho Atanasov from Veliko Tarnovo, and the logistics were organized by Georgi Mamarchev, who is Georgi Rakovski's uncle. The plan was for Velcho Atanasov to organize, through Dimiter Sofialiyata (Dimiter from Sofia), the recruitment of 2,000 construction workers for the restoration of the Varna fortress. [2] These construction workers would in fact be insurgents, and the weapons for them were stored in Kara Orman by flocks of Russian officer Georgi Mamarchev. In this way, and through insurgent cells in places, a nationwide uprising had to be raised, supported by the already armed insurgents, and Bulgaria had to be re-established.
The conspiracy was handed over by the pilgrim and chorbadji from Elena (town) — Yordan Kisyov. Understanding the conspiracy, Russian diplomacy faces a very difficult dilemma, but does not hesitate to assist the Sublime Porte in uncovering Bulgaria's reconstruction plan, as it runs counter to the Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi's intentions to embrace and recognize the Ottoman Empire as an ally, an allied and dependent on the Russian Empire, a new power that will not soon be called ″Sick man of Europe″.
The Velcho's Conspiracy marks the lowest point in the history of Bulgaria-Russia relations, but at the same time prepares the ground and traces the condensation of the subsequent Edict of Gülhane.[3]
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- ↑ This article aims to prove that captain Georgi Mamarchev was the leading figure in the organization and the conduct of one of the first independent revolutionary campaigns against the Ottoman rule. On this basis the author grounds his thesis that it is more precise to refer to this conspiracy as "The Bulgarian Conspiracy of 1835" instead of "Velcho's Conspiracy" according to the tradition in the Bulgarian historiography.
- ↑ Preobrazhenski Monastery
- ↑ Velchova Conspiracy
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