Српска Револуционарна Организација у Османском Царству На Почетку XX Века
The Serbian Revolutionary Organization In The Ottoman Empire At The Beginning Of The Twentieth Century

Summary/Abstract: The work on the promotion of the national cause in Old Serbia and Macedonia in the early years of the twentieth century was directed from several centres. The revolutionary organization of the Serbs was founded even before 1905, i.e. before it obtained the support of the Serbian Government. Various authors ascribe the role of the first organizers of revolutionary activity in the territory of the Ottoman Empire to various Serbian groups. The greatest importance is generally attached to the revolutionary work organized from Belgrade. The memoirs of Antonije Todorović give us a valuable insight into the developments on the spot, i.e. in Macedonia and Old Serbia. Todorović also discussed moral problems and the role of women and children in the organization, and concluded that the Serbian revolutionary organization functioned, as regards its military, political and educational activities, as a state within the Ottoman Empire. In spite of the geographical dispersion of the Serbian revolutionary committees, and of the frequent disagreements of the activists from the Kingdom of Serbia and those from Macedonia and Old Serbia, it became necessary that their work should be coordinated. The support extended by the Serbian Government to the chetnik movement and the atmosphere created in Old Serbia and Macedonia contributed substantially to Serbia's successes in the Balkan Wars.

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