September Uprising | |||||||
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Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 | |||||||
Leaflet of the Vratsa revolutionary district intended for the soldiers sent to crush the uprising. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bulgarian government IMRO Shpitskomandi (paramilitary volunteers) White émigré | Bulgarian Communist Party | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Aleksandar Tsankov |
Georgi Dimitrov Vasil Kolarov | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
841 killed[1] Museum of the Revolutionary Movement in Bulgaria, Stars in the Ages, Publishing House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia, 1972, 791 pages. |
The September Uprising (Bulgarian: Септемврийско въстание, Septemvriysko vastanie), also called the September Riots (Септемврийски бунтове),[2] was a 1923 communist insurgency in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) attempted to overthrow Alexandar Tsankov's new government established following the coup d'état of 9 June.