Editing Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising (section)

===Krastovden Uprising===
Some historians describe the rebellion in the [[Serres revolutionary district]] as ''Krastovden Uprising'' ([[Holy Cross Day]] Uprising), because on September 14 the revolutionaries there also rebelled.<ref>''On September 14 (the Holy Cross Day – the Elevation of the Holy Cross), the Bulgarians in almost the entire Serres Revolutionary District (the town of Serres being its centre) also rebelled. Even though they did not proclaim a liberated territory in the region, historians describe their operations as an uprising in the full sense of the word, calling it the Holy Cross Day Uprising. On the eve of the insurrection, a voivodi’s council was summoned, during which the old opponents [[Yane Sandanski]] (leader of the Melnik Revolutionary District of the IMARO) and General [[Ivan Tsochev|Ivan Tsonchev]] (SMAC) were reconciled, shaking hands and embracing each other. The result of the truce was that “supremist” cheti, which were led by Colonel [[Anastas Yankov]] and Captain Yordan Stoyanov (1869–1910), took part in the battles together with Sandanski’s supporters.'' For more see: Peter Kardjilov (2020) The Cinematographic Activities of Charles Rider Noble and John Mackenzie in the Balkans (Volume One) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 19, {{ISBN|1527550737}}.</ref><ref>''The rebel army was to divide into three: Yané, Doncho, Stoyanov and Darvingov were to go south to the Melnik District; Dimitŭr Anastasov, Mihail Chakov and Stoyan Mŭlchankov were to go to the Nevrokop area, while General Tsonchev, Colonel Yankov and Dimitŭr Stefanov were to go north to Razlog. Tsonchev and Stefanov were to act as the General Staff, with their H.Q. in Pirin above Bansko, and the rising was to begin on September 14 (old style)—Krŭstovden, the Feast of the Raising of the Cross.'' Mercia MacDermott, For freedom and perfection, The Life of Yané Sandansky. (Journeyman, London, 1988), p. 141.</ref><ref>Vanče Stojčev, 2004, Military History of Macedonia, Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski", vol. 1, p. 363.</ref> Rebel chetas active in the regions of [[Pirin Macedonia]] and [[Serres]], led by [[Yane Sandanski]], and chetas of the Supreme Committee led by [[Ivan Tsonchev]] and [[Anastas Yankov]], engaged in battles with the large Turkish forces. The fighting began in the [[Melnik, Bulgaria|Melnik]] region even before the planned date on the [[Feast of the Cross]] (Krastovden in Bulgarian, September 27) day and lasted until October 21, the local population was not involved as much as in other regions. In the [[Razlog Valley]] the population joined in the uprising.<ref name="Khadzhiev1992" />

In areas encompassing the uprising of 1903, Albanian villagers were in a situation of being either under threat from IMARO chetas or recruited by Ottoman authorities to end the uprising.<ref name="Brown267">{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Keith|title=The Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation|year=2003|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=9780691099958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48NyoQdOWH0C&q=Kru%C5%A1evo+past+in+question|pages=267}} "The Uprising in 1903 had involved mainly Slav-speaking Christians with the assistance of the Vlah population. Albanian villagers had largely found themselves either under threat from VMRO četas or recruited into the Ottoman effort to crush the Uprising."</ref>