September Uprising

The September Uprising (Bulgarian: Септемврийско въстание, Septemvriysko vastanie) was a 1923 communist insurgency in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) attempted to overthrow Alexander Tsankov's new government established following the coup d'état of 9 June.

Arrested rebels in Vratsa
Communist-era memorial of the September Uprising in Pazardzhik
September Uprising
Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923

Leaflet of the Vratsa revolutionary district intended for the soldiers sent to crush the uprising.
Date14–29 September 1923
(2 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Bulgaria
Result

Bulgarian government victory

Belligerents
Bulgarian government
IMRO
Shpitskomandi (paramilitary volunteers)		 Bulgarian Communist Party
Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Anarchists
Commanders and leaders
Georgi Dimitrov
Vasil Kolarov
Casualties and losses
841 killed[1]

See also

References
  1. Музей на революционното движение в България, Звезди във вековете, Издателство на Българската комунистическа партия, София, 1972, 791 стр.

Further reading
  • Barbusse, Henri (1928). The Executioners (in Bulgarian). Sofia.
  • Kratka balgarska entsiklopediya (in Bulgarian). Sofia. 1969.
  • Istoriya na Balgariya (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Hristo Botev. 1993.
  • Dimitrov, Georgi; Vasil Kolarov; Valko Chervenkov (1953). The September Uprising, 1923-1953. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo. OCLC 6217606. (point of view of Bulgarian Communist Party leaders)
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