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]Museum of the Revolutionary Movement in Bulgaria, Stars in the Ages, Publishing House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia, 1972, 791 pages.

See also

References
  1. Muzeĭ na revolyutsionnoto dvizhenie v Bŭlgariya: Zvezdi vŭv vekovete Музей на революционното движение в България: Звезди във вековете [Museum of the Revolutionary Movement in Bulgaria: Stars in the Ages] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Communist Party. 1972.

Further reading
  • Barbusse, Henri (1928). The Executioners (in Bulgarian). Sofia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kratka balgarska entsiklopediya Кратка българска енциклопедия [A short Bulgarian encyclopedia] (in Bulgarian). Sofia. 1969.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Istoriya na Balgariya (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Hristo Botev. 1993.
  • Dimitrov, Georgi; Kolarov, Vasil; Chervenkov, Valko (1953). The September Uprising, 1923-1953. Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo. OCLC 6217606. (point of view of Bulgarian Communist Party leaders)
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