List of massacres in Ottoman Bulgaria explained
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Ottoman Bulgaria (13961878). All events and massacres should be notable and linked to the appropriate article; if no article exists for an individual massacre, references must be provided for the massacre. Names of massacres should follow the article titles; if none exists, a consensus of the massacre name in English language reliable sources should be used.
| Event | Massacre name | Date | Perpetrator | Deaths | Target |
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| April Uprising | Koprivshtitsa massacre | 27-28 May 1876 | local Bulgarians | 70 | Muslim Roma[1] [2] |
| April Uprising[3] | Batak massacre | 1876 | Ottoman irregular troops | 7,000[4] | Bulgarian civilians |
| Boyadzhik massacre | 1876 | Circassian paramilitaries (bashi-bazouk) | 145[5] [6] | Bulgarian non-combatant civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) | Stara Zagora massacre | 1877–78 | Suleiman Pasha's Ottoman Army, composed mainly of 48,000 Albanian troops | 14,500[7] [8] | Bulgarian civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | The Terror (Karlovo massacre) | 22-23 July 1877 | Circassian paramilitaries | 288[9] | Bulgarian civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | Kalofer massacre | 26–28 July | Circassian paramilitaries | 1,600[10] | Bulgarian civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | Kavarna massacre | 21 July–8 August 1877 | Circassian paramilitaries | 1,000[11] | Bulgarian, Gagauz, Greek civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) | Kazanlak massacre | December 1877 | Russian Empire, Bulgarians | 1,751 killed,54 injured,173 abducted,270 missing[12] | Turkish civilians |
| Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) | Harmanli massacre | 16–17 January 1878 | Russian Empire | 2,000-5,000[13] | Muslim civilians | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Априлското въстание: позор или подвиг? . 2024-01-11 . frognews.bg . bg . Копривщенци се настроили срещу циганите и за да не ги сполети случилото се в Клисура, решили въпроса „радикално“. През нощта на 27 срещу 28 април ги изкарали от домовете им, навързали ги и решили да ги избият. (...) Така всички цигани от Копривщица били убити без да имат вина, и то пред очите на жените и децата им. . The people of Koprivshten turned against the Gypsies and, in order not to befall them what happened in Klisura, they resoled the issue "radically". On the night of April 27 and 28, they drove them [Gypsies] out of their homes, tied them up and decided to kill them. (...) Thus, all the Gypsies from Koprivshtitsa were killed without being guilty, and in front of their wives and children..
- Book: Евтимий, Ахримандрит . Юбилеен сборник по миналото на Копривщица . Chardashko, in the folds of the valley, during the April Uprising, the rebels of Koprivshtitsa slaughtered about 70 Gypsies, because it was discovered that they were plotting against the uprising..
- Web site: Bulgarian Horrors | European history.
- Book: A History of the Gypsies of Eastern Europe and Russia. 9781349606719. Crowe. D.. 2016-04-30. Springer.
- Web site: 135 години от Бояджишкото клане през 1876 г. . 135th Anniversary of the Boyadzhik Massacre . . 18 May 2011 .
- Web site: The first electronic computer with a binary number system. Forgotten ABC Project . Sudo Null company . 2019 .
- Web site: Етнодемографска характеристика на българското население. members.tripod.com. Dec 18, 2022.
- Book: Statistika. Indiana University. 35. 54. 2002.
- Book: Dimitrov, Georgi. Княжество България в историческо, географическо и етнографическо отношение. Продължение от част ІІ. По руско-турската война през 1877-78 г.. Historical, Geographic and Ethnographic Data on the Principality of Bulgaria. Continued from Part II. On the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. bg. 1900. Plovdiv. 194.
- Book: Dimitrov, Georgi. Княжество България в историческо, географическо и етнографическо отношение. Продължение от част ІІ. По руско-турската война през 1877-78 г.. Historical, Geographic and Ethnographic Data on the Principality of Bulgaria. Continued from Part II. On the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78. bg. 1900. Plovdiv. 218.
- Balkanistic Forum. 3. 2015. Dominik Gutmeyr. 1310-3970. National Minorities of Armenia during the Russo-Ottoman War. Aghanyan. Grigor. Bazeyan. Karine. 115–116.
- Book: Irkıçatal, Eftal . İngiliz Belgelerinde 1877-78 Osmanlı-Rus Harbi Sırasında Yaşanan Kızanlık Katliamları.
- Book: Medlicott, William Norton. Congress of Berlin and After. 2013-10-28. Routledge. 978-1-136-24317-2. 157. en.
