 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokutanga kwemapoka emarudzi pakati pevaKristu vokuBalkan, kuvimbika kwevaSlav vokuMakedhoniya kwakava chinhu chinopesanisa varudzi vaikwikwidzana kuti vave nesimba munharaunda yeMakedhoniya. Mapato ane ukama hwenyika, zvikurukuru echiGiriki nechiBulgaria, akaumbwa pakati pavo, zvikurukuru achiratidzira nokuwedzera kupatsanuka kwevanhu kwakanga kwatovapo. Kubvira kuma1870 zvichienda mberi kuparidzirwa kweBulgaria neGirisi kwakavakwezva kuburikidza nokugadzirwa nokushanda kwemasangano edzidzo yenyika uye nokutsigira zvivako zveBulgarian Exarchate kana kuti Patriarchate yeConstantinople maererano. Pakati pekuipa kwemamiriro ezvehupfumi uye ezvematongerwo enyika evarimi vechiSlav, sangano repasi pevhu reInternal Macedonian Revolutionary Organisation, rakavambwa muna 1893, rakawana vateveri vakawanda nechirongwa chekugadziriswa kwenyika chakamanikidzwa nekutyisa, chakaguma nekumisikidzwa kwechimurenga cheIlinden cha1903, icho chakakurumidza kudzvinyirirwa nevaOttomans. Kurwisana nezvombokwakatevera mukati mevanhu vechiSlav vanoshora kutendeutsa kwenyika, neIMRO komitadjis vachirwisana nevakuru veOttoman nemapoka evaGiriki nevaSerbia vezvematongerwe enyika kusvika pakugadziriswa kwakaiswa mushure meYoung Turk Revolution muna 1908. Panguva iyoyo vaongorori vemarudzi akawanda vaiona vakawanda vavo sevaBulgaria. 