<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: ISkopje yaqala ukululama ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yokuwohloka ngemva kuka - 1850. Ngaleso sikhathi, leli dolobha lalikhula kancane kodwa ngokuqhubekayo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokufuduka kwasemakhaya kwamaSlav aseMacedonia. Lwaluphefumulelwe futhi ukufuduka kwamaSulumane avela eSerbia naseBulgaria, okwakuthola ukuzimela nokuzimela eMbusweni ngaleso sikhathi. Ngesikhathi sokuguqulwa kweTanzimat, ubuzwe bavela eMbusweni futhi ngo-1870 kwasungulwa iSonto elisha laseBulgaria futhi kwaqalwa isifunda-bhishobhi salo esihlukile, esisekelwe ekuziphatheni kobuhlanga, kunasemigomeni yenkolo. Abantu abangamaSlav besonto likabhishobhi laseSkopje bavotela ngo-1874 ngobuningi, ngo-91 ukuthi bajoyine i-Exarchate futhi baba yingxenye yeBulgaria Millet. Ukukhula komnotho kwavunyelwa ukwakhiwa komgwaqo wesitimela waseSkopje-Salonica ngo-1873. Isiteshi sesitimela sakhiwa eningizimu yeVardar futhi lokhu kwaba nomthelela ekuthuthweni kwemisebenzi yezomnotho kulolu hlangothi lomfula, obelungakaze lube nedolobha ngaphambili. Ngenxa yokufuduka kwabantu basemaphandleni, inani lamaKristu emphakathini wasemadolobheni landa. Abanye abafikayo baba yingxenye yabakhulu bendawo futhi basiza ekusakazeni imibono yobuzwe. ISkopje yayingelinye lezikhungo ezinhlanu eziyinhloko ze-Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization lapho ihlela i-1903  <response>: Ukuvukela kwama-Ilinden. Inethiwekhi yayo yenguquko esifundeni saseSkopje yayingakhuli kahle futhi ukuntuleka kwezikhali kwakuyinkinga enkulu. Lapho kuqala ukuvukela, amabutho avukelayo akhipha isitimela sezempi emzileni. Ngo-Agasti 3 no-5 ngokulandelana, bahlasela iyunithi lama-Ottoman elaliqaphe ibhuloho emfuleni i-Vardar futhi balwa empini yesigodlo sezindela i- St. Jovan. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezalandela leli qembu laphishekelwa amaBashibozuks amaningi futhi lathuthela eBulgaria. 