of the insurrection, in numerous skirmishes with the Ottoman Army. But with the arrival of Ottoman troops, any progress of the insurrection was made impossible and in a period of six weeks, it was completely crushed. Gruev put himself on the task of touring various revolutionary districts, disarming the insurgents, and storing up the war materials for future use. Gruev and his followers continued the work of organization and preparation for another uprising. After the Uprising In 1904 Dame Gruev chaired the Prilep Congress of the Bitola Revolutionary District of IMRO. In the autumn of that year, Dame was captured by the Serb's leader Micko Krstić, but was set free, with the assistance of Gligor Sokolović, after his negotiations with Pere Toshev. In 1905 Gruev headed the first General Congress of the organization after the uprising, the so-called Rila Congress. Here Dame Gruev was elected as a member of the Central Committee and became in fact its leader, until his death. Indeed, Dame was the only one who appeared to be capable of mastering Yane Sandanski's ambition for leadership. However, the Rila Congress failed to erase the political differences in the organization. There arose a need to conduct a new special congress in Sofia in December 1906, which never took place. At the end of 1906, Gruev moved with his detachment from Ottoman Macedonia to Sofia to attend the special Congress. On 23 December 1906, Dame Gruev and his detachment were discovered by the Turkish authorities near the village of Rusinovo (Maleševo district). Gruev and his band were confronted by Ottoman forces and in the following battle he was killed. Legacy A high school in Sofia as well as Gruev Cove in Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica are named after Dame Gruev. In North Macedonia, he is regarded as an ethnic Macedonian who paved the way for the emancipation of a Macedonian nation and statehood. His name is part of the Macedonian national anthem "Today over Macedonia". A monument was erected in his honor in the Macedonia Square in Skopje in 2011, as part of the "Skopje 2014" project. See also IMRO History of North Macedonia History of Bulgaria (1878–1946) Gotse Delchev Battle of Smilevo References Notes 1871 births 1906 deaths Members of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Bulgarian revolutionaries Prisoners and detainees of the Ottoman Empire Bulgarian people imprisoned abroad Bulgarian educators Macedonian Bulgarians Bulgarian Men's High School