Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps

[Crn Volk]

Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps











Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps fought in the battles of the First and Second Balkan Wars (1912-1913 and 1913 respectively).
"On September 17th 1912 at 2:00 p.m. a mobilization proclamation was announced. Two hours later thousands of volunteers enroll in the battalions of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps. On September 23rd 1912 Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps was set up with a tsar’s decree. They were headed by general Nikola Genev and major Petar Darvingov was the chief of the general staff. They consisted of six battalions of 212-215 people each: Thessaloniki, Skopje, Debar, Bitola, Edirne and Ohrid battalions. In October six more battalions were established: Veles, Kostur, Kumanovo, Prilep, Serres and Lozengrad battalions. There were 14,670 personnel. 500 of them were foreigners (Russians, Jews, Armenians, Swiss /Louis-Emil Eyer/, Englishman /non- commissioned officer Robert Fisher/, and others). On October 4th and 5th 1912 the battalions from the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps were given their flags. The main flag of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, which is also flag of the 11th Serres Battalion, is a gift from Tsaritsa Eleonore of Bulgaria. It was consecrated on October 28th 1912 at an official church service in the presence of Tsaritsa Eleonore at the railway station in the city of Plovdiv. All flags of the volunteer corps took part in the parade held in May 1913 on the occasion of the Day of Valor, close to Komotini.

After the end of the Second Balkan War, on August 7th 1913, the flags of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps were welcomed officially at the cycling track in Sofia. On May 9th 1937 Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps bid a farewell to their flags together with the flags of the old Bulgarian regiments that participated in the national liberation and unification wars. The honorary company took the flags into eternal charge.

The veterans of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps are the foundation of the 11th Infantry Macedonian Division, which collected 33 374 Bulgarian officers and soldiers of Macedonian origin."

Text from FOCUS Information Agency, with a colour photo of the flag: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=f1920
Ivan Sache, 12 May 2009

Here are some facts about Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps (26 Sep 1912 - 1 Oct 1913)
Personnel: 14 670.
Bulgarians: 14 139 (11 470 were from Macedonia, 1 215 - from Adrianople Thrace, and 2 512 - from the free part).
Foreigners: 531 (275 Armenians, 82 Russians, 68 Romanians, 40 Serbians, 21 "Austro-Hungarians", 12 Montenegrins, 3 Greeks, an Albanian, an Englishman, an Italian, and a Persian).
The flags of 13th Kukush (Kilkis) and 14th Voden (Edessa) Battalions have been lost.
The flag of 12th Lozengrad (Kirklareli) Battalion has become flag of the Sofia branch of the Yunak Sport Association and has disappeared.
Its own flag has had 1st Armenian Company of 12th Lozengrad Battalion, but it has also disappeared.
The 10th Prilep Battalion has had two flags.
The only flag that has been flown in battle is that of 11th Seres Battalion (the flag of all Corps).
The principle source of information about MAVC and its flags in Ivanov (1998).
Stoyan Antonov, 13 May 2009

From Macedonian point of view, the commanding officers were Bulgarians, but the volunteers were Macedonians, plus some foreigners.
Valentin Poposki, 13 May 2009

http://www.fotw.net/flags/bg%5Emavc.html

Macedonia and the First Balkan War (Part 3) IMRO and The Macedonian Legion

http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/200...an-war-part-3/

[Crn Volk]

On the right-hand side, a member Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, 1912

[Petros Houhoulis]

Are you finally Bulgarian Chocolate?

[Crn Volk]

Are you finally Bulgarian Chocolate?

No, but how do you reconcile your mixed Bulgar-Greek ancestry with history like this?;



Are you the Bulgar-eater or the eaten?

[Petros Houhoulis]

No, but how do you reconcile your mixed Bulgar-Greek ancestry with history like this?;



Are you the Bulgar-eater or the eaten?

I'm racial tragecy Chocolate. What can I do? I didn't decide about that! Nevertheless, better this than being a proud inbred and future Albanian like yourself though...

[Türbeli]

Are you the Bulgar-eater or the eaten?

lol

[Bugarash 1893]

Petros has four possible backgrounds:

1.He is of Bulgarian origin-assimilated during the late middle ages-fully assimilated.

2.Bulgarian origin became/remained Grecoman (Bulgarian speaking) in the 19'th,early 20'th centure (maybe even still).

3.Asia Minor,Caucausus refugee.

4.Greek,Greek element remained alongside the coast,as well as in places like Ser/Seres,Kostur/Kastoria,Kozani,Grevena,Katerini...

Vasil Kanchov writes that in 1900,the town of Ser/Seres has a population of 28 100.
From which 11 500 Turks, 11 000 Greeks, 2 500 Jews, 2 200 Bulgarians, 500 Gypsies и 400 Circassians.

While according to the French ''Ethnography of the vilayets of Adrianople,Monastir and Salonika'' in 1873 the town has 3 743 households - 3 500 Muslims, 4 900 Bulgarians and 3 600 Greeks.

[Crn Volk]

Petros has four possible backgrounds:

1.He is of Bulgarian origin-assimilated during the late middle ages-fully assimilated.

2.Bulgarian origin became/remained Grecoman (Bulgarian speaking) in the 19'th,early 20'th centure (maybe even still).

3.Asia Minor,Caucausus refugee.

4.Greek,Greek element remained alongside the coast,as well as in places like Ser/Seres,Kostur/Kastoria,Kozani,Grevena,Katerini...

Vasil Kanchov writes that in 1900,the town of Ser/Seres has a population of 28 100.
From which 11 500 Turks, 11 000 Greeks, 2 500 Jews, 2 200 Bulgarians, 500 Gypsies и 400 Circassians.

While according to the French ''Ethnography of the vilayets of Adrianople,Monastir and Salonika'' in 1873 the town has 3 743 households - 3 500 Muslims, 4 900 Bulgarians and 3 600 Greeks.

What ever his origin, he and you have the same position regarding Macedonia

[Bugarash 1893]

What ever his origin, he and you have the same position regarding Macedonia

That's also a Greek state position.

[Crn Volk]

That's also a Greek state position.

Indeed, and you're proud of it.