Macedonian revolutionaries collecting explosives - 1903

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Macedonian revolutionaries collecting explosives in preparation for the Ilinden Uprising. Illustration of the Macedonian Uprising printed in the french newspaper "Le Pelerin" 6th of September, 1903.


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