Smilevo
Smilevo
Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia
Smilevo (Macedonian: Смилево) is a village in North Macedonia, municipality of Demir Hisar.
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It is famous for the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising which started in the village in the morning of August 2, 1903 (see Battle of Smilevo). The decision for the uprising was taken during the Smilevo congress of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) from May 2 to May 7, 1903.
The village is the native place of Dame Gruev, one of the founders and most prominent leaders of IMRO.