Makedonsko delo (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Македонско дело, :"Macedonian cause") was a newspaper connected to the IMRO (United) and came out on the 10th and 25th of each month in Bulgarian language. It was printed in Berlin, Vienna, and Paris. The newspaper started on September 10, 1925, and had notable people in the editorial committee like Dimitar Vlahov, Vladimir Poptomov, and Pavel Shatev.Добринов, Дечо. ВМРО (обединена), Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 1993, стр. 55. In total, 179 issues were published,Енциклопедия Пирински край, Том 1, Благоевград, 1995, стр. 539. with the last one on May 25, 1935.
History During the 1920s there were many leftist activists from Macedonia in foreign land, the most notable ones being with a base in Vienna. In 1925 they formed the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (United) and its organ Makedonsko delo.
Makedonsko delo began to publish issues on September 10, 1925, it supported the ideas of the May Manifesto. The first issue was edited by Dimitar Vlahov, and he was the main editor of the first few editions before Vladimir Poptomov became the main editor. The main mission of the newspaper was to be a different from the previous ones which were written in the spirit of Bulgarian supremacism and nationalism and to fight for the unity and freedom of Macedonian people and their federalizing with the rest of the Balkan people. The main motto of the newspaper was "Independent Macedonia and Balkan Federation".Добринов, Дечо. ВМРО (обединена), Университетско издателство „Св. Климент Охридски“, София, 1993, стр. 42. It was published in standard Bulgarian.
The main editor Vladimir Poptomov also used multiple hidden names such as the name "V. Gramov".Иванчев, Димитър. Български периодичен печат, 1844 – 1944: анотиран библиографски указател. Т. 1. София, Наука и изкуство, 1962. с. 462. The newspaper was also anti-fascist and was against Nazi Germany.
Makedonsko delo published for the first time in April 1934 the Resolution of the Comintern on the Macedonian question which was made together with IMRO (United).Македонско дело, бр. 185, IV. 1934.
Issues YearIssueDateSourceI1 – 24 September 10, 1925 – August 25, 1926II25 – 48September 10, 1926 – August 25, 1927III49 – 72September 10, 1927 – August 25, 1928IV73 – 96September 10, 1928 – August 25, 1929V97 – 120September 10, 1929 – July 1930VI121 – 143September 10, 1930 – August 10, 1931VII144 – 167September 25, 1931 – September 25, 1932VIII168 – 179October 1932 – May 25, 1935
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