Every unmarried year, March marks the starting fourth dimension of spring. It symbolizes fourth dimension for a change. However, inwards around countries, such equally Republic of Bulgaria too Korea, the calendar month reminds people of their homeland’s bitter yesteryear too struggle for freedom. Surprisingly, the ii countries portion a boom similarity inwards their historic background. Year after twelvemonth on March 1 Korea celebrates the March First Movement, whereas on March 3 Republic of Bulgaria commemorates its Liberation Day.
In the initiatory off one-half of the 20th century, Korea fell nether Japanese colonial rule. It started alongside the signing of the Japan–Korea annexation treaty inwards 1910. Japanese dominion over Korea (1910-1945) lasted for a menses of 35 years. To this really day, it's a painful retention for the province too its people.
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| Eighteen twelvemonth former Yu Gwan-sun (middle) gave her life for Korea’s freedom. |
One of the most notable events that helped the Korean people find their wishing to grapple against the Japanese oppressors was the March First Movement inwards 1919, also known equally the Samil Movement or Manse Demonstrations. It happened during a menses of military machine enforcement, from 1910 to 1919. At the time, Japanese military machine forces ruled Korea alongside aggression too brutality. Imperial Nihon was inwards command of the police too media, equally good equally most high-ranking governmental positions.
No longer able to tolerate the province of their dearest homeland, a grouping of 33 Korean social too religious leaders drew upwardly a “Proclamation of Korean Independence,” inspired yesteryear U.S. of A. President Wilson’s “Declaration of the Principle of Self Determination.” On March 1 1919, the 33 leaders gathered inwards the Taehwagwan eatery inwards Seoul too signed the document. After that, they sent a re-create of it to the bit Japanese Governor General of Korea, Hasegawa Yoshimichi (하세가와 요시미치, 長谷川好道) (1850-1924), thence letting Nihon know of the Korean people’s wishing for freedom. On that really same date, Korean supporters started spreading the intelligence throughout the country, which resulted inwards volume demonstrations.
Over the adjacent 12 months, to a greater extent than than 2 1 one 1000 thousand people of all ages participated inwards the peaceful demonstrations. In fellowship to suppress the Korean protesters from shouting, “Manse,” meaning, “Long live Korea!” on the streets, the Japanese ended upwardly using force, which resulted inwards most 7,500 people killed, over 15,000 wounded too 46,000 arrested.
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| The Seodaemun Prison History Museum keeps live the stories of the Korean victims of the March First Movement. |
Today, inwards fellowship to commemorate the lost lives of their brave predecessors, the Korean acre celebrates the March First Movement equally a national holiday. It was designated equally such inwards 1949.
Over 8,000 km to the due west too a niggling fleck over forty years earlier the March First Movement, Republic of Bulgaria started its blood-stained journeying to freedom. The province suffered almost 500 years nether the oppression of the Ottoman Empire, starting inwards 1396 alongside the halt of the Second Bulgarian Tsardom (1185-1396), upwardly to March 3, 1878. Republic of Bulgaria acquired its long-awaited liberation after the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), during which 5 countries fought against the Ottoman Empire. Those countries were the Russian Empire, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia too Montenegro.
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| The Bulgarian national flag flies today. |
The Russo-Turkish War began inwards Apr 1877. After crossing Romania too the Danube River, the Russian army, led yesteryear Emperor Alexander II himself, entered Bulgarian territory too carve upwardly his army, heading inwards dissimilar directions. Part of the Russian regular army headed to the Bulgarian town of Pleven. Thus began the Siege of Pleven. Osman Pasha, an Ottoman champaign marshal, received orders to defend the metropolis against the incoming Russians. The siege continued for months. Meanwhile, Suleiman Pasha, main commander of Ottoman military machine operations, made an endeavor to make too assist Osman Pasha alongside 30,000 troops. To produce that, Suleiman Pasha had to cross the Balkan Mountains, but was eventually stopped yesteryear the Russian regular army too Bulgarian volunteers at the Battle of Shipka Pass. After iii days of fighting inwards August 1877, the Bulgarian volunteers, known equally opalchentsi, were supported yesteryear a Russian forcefulness led yesteryear General Radezky. Thanks to their bravery too self-sacrifice, Suleiman Pasha was non able to make the town of Pleven, which afterward led to Osman Pasha’s give upwardly too Russia’s victory. Several battles took identify at the Shipka Pass during the Russo-Turkish war, making it 1 of the most of import places inwards the storey of Bulgarian independence.
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| Every March 3, the Bulgarian people attend an official ceremony on top of Shipka Peak (1326 m). |
Up to this really day, Shipka Pass too the Shipka Memorial -- a monument built on Shipka Peak nigh the travel yesteryear inwards remembrance of those who died for the independence of Republic of Bulgaria -- are dear to the Bulgarian people’s hearts. The appointment of March 3, 1888, officially became Bulgaria’s Liberation Day, equally good equally a national holiday. Every year, people of all ages climb the xv km to the Shipka Memorial at the summit of the travel yesteryear to attend the ceremonial, hoisting the Bulgarian flag, equally good equally offering flowers of gratitude to all the brave people who gave their lives for the liberty of their dearest country, Bulgaria.
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| Bulgarian regular army personnel offering flowers of gratitude to the heroes of the Russo-Turkish War. |
I would similar to halt this article alongside an excerpt from the Bulgarian poesy form “The Volunteers at Shipka.” It's written yesteryear Ivan Vazov (1850-1921), a Bulgarian poet, novelist too playwright, oft referred to equally the “patriarch of Bulgarian literature.”
Readers tin read the total translated poesy form here:
The Volunteers At Shipka
(Aug. 11, 1877)
O, Shipka!
For iii days out youthful battalions
The travel yesteryear convey defended. The high mount valleys
Re-echo the battle's tumultuous roar.
The onslaught's ferocious! Again the dense hordes
Along the ravine for the 12th fourth dimension are crawling
Where warm blood is flowing too bodies are sprawling.
Assault on assault! Swarm on swarm they advance!
Once to a greater extent than at the towering peak Suleiman
is pointing: "Rush forward! Up at that topographic point are the rayahs!"
Away race the hordes inwards a rage wild too dire,
H5N1 thunderous "Allah" re-echoes afar.
The summit replies alongside a rousing "Hurrah!"
By Bojana Doneva
Korea.net Honorary Reporter
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