Strandzha Commune
The Strandzha Commune (Bulgarian: Странджанска комуна, romanized: Strandzhanska komuna), also known as the Strandzha Republic (Bulgarian: Странджанска република, romanized: Strandzhanska republika), was a short-lived anarchist commune in East Thrace. It was proclaimed during the Preobrazhenie Uprising in 1903 by rebels of the Internal Macedonian Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMARO), in the Adrianople vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.